Development & Impact Manager

We provide quality assurance, membership services and advocacy for institutions delivering training, education and assessment in dance, drama, music and musical theatre. You will support the CEO to diversify our income generation.

We are looking for an individual who can evidence our impact and create strong propositions for better funding and partnership opportunities.

This is a time of change for the charity and the performing arts education sector. We require a talented, ambitious and self-driven professional able to help deliver the vision and join our small but mighty team.

Responsibilities of the post:
– Understand the organisation’s development position in order to create a funding pipeline of potential funders and partners with income targets and impact priorities
– Research sector developments, review opportunities and decide which deserve attention
– Identify income opportunities amongst grants, corporate sponsorship, philanthropy and events
– Work with colleagues to shape new ideas, programmes and propositions
– Build and cultivate meaningful relationships with funders, corporate partners, industry, education partners and politicians
– Turn these relationships into opportunities that create greater impact and/or sustainable income.
– Develop and manage new income streams and fundraising pipeline
– Build strategic partnerships and use member insights to influence and create change in the sector
– Engage stakeholders (industry, policy makers, members, public) through social media
– Content contributor/ strategic voice for external communications
-Represent the organisation, creating press releases and briefings
– Create and manage the evaluation strategy
– Gather impact data
– Demonstrate outcomes against KPIs
– Gather case studies and impact stories
– Write evidence-led reports for funders and stakeholders
– Turn evidence into future funding and partnership propositions
– Update Case for Support