**Advancement**
**Full time**
**Permanent**
**£31,779 per annum**
**Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Monday 21 August 2023**

The British Museum is a museum of our common humanity. Free to visit and accessible to all, the Museum looks after an extraordinary collection of objects and engages millions of visitors every year. Philanthropy plays a vital role in advancing the Museum’s mission, reach, and impact.

The British Museum is seeking a Philanthropy Officer (Grants) to work within the Philanthropy Team of its Advancement Department. In this busy and dynamic role, you will be responsible for delivering goals which aim to increase and maintain the Museum’s income from primarily trusts and foundations. You will have excellent writing and editing skills and be able to effectively communicate the British Museum’s mission through specific project objectives.

**Key areas of responsibility**:

- To raise funds for Museum priorities in line with agreed annual income targets, managing your own prospect pipeline, with mentoring and support from the Philanthropy Manager.
- To manage or contribute to production of both interim and final reports for funders, establishing a system with project managers internally to ensure that the data required is captured throughout and submitted in time for deadlines, and to ensure the highest standards of reporting are adhered to.
- To work with the Advancement Operations Team to ensure records on the Museum’s database are accurate and up to date.
- To contribute to Museum events and their use as an effective cultivation tool.

**About you**:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a trust fundraising role
- Knowledge of trust and statutory fundraising requirements and practice
- IT literate with good working knowledge of standard Microsoft Office packages and experience using fundraising databases
- Strong writing skills with the ability to create and articulate a convincing fundraising case.
- A team player with strong organisational skills
- Experience in an arts, culture or heritage organisation is desirable

**About the British Museum**:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

- Membership of the civil service pension scheme
- Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
- Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

**Additional details**:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.

Start date is as soon as possible.

The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated fairly because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.

We are also currently piloting a flexible way of working that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage and how flexible working could work for you.

**The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.