Head of Individual Giving

DANCERS’ CAREER DEVELOPMENT: HEAD OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Dancers’ Career Development (DCD) is ambitious for dancers’ futures. We are here for professional dancers from all dance genres and backgrounds, during and beyond their performing careers. Helping dancers through professional and personal change is the lifeblood of DCD, removing barriers to Career progression, enabling career sustainability, and creating life-long learning opportunities.

We are looking for an experienced self-starter, who is highly motivated, results orientated and capable of working independently and within a small and ambitious team. Our ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and a proven track record of cultivating and stewarding individual donors.

If you are excited by this opportunity, resonate with DCD’s values and are passionate about making a positive difference to dancers’ lives, please get in touch; we would love to hear from you.

We work closely with our six national Partner Dance Companies: The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Northern Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Rambert, and independent, freelance dancers working as contemporary, South Asian, Hip Hop, African diaspora, commercial and classical dance artists.  DCD also delivers workshops and programmes in prevocational and vocational dance schools and conservatoires. 

In December 2024 we completed a year of celebrations and activities throughout the UK, to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. 2025 provides a significant opportunity for the charity to build on the success of these events, to raise and extend our profile, build more strategic partnerships, develop our fundraised income and increase our social impact.

We are looking for an experienced self-starter, who is highly motivated, results orientated and capable of working independently and within a small and ambitious team.

The role is being offered on a permanent part-time basis, we are also open to hearing from freelance fundraisers. Some flexibility will be required, with regards to hours, in order to meet with existing and potential donors and attend events. DCD is a remote working organisation, so the post-holder will need to be able to work comfortably from home.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Job Title: Head of Individual Giving

Contract: Part-time permanent contract equivalent of 2-days per-week (16-hours). We are also open to hearing from freelance fundraisers.

Salary: £40,000 per annum pro-rata (negotiable for highly- experienced candidates)

Pension: 7% employer pension contribution

Benefits: 28 days holiday pro-rata plus Bank Holidays and access to professional development programmes and training

Start Date: As early as possible, this is a new post.

Location: London, or within easy reach of London. DCD is a remote working charity; however, the post holder will be expected to have monthly in-person team meetings, meet with current and prospective donors and attend events - predominantly in London.

HOW TO APPLY

For more information about the role and how to apply please visit our website and download the recruitment pack at https://thedcd.org.uk/get-to-know-us/work-with-us/

Application deadline: Midday Monday 3rd March 2025

Interviews: week commencing 10^th March 2025

For an informal conversation with Executive Director, Vanessa Lefrancois, please email recruitment@thedcd.org.uk