Development Manager (Individual Giving Lead)

We are looking for a Development Manager (Individual Giving Lead) at Hackney Empire. This is a new position to support the Head of Development to refresh and deliver Hackney Empire’s fundraising strategy, capitalising on the opportunity of our 125th anniversary year and to grow our income across all streams to support our iconic building, work on the stage, our Creative Futures programme with young people and in the community.

With strategic responsibility for Individual Giving, you would be joining Hackney Empire at a remarkable time in its history, with an exciting 125th anniversary programme in place. As Development Manager, you will play a central role in a small team helping to drive positive social impact. Under the new leadership of recently appointed CEO Chris Sudworth, there is also the exciting opportunity to contribute to our next Arts Council England National Portfolio application, and the next stage of our National Lottery Heritage Fund application, following the successful award of our initial Development Phase funding.

Hackney Empire encourages applications from anyone from the global majority and those with disabilities, including but not limited to deafness and sight, especially where we consider we are under-represented in our organisation. If you identify in any of these ways and can demonstrate you have the essential experience, knowledge, skills and abilities for the role in line with the person specification, we offer a guaranteed first-round interview.

To find out more about the role, please download our Recruitment Pack (PDF) here, download our Recruitment Pack (Large print Word document) here, or via the links below.

Please send your CV and a covering letter (no more than two sides of A4) setting out your interest in the role and examples of how you meet the person specification to recruitment@hackneyempire.co.uk with the reference ‘HEDM’ as the subject line.

Please also send us a completed equal opportunities monitoring form, which you can download below, with your application. This form is for statistical purposes only and will not be used in the assessment of your application.

If you need any of our recruitment documents in a different format, please email recruitment@hackneyempire.co.uk or call 020 8985 2424 and we will send them over to you. If you would like an informal chat about the role in advance, please email Kathy Everett, Head of Development on kathy.everett@hackneyempire.co.uk