Stewardship Assistant
Advancement
Salary is circa £22,000
Closing date: 13 May 2012
The Position
The Stewardship Assistant is responsible for supporting the Stewardship function within the Advancement function to deliver the School’s fundraising objectives and strategic priorities. The Stewardship Assistant will provide administrative support to ensure the effective delivery of the Stewardship programme.
The School
It is the Vision of London Business School to have a profound impact on the way the world does business.
The Department
The Advancement group encompasses Alumni Relations, Annual Giving, Development and Operations. Its purpose is to lead on the development and enhancement of the London Business School community. The group’s key activities are managing our relationship with our alumni, fundraising from individuals, corporations, foundations and trusts by developing and leveraging proactive and long term relationships with these constituents. To achieve this, the Department works closely with external bodies and internal departments, such as the Dean, Governing Body, faculty, students, staff, alumni, friends, corporations, foundations and others. Members of the Advancement department at all levels have a major role to play in the success of the School’s advancement efforts by working to build important relationships and promote the image of the School.
The Individual
You will have an interest in fundraising with excellent IT skills, experience of working with Raiser’s Edge is advantageous you will have exceptional time and task management skills. You will have a high level of interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral communication) and be able to work under pressure, but with accuracy – attention to detail.
The ideal candidate will be able to with a high level of initiative and a proactive attitude. Demonstrated administrative experience and dealing with senior members of staff and stakeholders including donors and multiple clients with differing priorities.
You will have the ability to build and establish rapport with a variety of stakeholder’s at all organisational levels with a calm disposition and the ability to deal with multiple tasks simultaneously under pressure.
Benefits
London Business School is committed to nurturing talent and offers its staff a wide range of professional development opportunities. Our staff members enjoy generous holiday entitlement, a season ticket loan for transportation, excellent recreational facilities, and a defined contribution pension scheme. For a full list of benefits, please visit our website for full details.
To Apply
Please review the full job description and apply on line on our website by clicking the 'Apply now' button below and submitting your CV, and a covering letter addressing the essential job requirements along with details of your eligibility to work in the UK.
Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually. Therefore successful applicants only will be contacted within four weeks of the closing date.