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LETTER FROM ALISON TRAUB We value building relationships with
the need for development and alumni
Key qualities for success in this role
of Senior Associate Director – Clinical
and find agile solutions in a collegial,
exceed 300 people across the University
influencing and negotiation skills, an
to our Cambridge University Health
to embody excellence at all levels, holding
a primary focus on the department of
the decisions we make and celebrating
working with Execucare to find the right
continuous improvement, learning from our
Dear Candidate, Thank you for your interest in the role
all internal and external stakeholders,
Medicine. This is a key appointment
responsive and transparent way. We aim
Partners fundraising team which will have
each other and ourselves accountable for
Neurosciences. We are delighted to be
the results we achieve. And we believe in
person to join our team.
everyday experiences so we can grow and
This is a pivotal moment to join
achieve together.
Development and Alumni Relations
The University of Cambridge has had a
passion with priority, inspire generosity
and success in fundraising.
Collegiate University.
the earliest in the UK to recognise
at Cambridge. Our mission is to align
and contribute to the excellence of the
long history of commitment to philanthropy The University and Colleges were among
relations professionals, which now
and 31 Colleges. We have undergone a
transformational change in our approach
to fundraising, embedding a new Schoolsbased partnership model in 2013 and
piloting a regional fundraising programme
based around key donor constituencies in the UK and abroad.
Our successful 800th Anniversary
campaign was the first in Europe to
raise over £1 billion. Building on this
momentum, the new £2 billion Campaign for the University and Colleges of
Cambridge launched publicly in 2015,
which was also the most successful year of fundraising in Cambridge’s history.
As one of the world’s best universities
in one of the UK’s most beautiful cities,
include strong relationship-building,
entrepreneurial and innovative outlook
and a collaborative approach to problemsolving.
You will be joining an exciting, challenging, and rewarding place to work. This is an environment for a leader who is keen to stretch themselves, relishes a challenge and wants to learn from others. For the
right person, this is a fantastic opportunity to work for a world-leading University and build transformational programmes and partnerships.
We look forward to discussing the
successful candidates with Execucare and hopefully speaking with you soon. Best wishes,
we drive world-changing research and
Alison Traub
fields, all of which have been supported by
Development and Alumni Relations
teaching across an extraordinary range of
Executive Director
philanthropy. We recognise the power of
partnership to achieve more together than in isolation.
We seek to appoint an outstanding
individual to lead major gift fundraising for the Department of Neuroscience who is
enthusiastic about making a difference in
the world through creative and innovative
approaches that support philanthropy and alumni engagement at Cambridge.
Candidate Information Pack | Senior Associate Director, Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
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INTRODUCTION This senior fundraising role is a rare opportunity to join one of the world’s leading higher education institutions as part of a dynamic and innovative team delivering the University of Cambridge’s significant fundraising potential. For 800 years, the University of Cambridge has championed brilliant minds, facilitating
collaboration and encouraging the creation of world-changing ideas. Cambridge scholars have identified the origins of the universe as well as the very building blocks of life, and
the University has been home to the discovery of ground-breaking scientific breakthroughs such as humanized monoclonal antibodies, in-vitro fertilisation, the insulin molecule and DNA.
The University of Cambridge is a world leader in science and technology and its practical
application, and maintains a significant tradition in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Its research touches upon, and is relevant to, all aspects of life. The work of the University addresses questions as far-reaching and profound as how to tackle climate change
and carbon emissions, the future of healthcare, global inequality and biodiversity. It is
developing the technology of the future with significant research into machine learning, bioengineering and robust digital infrastructure.
As a Senior Associate Director for the School of Clinical Medicine, you will help the
University to develop long-term holistic partnerships with high level donors and ultimately secure financial support for some of the School’s most critical priorities.
This role provides an excellent opportunity for someone who is entrepreneurial, passionate and innovative, has an exceptional track record in major gift fundraising or equivalent commercial experience, and is looking to have a major impact on a world-renowned institution.
