Senior Stewardship Manager

Arts Council; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading arts organization in Greater London seeks a Senior Stewardship Manager to enhance relationships with donors and stakeholders. The successful candidate will develop successful stewardship strategies, manage high-profile events, and ensure exceptional relationship-focused stewardship. Applicants should have significant fundraising experience within the arts or charity sectors and exceptional project management and interpersonal skills. This role is crucial for driving the organization's ambitious fundraising plans.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in stewardship, donor relations, or fundraising within the arts.
• Proven track record in designing successful stewardship strategies.
• Excellent working knowledge of fundraising best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy for relationship management at Somerset House.
• Create and maintain a stewardship matrix for various income sources.

Skills

Stewardship experience

Donor relations

Event management

Communication skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Job Description

Somerset House does not receive any regular public funding, therefore income from fundraising and sponsorship is especially important. We have ambitious plans to increase income and recognise that exceptional stewardship is key to realising those ambitions. The Senior Stewardship Manager is a new role and will collaborate closely with the Director, Head of Development and Development Team to ensure that relationships with donors and stakeholders is meticulously held, and the depth and breadth of our work is highlighted to stakeholders in an engaging, creative and impactful way.

Job Requirements

• Significant experience in stewardship, donor relations, supporter engagement or fundraising within the arts or charity sectors
• Track record of designing and delivering successful stewardship strategies and supporter journeys / plans
• Proven track record of delivering high-profile events for donors, senior stakeholders or VIPs
• Experience crafting communications across a range of channels and audiences
• Excellent working knowledge of fundraising best practice, including GDPR and the Fundraising Regulator's Code of Practice
• Strong project management skills with the ability to oversee multiple complex projects
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the confidence to engage and influence high net worth individuals, senior stakeholders and VIPs
• Ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders

Job Responsibilities

• Lead on the strategy for relationship management at Somerset House, ensuring donors and external stakeholders receive the highest level of bespoke relationship-focused stewardship
• In consultation with colleagues across Development, create and maintain a new stewardship matrix that maps across the various sources of income

Relationship Management and Cultivation

• Work with the Director, Head of Development and fundraisers (who will act as the external partners for each of the stewardship relationships) to understand the interests and motivations of potential and existing donors, in order to create tailored, innovative and systematic stewardship plans across the full stewardship cycle.

Events space for creatives, learning etc