Development and Projects Assistant

Job Summary

The Development and Projects Assistant will support work to secure donations from charitable trusts, foundations and government supporters to the campaign and support the delivery of both building and strategy projects. The salary is £30,647 pa.

Role Description

In 2023, we launched a ten-year vision to transform Alexandra Park and Palace into a sustainable home for inspirational culture, creative and educational opportunities and green space. We are now beginning work to deliver an ambitious Strategic Plan and capital fundraising campaign to help achieve our goals.

Development and Projects Assistant will support work to secure donations from charitable trusts, foundations and government supporters to the campaign and support the delivery of both building and strategy projects.

Working closely with both the Head of Development and Head of Strategic Projects and Planning, you’ll be joining a growing team with the opportunity to shape your role and make a real impact on both the future of Alexandra Palace and the North London communities we serve. Skills gained in this role could help you to build a career in fundraising, project delivery or in assessing the social impact of heritage and culture.

Your work will help us to:

• restore and reopen derelict spaces in the Victorian Palace for everyone to enjoy
• improve key areas of the Park for both people and wildlife (including playgrounds, wetlands, way finding)
• deliver our creative learning and wellbeing programmes, using the Palace’s amazing spaces and programme to make change with and for local communities
• take forward our ambitious programme to help Ally Pally reach Net Zero

We look to recruit a strong administrator excited to learn and make change. We will consider applicants with previous experience in fundraising or project management in arts and heritage organisations, or transferable skills from customer-facing and administrative roles in other industries.

Essential

• Right to work in the UK
• Administrative experience ideally gained within either a fundraising or project management context
• Experience in customer service and / or communications with donors, clients or customers
• Long-form writing and / or copy writing experience
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Experienced user of microsoft 365
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to manage own workload and meet deadlines
• Willingness to be flexible within a role supporting a range of development projects

Desirable

• Experience using a CRM system
• Bid writing experience
• financial admin experience
• Experience organising events and / or travel for staff, donors or clients
• Strong interest in charitable fundraising
• Strong interest in placemaking, culture and heritage redevelopment

Key duties include

Development Responsibilities

• Administer pipeline for trust, foundation and statutory funding bids
• Carry out desk research to identify potential trust, foundation and statutory supporters
• Deliver fundraising bids and impact reporting to a small portfolio of trusts and statutory funders, focused on bids to a value of £10,000
• Plan communications for regular fundraising and community newsletters
• Donation processing, documentation and thanking for trust and statutory income

Strategic Planning and Projects Responsibilities

• Meeting administration for Strategic Plan Working Group
• Administrative support to develop the Charity’s stakeholder relationships
• Support with events for Capital Fundraising Campaign including London Festival or Architecture and Haringey London Borough of Culture
• Desk research into capital redevelopment in arts, heritage and green spaces
• Financial processing and budget tracking of team expenditure

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