Candidate Information Pack | Senior Associate Director, Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
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THE SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE The School of Clinical Medicine
includes Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical
Neurosciences, Haematology, Medical Genetics, Medicine, Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Oncology, Paediatrics,
Psychiatry, Public Health and Primary Care, Radiology, and Surgery. It also includes a number of internationally
recognised research institutes, including the Institute of Metabolic Sciences –
Metabolic Research Laboratories, the
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), the Institute of Public Health,
and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge
Institute. The University’s School of Clinical Medicine was ranked top overall in the
UK in the Governments 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
85 per cent of Cambridge’s laboratorybased clinical research was ranked as either intentionally excellent or
world-leading, more than any other UK institution.
The Campus is a major partnership
spanning the University of Cambridge,
National Health Service, Medical Research Council, not-for-profit organisations,
multi-nationals, and small to medium-
Closely connected to the Clinical
sized technology and pharmaceutical
projects is the Cambridge Biomedical
University’s major research, clinical,
clinical, pharmaceutical and biomedical
partners with its own experts offers an
tailor-made environment for advancing
discovery, innovation and translation
clinical applications by combining world
Throughout Cambridge’s Biomedical
School, one of the University’s flagship
companies. The co-location of the
Campus, the largest gathering of
pharmaceutical and biotechnology
research specialists in Europe. It is a
exceptional and unique environment for
fundamental science and innovation into
across the medical spectrum.
class biomedical research, healthcare technology, patient care and clinical education on a single site.
Campus and the wider University,
doctors and scientists collaborate across disciplines and specialties, and it is this
coexistence of experience and expertise
that fosters translational research – turning basic science into new drugs and new
therapies. The site includes Addenbrooke’s Hospital, one of the UK’s finest university teaching hospitals, which enables
Cambridge scientists to trial new therapies
on a wide range of socio-economic patient groups.
The Biomedical Campus has been
expanding over the past 10 years and is currently home to a 7,000-strong
community of healthcare professionals and research scientists. At any one time, over
Medical innovations in development or
recently pioneered at Cambridge include:
the development of Alemtuzumab (a drug
for the treatment of multiple sclerosis), the development of an artificial pancreas for patients suffering from Type 1 diabetes, the development of a potential cure
for peanut allergy, the reinvention of
our approach to breast cancer through
genomic analysis, the use of nasal stem
cells in order to repair spinal injuries, and many, many more.
Significant momentum is building with plans in place for the relocation of
several key translational partners to the Campus - the University’s Wellcome
Trust-Medical Research Council Stem
Cell Institute; AstraZeneca’s headquarters
including 2,000 staff; and Royal Papworth Hospital (including an adjoining Heart
and Lung Research Institute) – one of the world’s greatest cardiothoracic hospitals. Expanding rapidly in size and renown,
the vision is to transform this centre of excellence into one of the largest, and
best, biomedical centres in the world by 2020.
For more information on the School of Clinical Medicine, please visit:
http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/
1,000 clinical trials are being conducted.
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NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH AT CAMBRIDGE At Cambridge, over 700 researchers from 60 different departments and institutes
across the University are working together toward new discoveries and technologies that will advance our understanding
of the brain and offer new solutions to
neurological and psychiatric diseases, as
well as helping us better understand who we are through our thoughts, emotion, creativity and morality.
Medicine is changing more rapidly
today than at perhaps any point in
history. The power of genomics, big
data and computing is leading to radical new insights that are transforming our
understanding of the brain and the mind.
Cambridge is at the forefront of delivering new diagnostic and treatment paradigms across the entire spectrum of brain
disease while also exploring how the brain can repair itself using stem cells and gene therapy.
The University of Cambridge’s vision is
to fundamentally change how the world understands and treats brain disease
within the next ten years. To achieve this, it has created an extraordinary critical
mass of world leading investigators with an impressive supporting infrastructure
catalysing inter-disciplinary collaboration on an industrial scale. ‘Cambridge
Neuroscience’ is a collaborative and
dynamic project, bringing together
research across numerous departments and institutes. It finally has the power to transform brain health, from the
molecular mechanics of individual cells to the behavioural dynamics of entire
populations. A key part of this will be a new Institute to co-locate leading researchers in this area.
