Advancement Director

Malvern College seeks an enthusiastic and driven Advancement Director to join our team. This role is ideal for a candidate with a background in Development, Fundraising, Marketing, and/or Admissions who is ready to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic educational setting.

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Established in 1865 in the scenic Malvern Hills, Malvern College is regarded as one of England’s great independent schools for students aged 13 -18. The College sits at the centre of a wider family of eight schools across four countries. A recent review described Malvern College as an ‘academic titan with world class facilities and astounding co-curricular pursuits’. Founded during Great Malvern town’s spa era, the College has grown and transformed over the last 158 years, and the group now proudly serves a student body of over 820 in the UK and a further 3,600 overseas.

The Advancement Director Role

To engage with and fundraise from the wider Malvernian community: alumni and parents, past, present, and future –in the UK and from overseas –across The Downs and The Malvern College international schools, and via grant income from appropriate sources.
The deliverables:

  • To provide strategic and team leadership: create, manage and oversee the College’s strategic plan for Advancement, and enable the Advancement Team to deliver executional excellence.
  • To support the College’s strategic priorities: primarily the development of an endowment fund for assisted places, contributions to the 10-year masterplan of infrastructure projects, and a specific focus on sustainability.
  • To establish connections with prospective major donors: delivering a 1:1 focus on prospects,(a) becoming a ‘road warrior’, traveling for face-to-face meetings both in the UK and abroad, including recommending and delivering supporting events and media collateral to facilitate this, and(b) networking with Council members and Old Malvernians to build relationships.
  • To engage and connect the wider Malvernian community: driving social, university and career networks, support and advice. This includes Old Malvernians (OMs), Old Downians (ODs), Ellerslie Old Girls (EOGs), past parents of The College and The Downs Malvern, and alumni from Malvern College International schools.
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Our Malvern Qualities

At Malvern we teach the importance of a set of well-tested values called the Malvern Qualities.

These are the traits that prepare our pupils for life beyond Malvern and enable them to work with anyone, anywhere.

These qualities are fostered and encouraged through all areas of school life – from building a sense of teamwork in the boarding houses to digging deep and displaying true resilience while out on expedition.

CommunicatorsChange makers Team buildersFree thinkersPath finders

Join Our Team

If this role is an opportunity that excites you, and you believe that you have the necessary skills, experience and attributes, then we would be delighted to receive your application.

If you have a query regarding the application process, please contact the Human Resources Team either via email humanresources@malverncollege.org.uk or by phone 01684 581 647.

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Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership
Management of the Advancement Office
Fundraising
Engagement
Person Specification, Key Criteria for Success and Benefits
Essential Desirable
Education and Qualifications
  • Educated to bachelor degree (Essential)
  • Membership to professional body
Malvern Qualities
Free Thinkers: Independence   |   Curiosity   |   Ambition
Experience, Knowledge and Understanding
  • Proven successful inspirational leadership in a senior position, managing, organising and motivating Advancement teams.
  • Previous experience working in an education/independent school environment
Malvern Qualities
Path Finders: Self-Awareness   |   Resilience   |   Ambition
Role-Related and Personal Skills
  • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills: diplomatic, open-minded and able to persuade, negotiate and influence others.
  • High levels of cultural awareness and emotional intelligence.
  • Flexible, strategically-minded and solution-focused in approach.
  • High level decision-making skills: confident and willing to take difficult decisions when necessary.
  • Sets high expectations for him/herself and others, able to work under pressure and expects to lead by example
  • Able to self-evaluate and willing to learn
Malvern Qualities
Communicators: Risk-taking   |   Resilience   |   Curiosity   |   Independence   |   Collaboration
General
  • Recognition that Malvern College is a full boarding school and therefore events may be outside of normal office hours including over weekends. Therefore, a flexible approach to hours and duties is required.
  • Travel (both nationally and internationally) will be required in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.
Malvern Qualities
Team Builders: Kindness   |   Collaboration   |   Humility
Key Criteria for Success

After 12 months in post, the successful candidate will have:

  • Increased the level of fundraising income through securing new major gifts and ensuring pledges already received are fulfilled.
  • Established strong relationships within the College, The Downs and with alumni, parents and the Malvern College International schools.
  • Established personal credibility with colleagues across the Family of Schools and built good working relationships with the existing Advancement Team.
  • Developed a robust understanding of the College and its impact on the wider community.
  • Working closely with the Headmaster, COO and Council member for Advancement, developed a strategy for achieving future fundraising success, widening current plan.
  • Designed and implemented the appropriate team structure to take Advancement forward.
Benefits

This is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Malvern College is a boarding school, with an events schedule that will include some limited weekend and evening work and as such, a flexible approach to working is required.

  • 6 weeks holiday per annum plus public holidays.
  • Contributory pension scheme with Royal London (successful candidates will be auto-enrolled after successfully completing 3 months service).
  • Fee concessions for Malvern College and The Downs Malvern.
  • Generous membership terms (family and personal) for the College Sports Facility.
  • Discounted childcare at holiday day camps (held during holidays at The Downs Malvern).
  • Discounted hot drinks in the College’s new on-site cafe, The Grub.
  • Free on-site parking.
  • Cycle-to-Work scheme.
  • Free access to the Malvern College Library.
  • Death in Service Insurance cover and Personal Accident Insurance cover.
  • We support colleagues that require some additional support through a local Counsellor.
  • We believe in developing our staff as well as our pupils. In addition to supporting professional development programmes for our colleagues through both internal and external training, the Malvern Pathways leadership and management programmes provide high quality training for staff across the Malvern Family of Schools. We support staff to develop their skills in areas of particular interest such as coaching or mental health first aid as well as role specific development. We expect all our staff to be living and breathing our Malvern Qualities and you will have 1:1s and appraisals which are the opportunity to discuss your training needs with your Line Manager.
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