School Development and Fundraising Manager

Colyton Grammar School, Colyton, Devon, EX24 6HN

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Part-time (20 hours per week); working hours by arrangement
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,360 to £36,127
• Actual salary: Pro-rata £18,573 to £19,528
• Pay scale: Col4 + M4 allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

- 5 GCSEs including English and Maths, grade C or above (or equivalent)

- Degree level qualification

- Demonstrable experience of successful fundraising, including corporate and/or trusts (2 years)

- Demonstrable experience of successful fundraising, including corporate and/or trusts (5 years)

- Education sector experience

- Outstanding communicator, with the ability to build strong relationships with all stakeholders

- Strong writing skills with the ability to adapt language to target audience

- Self-motivated

- Creativity to find solutions and achieve success with limited budget and resources

- Competent in the use of email, word processing, spreadsheets and CRM databases

- Ability to combine strategic thinking with the delivery

What the school offers its staff

• The school is served by a wide rural area with students being drawn from more than 50 primary schools. There are five forms of entry. Students arriving at Colyton have typically achieved good Level 5 or better in primary school.
• The Lower Years Programme in Years 7 & 8 develops in students the foundational knowledge, the values and the habits of learning required for future success.
• The Middle Years Programme in Years 9, 10 & 11 encompasses eleven GCSEs alongside a range of additional components in the form of enrichment.
• Almost all students continue into the Sixth Form, where they typically study three A-Levels, alongside the Extended Project. Typically, about 98% continue on to university, with 15% gaining Oxbridge places. Students also complete a wide range of co-curricular, leadership and service opportunities as part of the Colyton Baccalaureate qualification.
• The school occupies an exceptionally attractive site. In the last decade there has been significant capital development in all areas of the school including Computer Science, Science Labs and a student wellbeing centre.
• In addition, the school has invested heavily in a highly successful digital learning strategy. All students and staff are provided with their own devices and a blended learning approach is fully established.
• The school has a national reputation for its work with more able students and in especially with its work with more able disadvantaged students.
• Details of the last Ofsted report are available on the school website: www.colytongrammar.com

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

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About Colyton Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1061 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Colyton Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: mchambers@colytongrammar.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/colyton-grammar-school (opens in new tab)

Colyton Grammar School is a state-funded academy with a selective intake, situated in East Devon.

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