The planned Institute for Brain and
Mind Health (IBMH) will bring together
researchers from multiple disciplines in a purpose-built facility on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, enabling the
University, along with its partners, to
rapidly accelerate the pace at which the
world conquers brain disease. The IBMH
will become the world’s leading centre of excellence in the research and treatment
of brain and mental health disorders. The ambitious plans include providing more
than 22,000 m2 of high-quality research
space, housing more than 500 researchers in laboratories, clinical research facilities, and educational space.
The Institute will co-locate the
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Psychiatry, and researchers from
related disciplines across the University –
for example, engineers, bioinformaticians, physicists, chemists, and biologists. The Institute will be linked to – and adjacent
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to – the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre and the planned Children’s Hospital.
The overall cost of the project will be
around £120 million, and the University
is seeking to generate much of this from philanthropic support.
In addition to the establishment of the Institute of Brain and Mind Health the
Cambridge University Health Partners
Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP) is one of only six Academic Health Science Centres in England recognised by the Department of Health as an internationally
competitive centre of excellence in
University of Cambridge is partnering
the integrated delivery of health care,
and the Cambridge and Peterborough
health professionals.
art Children’s Research Hospital on the
formalises and strengthens the
with the Cambridge University Hospitals
health research and the education of
Foundation Trust to build a state of the
Formed in 2009, CUHP effectively
Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
Through the unique alignment of the NHS and the University of Cambridge we will
build a world leading model of integrated physical and mental healthcare.
The overall cost of the Children’s Research Hospital is £225 million with £120 million already secured. The mental health
component of the philanthropic target is approximately set at £40 million.
For more information on the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, please visit:
https://www-neurosciences.medschl. cam.ac.uk
pre-existing collaboration between
the University of Cambridge and its principal National Health Service partners, namely; Cambridge
University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
This strategic partnership aims
to improve patient care, patient
outcomes and population health
through innovation and the integration of service delivery, health research and clinical education. The NHS
organisations in the partnership are
those that work most closely with the University in performing research and education and that involve academic doctors in the delivery of their services.
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THE DEVELOPMENT &
ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations is the fundraising, alumni and supporter engagement arm of the
University. It has responsibility for raising
major philanthropic gifts from alumni and non-alumni sources; for encouraging
lifelong relationships and building links between the University, its alumni and
supporters; for ensuring that the worldwide community of over 200,000 alumni is
well-informed about the development of the University and equipped to be
effective ambassadors and advocates; and for communicating persuasively with all audiences to satisfy these objectives.
Vision
In autumn 2015, the University of
We are a trusted partner who is driven by the mission of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, to execute a transformative programme of philanthropy and alumni engagement.
fundraising campaign to date. The Dear
Mission
Cambridge launched its most ambitious World... Yours, Cambridge Campaign for
the University and Colleges of Cambridge seeks to raise £2bn to attract the
brightest minds, create the most inspiring
environment for world-class research, and enable Cambridge to continue to respond to the world’s greatest challenges. By the
end of June 2019, £1.5 billion had already been raised. For more information on the Campaign, please visit
cam.ac.uk/YoursCambridge.
Cambridge in America (CAm) is the
fundraising and alumni and supporter
We align passion with priority, inspire generosity and contribute to excellence of the Collegiate University.
Passion: Inspired by Cambridge
We are enthusiastic about making a difference in the world through creative and innovative approaches, which support philanthropy and alumni engagement at Cambridge.
Respect: Champion Each Other
We work together to build a nurturing community where we listen, trust and empower each other, so we can grow and achieve.
Collaboration: Work in a Spirit of Partnership
in the most developed philanthropic
We build relationships with all internal and external stakeholders, and find agile solutions in a collegial, responsive and transparent way.
www.cantab.org/). The Development and
Accountability: Be Brave and Honest
engagement arm for Collegiate Cambridge market globally, the United States. (http:// Alumni Relations office and CAm work
collaboratively with each other and their advancement counterparts in the 31
Colleges to maximise the philanthropic
opportunities for the Collegiate University.
