Development Administrator

Role Overview

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing development office to help increase the number of free places for bright pupils at Hampton School. Hampton challenges and develops young minds, allowing pupils to progress as individuals in a kind and supportive environment where contributing to wider society is engrained in the culture.

Development at Hampton in its current form has been in place since the establishment of The Fitzwygram Foundation in 2016. Over this period, it has built up strong relationships within the School community and established excellent fundraising foundations. As a former grammar school, Hampton has no historic endowment fund on which to draw, and this has limited the number of pupils the School could support.

There are many talented boys within the local community who are unable to benefit from a Hampton education due to lack of funding.

The primary fundraising focus over recent years has been on raising funds for The Fitzwygram Foundation, to provide additional free places at the School. In total, 107 Senior School pupils are currently attending Hampton on completely free places, of which 18 are funded by the Foundation. Our ambition, in the first phase, is to be able to fund an additional 50 free places via The Fitzwygram Foundation and this will be the focus of the development strategy and plan.

Secure foundations have now been established resulting in:

• The free places campaign has successfully raised over £3.3m since 2018
• The Fitzwygram Foundation has an established board of Trustees and an excellent relationship with the Hampton School Trust
• A regular programme of communications and events for alumni (Old Hamptonians – OHs) is in place
• The alumni network of OHs has a warm and notably supportive relationship with the School
• Data is managed on Raiser’s Edge database, which currently holds over 25,000 constituent records (of which approximately 4,900 have active emails)

Hampton is one of the country’s foremost independent schools and equity, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our ethos and the School has a thriving partnerships programme. The role of Development Administrator is critical to the success of the office and includes both database and general office administration, as well as events.

The role is full time and based at Hampton School. The core working hours are 8.45am to 4.45pm, however, a high level of flexibility, commitment and dedication is required, as there will be some evening and weekend work to attend Fitzwygram Foundation and Alumni events. Previous office and/or database administration experience would be an advantage but the role could also be suitable for graduates looking to enter a career in development.

The salary will be £28,870 and Hampton also offers an attractive benefits package including generous pension, free lunch, cycle to work scheme, fitness facilities and private health, subject to eligibility.

The School reserves the right to commence or complete the interview process at any time prior to the closing date.