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We take personal responsibility for our work and are results-oriented. We actively engage in discussions and commit to decisions once they are made.
Excellence: Lead by Example
We apply our expertise in the pursuit of excellence, and believe in continuous improvement, learning from our everyday experiences.
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ORGANISATIONAL CHART
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HEALTH PARTNERS
PERSONAL ASSISTANT
FUNDRAISING ASSISTANT
(SHARED WITH PI&A)
(SHARED WITH PRINCIPAL GIFTS)
SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CLINICAL MEDICINE
SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CANCER
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ROYAL PAPWORTH HOSPITAL
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER, CUHP
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THE ROLE IN CONTEXT The Senior Associate Director, Clinical
Information & Analysis team, you will
31 colleges and the Development offices of
Medicine, is a member of the Cambridge
advance your own fundraising plans and
other relevant partner institutions.
University Health Partners’ (CUHP)
enable the team to meet its collective
fundraising team, contributing to the
targets. As well as advancing fundraising
You will build positive relationships with
design and execution of the University
for Clinical Medicine, you will play an active
and its partner institutions’ major gifts
role in helping the CUHP team deliver
fundraising strategy. This role will report to
fundraising across the medical space,
the Director of Development, CUHP, and
collaborating on projects when needed and
focus exclusively on raising major gifts
being deployed flexibly against a range of
towards the agreed priorities with a focus
priorities.
on neuroscience fundraising initially.
Initially, you will be responsible for
effective delivery of fundraising targets in
The Senior Associate Director, Clinical
fundraising for the Department of Clinical
the service of the strategic priorities of the
Medicine, is expected to generate six- and
Neurosciences to raise income for the
partnership. Regular, credible interaction
seven-figure gifts from individuals (alumni
‘Cambridge Neuroscience’ project.
with senior stakeholders will be an
and non-alumni); trusts and foundations,
Fundraising priorities however may change
important element of this role.
and/or corporations in the UK and
over time, depending on the needs of the
internationally.
Clinical School.
You will manage a defined prospect
The role holder is responsible for
You will deliver major gift KPIs including
therefore will work directly with some of the
developing and implementing a strategy to
numbers of visits, prospect management
partnership’s most capable prospective and
secure major philanthropic support to meet
moves, active proposals, new prospects
current donors and fundraising volunteers.
prioritised needs; for managing a complex
identified, and monies raised. These will
donor/prospect pool in accordance with
be reviewed regularly with the postholder’s
This role will be important to the execution
agreed University Development and Alumni
immediate line manager and will be
Relations procedures and processes; for
reported on a regular basis to relevant
articulating priority funding needs in order
stakeholders across the partner institutions.
to engage potential donors effectively;
You will conduct regular prospect pool
wider Collegiate Cambridge development
review and planning meetings with your
community, to develop and deliver the plan
major gift fundraising colleagues and
to meet ambitious major gift fundraising
Working collaboratively with other
assigned Prospect Information Officer.
targets.
members of the CUHP team, the University
You will need to work collaboratively and
Development and Alumni Relations
transparently with development colleagues
The role requires working outside of office
fundraising team and the Prospect
from Cambridge in America, Cambridge’s
and for matching those needs to particular donor interests.
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clinical and academic champions, CUHP, and University leaders to support the funding plans of the partnership’s strategic
ROLE PURPOSE The Senior Associate Director is responsible for the delivery of key projects in support of Clinical Medicine’s philanthropic goals.
priorities. This involves managing complex
This includes:
relationships and priorities across a matrix
• Work with the Director of Development, CUHP, the Head of Departments and senior academics on the identification and refinement of fundraising priorities;
of departments demanding diplomacy and strategic thinking in order to ensure
pool of organisations or individuals and
• Developing strategies and plans to raise funds to meet fundraising priorities; • Cultivating, soliciting and stewarding major donors and potential donors in support of the School’s fundraising priorities in the context of the fundraising Campaign, and the wider fundraising priorities of Collegiate Cambridge.
of the University Campaign and you will need to work collaboratively with all members of University Development and Alumni Relations, CUHP and the
hours, UK and occasional overseas travel.
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KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES DEVELOPING FUNDRAISING PRIORITIES & STRATEGY • Work with the Heads of Department, senior academics and the Department Office, as well as the appropriate development and alumni relations colleagues to develop, refine and articulate key prioritised fundraising needs for Clinical Medicine. • Initially, prioritise the funding requirements of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences whilst continually monitoring and reviewing the overall changing needs of Clinical Medicine, to ensure fundraising priorities are met. • Based on knowledge and experience of major gifts fundraising success, provide constructive feedback to the Departments to ensure that articulated fundraising priorities are likely to find support among the donor community. • Work with colleagues to develop appropriate strategic support documents for priority projects and opportunities for dissemination to potential donors. • Work with the Heads of Department, senior academics and the Department Office, to develop the strategic and operational plans to deliver on identified fundraising priorities. • Agree targets and activity plans in conjunction with the Director of Development, CUHP. This will include, at least for major capital projects, specific plans and strategies to deliver the fundraising targets for those projects. • Develop an understanding of the work of the School of Clinical Medicine and its Departments sufficient to communicate its underlying aims and objectives of excellence in teaching and research to potential donors. • In collaboration with the Prospect Information and Analysis team, develop donor gift pyramids and paths to success including different funding sources (individuals, trusts and foundations and corporates) and develop prioritised work plans accordingly, including for the strategic use of academic champions. • Coordinate and communicate with development and alumni relations colleagues across Collegiate Cambridge to ensure effective, joined up fundraising for all priorities. • Prepare and deliver reports on fundraising progress and outcomes for regular meetings with Heads of departments and School Councils. Make informed and well-supported recommendations for discussion and decision by the Council of the School. • Work with Cambridge in America to identify new potential donors.
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KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES DELIVERING THE STRATEGY - CULTIVATION OF PROSPECTS
GIFT SOLICITATION AND SETTLEMENT
Work with the Clinical School’s Departments to deliver the plans and strategies, including:
• Through in-person solicitation, either alone or in conjunction with academic champions or University fundraising volunteers, and/or by means of formal written proposals, produced in collaboration with Philanthropic Communications Officers, make major gift solicitations to support Clinical Medicine priorities each year.
• Work with the Prospect Information and Analysis team, academics, donors and others to identify prospects with whom the School will aim to develop significant philanthropic relationships. These will primarily be drawn from high net-worth individuals (both alumni and non-alumni), as well as trust and foundations and corporates, in collaboration with the relevant major gifts colleagues. • Build and manage relationships, on behalf of the School’s Departments and University, with potential major donors (capable of making gifts between £100,000 and £10 million+). • Through conversation with academics, donors and volunteers, and by means of individual research, identify new potential donors with philanthropic interest in Cambridge and Clinical Medicine to add to pool. • Make face-to-face donor visits, participate in events, and communicate by telephone and in writing with prospective donors with a view to assessing their philanthropic interest in Collegiate Cambridge in general and articulated School fundraising priorities in particular. • Develop and implement cultivation/solicitation strategies with potential donors so as to motivate significant gifts to match Clinical Medicine priorities.
• Solicit and secure major philanthropic gifts (£100,000 to £5 million) from individuals, trusts and foundations and corporates to meet prioritised funding needs of Clinical Medicine to which they are assigned in the context of on-going fundraising activity for Collegiate Cambridge. • In collaboration with development and alumni relations and School colleagues, follow up on gift solicitations to ensure closure and satisfactory settlement and recording of major gifts and commitments. • Collaborate broadly with fundraising colleagues in other teams, in particular Cambridge University Health Partners.
STEWARDSHIP
• Ensure that potential donors from their pool who are interested in giving to Collegiate Cambridge priorities other than their School are passed for management to appropriate major gifts fundraising colleagues either within the development and alumni relations office or the Colleges.
• Rooted in the principle that prior donors are the best future prospective donors, work closely with the School of Clinical Medicine and with colleagues in the Stewardship team to develop and oversee implementation of effective stewardship plans so that donors understand the impact of their gifts and feel motivated to make further significant gifts to the School and to Collegiate Cambridge.
• With colleagues from other development and alumni relations teams, support Departments in their communications and development work with alumni, in support of the key priorities.
• Ensure that effective stewardship also motivates prospective donors and enhances the University’s overall reputation as a worthy and effective recipient of philanthropy.
• Working with colleagues in the Events team, devise and oversee strategic cultivation events, and events focused on specific major needs involving academic champions and prospective donors to motivate greater involvement with the School and the Campaign and to increase the likelihood of major gifts to School priorities. • Build a dedicated network of donors to devise the school’s overarching philanthropic strategy.
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KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES MANAGEMENT • Develop and strengthen the understanding of principles of major gifts fundraising among School representatives and academic champions by means of workshops, seminars, and one-to-one conversation and training, with the objective of ensuring that these people can lead or contribute effectively to fundraising efforts. • Manage the fundraising activity of one or more major gifts fundraiser and assistant if the role requires it. • Proactively take personal responsibility for ensuring that agreed outcomes are delivered on time and effectively; develop this sense of personal responsibility within the team. • Manage volunteer relationships, including with any volunteer bodies created to support the Clinical Medicine fundraising priorities. • Ensure that information related to major gift fundraising work is collected, organised and managed effectively and according to the policies and protocols of the University. This includes the conscientious and timely updating of the alumni and donor database managed by Cambridge University Development and Alumni Relations. • Lead and manage in relation to assigned fundraising initiatives and foster coordinated team work and support between functional teams. • Act as a role model to other team members, supporting a motivational environment where people are challenged, developed, encouraged and supported to achieve outstanding results. • Influence senior internal stakeholders, leadership volunteers, and potential donors. • Work collaboratively across the development and alumni relations office fostering coordinated team work and support between functional teams: e.g. work with the Prospect Information team to ensure effectiveness of pipeline management. • Use existing structures within the Schools together with developing new groups where required to articulate needs in more detail and to oversee regular discussions across departments on Clinical Medicine priorities. This is likely to require the post holder to manage conflicting views across a disparate network of professionals and bring these discussions to work-able resolution to enable focused fundraising planning and activity to proceed. • Carry out training of University Development and Alumni Relations or College development colleagues as needed.
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PERSON PROFILE EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
INTERPERSONAL & COMMUNICATION SKILLS
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Good first degree.
• Ability to relate effectively to the academic community and its aims.
• Post-graduate qualification, ideally in an area relevant to the work of the School. [desirable]
• Ability to communicate persuasively with a variety of individuals/audiences often with disparate outlooks, aims and objectives.
• Track record or operation at senior level with multistakeholders.
SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS • Proven track record of securing significant philanthropic investment or equivalent. • Proven track record in working with academic leaders (or analogous leaders from charitable sector). • Expert technical and professional skills in major-gift fundraising including up-todate knowledge of relevant legislation; will be a point of reference/expertise for members of the collegiate University. • Demonstrable capacity to analyse, think critically, strategically and to innovate, both to promote innovation and resolve/ respond to problems. • Numerate, data-literate, including in respect of methodologies for effective analysis and presentation of data.
• A combination of personal sensitivity, creativity and tact that is needed when working with senior academics, development colleagues and prospective major donors to the University; the ability to engage key internal stakeholders to work towards common goals and outcomes. • Ability to communicate concepts and ideas drawing on relevant data as appropriate.
• Experience of working in the Higher Education or notfor-profit sector, and in particular an understanding of Cambridge University, its mission and its need for external funding. • An interest in how academic research and scholarship affects our understanding of the modern world and its important role in addressing pressing contemporary issues.
• Excellent negotiation skills. • Excellent social skills and cultural understanding, and a high level of communication skills, both oral and written. • Ability to build empathetic relations with high net-worth individuals in a variety of professional and high visibility positions. • Demonstrate a high level of awareness of personal impact and modify behaviour accordingly, listen and respond constructively to the realities and needs of others by using a range of communication skills and strategies. • Ability to manage a small team as well as to work as part of a wider professional team and to contribute to the development of fundraising for Cambridge as a whole. • Self-motivated, with an ability to respond rapidly and professionally in situations where it may not be possible to refer or seek guidance from senior staff. • Highly opportunistic and able to take the initiative on his/her own when the situation demands it. • Tenacity, drive and imagination.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS • The ability to engage and identify with the ethos and objectives of the School for excellence in research and teaching across disciplines. • To have the gravitas required to command respect among senior stakeholders across Collegiate Cambridge; within the development office; and among volunteers, donors and potential donors to Collegiate Cambridge. • To understand and be able to work within the politics and protocols of University life at a senior level. • To be comfortable working with and contributing to online donor and relationship management databases. • To possess a strong natural drive towards getting into the field; a desire to be actively engaging with donors and potential donors to Collegiate Cambridge. • Willingness to work out of regular hours and to travel.
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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The mission of the University of Cambridge is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. The University of Cambridge is consistently ranked among the top five universities in the world. The University’s sustained pursuit of academic excellence is built upon a long history of first-class
teaching and research within its distinctive collegiate system. Its principal goal is to continue to be in the foremost rank of research-led universities worldwide. The University has more than 11,000 staff, approximately 19,000 students and assets of c. £220 million. Its total income in 201718 was £1.9 billion, when consolidated with the turnovers of the wholly-owned Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment (the University’s external examination business).
The 2019 QS University Rankings confirmed Cambridge’s position as one of the world’s leading research institutions, placing it sixth out of 1,000 universities ranked. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), the University returned some 2,200 academics: 47% of its submissions were awarded the highest rating of 4* (world-leading) and a further 40% were rated 3* (internationally excellent).
Providing teaching and an education of the highest quality is central to the University’s purposes. The Tripos system for the undergraduate degrees and the distinctive personal attention given to all students are essential components of the Cambridge experience. The genius of scale that provides a personal and supportive focus for students in the Colleges, combined with the scope and range of the University’s subject base and the Colleges’ facilities are at the core of this endeavour. The Collegiate University remains committed to admitting the best students regardless of their background and, at the undergraduate level, it invests considerable resources both in widening access and in financial support. Through The Cambridge Trust, significant funds are also available for postgraduate students. Attracting the very best research students from around the world to Cambridge remains a core strategic objective.
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STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The University of Cambridge is a complex organisation. To understand how it
operates, it helps to keep its historical
origins in mind. Whilst the University can be dated from 1209, the first Colleges,
each autonomous and independent with
its own governing Body and Charter, were established later, from 1284, principally to
teach and house students at all levels. The University has no charter but is governed under Acts of Parliament starting with
Elizabeth I and most recently the 1923 Oxford and Cambridge Act.
The University works with a relatively small central administration. The procedural
rules of the University are embodied in
Statutes and Ordinances, which prescribe in some detail the formal administrative
practices. These rules are made in most cases by the University itself, although
the Statutes can be changed only with
the approval of the Privy Council. Each College also has its own statutes and regulations.
The University has sole responsibility for
examinations and for conferring degrees. The Colleges, on the other hand, have responsibility for selecting, admitting
SCHOOLS, FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS
Faculties and Departments
Schools
Schools described above, teaching and
and accommodating all undergraduate
The teaching and research activities of
University unless he or she also becomes
major groupings of cognate institutions –
University lays down the admission
Departments.
and also has certain controls over the
•
Arts and Humanities;
•
Biological Sciences;
•
Clinical Medicine;
•
Humanities and Social Sciences;
and research laboratories. The University
•
Physical Sciences;
•
Technology.
Lecturers, Lecturers and other teaching
Each School has a Council. The Head of
students, and a student cannot enter the
Cambridge are conducted through six
a member of a College. However, the
Schools – which consist of Faculties and
qualifications for postgraduate students
The Schools are:
statutes of the individual Colleges.
During the 20th century, the role of the
University hugely expanded through the provision of facilities, such as teaching employs Professors, Readers, Senior and administrative staff who provide
lectures, seminars and practical classes.
The Colleges supplement the University’s teaching with supervisions and other
small-group teaching, given by Fellows or
others appointed by the College, and each College also provides library and other
learning resources for its own members. The Colleges are separate corporations which exist in symbiosis with the
University and manage their own physical
the School chairs this, and is the principal
academic officer of the School responsible for its overall running, the use of funds
allocated by the Council of the School,
and the implementation of the academic and financial plans prepared by the University Council.
Within the overall jurisdiction of the six research in Cambridge is organised
primarily by the various Faculties and Departments.
The Faculties have different organisational sub-structures which partly reflect their history and partly their operational
needs. The Councils of the Schools
play an important role in ensuring that the natural academic links between
different Departments are maintained and developed.
Unified Administrative Service (UAS) The Registrary is the principal
administrative officer of the University and
the head of the UAS. The UAS consists of
a number of support services departments, for example Human Resources, Finance, Management Information Services and Estates Management. The latter is a
multi-disciplinary organisation responsible for the development, management and maintenance of the University estate,
along with the provision of a variety of related services.
infrastructure.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS LOCATION
1 Quayside, Bridge Street, Cambridge, CB5 8AB
SALARY
Grade 10 - £54,765 to £63,462
17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX
In exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a supplement to the salary range of up to
£70,000 for a 5-year period. Any such supplement would be awarded on the basis of a demonstrable
HOW TO APPLY For further information and to apply for this role, please visit:
www.execucare.com/jobs/cip/1343
history of exceptional achievement and is entirely at the discretion of the University. HOURS OF WORK
There are no conditions relating to hours and times of work but you are expected to work such
hours and days as are reasonably necessary for the proper performance of your duties. Your times of work should be agreed between you and your line manager.
LENGTH OF APPOINTMENT
Permanent
PROBATION PERIOD
9 months
ANNUAL LEAVE
33 days plus Bank Holidays, but including fixed periods at Christmas when the Department/office is closed. The period for calculating entitlement to annual leave in any particular year is the academic year i.e. 1 October to 30 September.
PENSION ELIGIBILITY
Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) Pension scheme details are available on the University
web pages at: www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/pensions/schemes.html. Information about the legal
requirement for the University to automatically enrol its eligible jobholders into a qualifying workplace pension scheme from 1 March 2013 is available at: www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/pensions/ autoenrolment/. RETIREMENT AGE
The University does not operate a retirement age for unestablished academic staff/unestablished
PRE-EMPLOYMENT
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that you have the right to work in the UK before you
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academic-related staff.
can start working for it. If you do not have the right to work in the UK already, any offer of employment
it makes to you will be conditional upon you gaining it. If you need further information, you may find the Right to Work page within the Applying for a job section of the University’s Job Opportunities pages helpful (please see www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/right/have/).
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EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AT THE UNIVERSITY The University is committed to a proactive approach to equality, which includes
supporting and encouraging all under-
represented groups, promoting an inclusive culture and valuing diversity. Selection
decisions are made based on personal
merit and an objective assessment against the criteria required for the post. The
University does not treat job applicants or
members of staff less favourably than one another on the grounds of sex (including
gender reassignment), marital or parental status, race, ethnic or national origin,
colour, disability (including HIV status),
sexual orientation, religion, age or socioeconomic factors.
There are various diversity networks to
help progress equality; these include the
Women’s Staff Network, the Disabled Staff Network, the Black and Minority Ethnic Staff Network and the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Staff Network.
Information if you have a Disability The University welcomes applications
from individuals with disabilities and is committed to ensuring fair treatment
throughout the recruitment process. It will make adjustments to enable applicants to compete to the best of their ability
wherever it is reasonable to do so, and,
if successful, to assist them during their employment. Information for disabled applicants is available at http://www.
admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/staff/disabled/.
You are encouraged to declare any
disability that you may have, and any
reasonable adjustments that you may
require, when applying for the role. This
will enable the University to accommodate your needs throughout the process
as required. However, applicants and
employees may declare a disability at any time.
In addition, the University was ranked in the top 100 employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) staff in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2013 and
holds an Athena SWAN bronze award at organisation level for promoting women
in Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine.
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