Director of Development

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 12 August 2025
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£125,000 / year
CATEGORY
Non-profit
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SKILLS

Fundraising Strategic Planning Income Generation Team Leadership Stakeholder Management Project Management

FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

The Director of Development will develop, lead, and implement a fundraising strategy for RUSI to maximize income. They will lead major fundraising efforts, coordinate with other colleagues, and play a key role in the senior management team.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop, lead, and implement a strategy of diverse and risk-assessed fundraising activity
  • Lead and manage all major fundraising
  • Coordinate and collaborate with other colleagues
  • Set the strategic direction for and guiding the development of RUSI

Core Requirements/Qualifications/Skills:

  • Fundraising
  • Strategic Planning
  • Income Generation
  • Team Leadership
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Project Management

THE ROLE

The Director of Development will develop, lead, and implement a strategy of diverse and risk-assessed fundraising activity for RUSI that maximizes sustainable net voluntary income to complement and supplement other revenue streams. The selectee will build on the successful tenure of RUSI’s previous Director of Development who raised an accumulative total of £13.5 million for the renovation of RUSI’s headquarters at 61 Whitehall. 

The Director of Development will lead and manage all major fundraising and be responsible for the achievement of agreed fundraising targets. They will coordinate and collaborate with other colleagues across RUSI who are also responsible for income generation, including the Membership Department, Director for Research Business Development, and Programmatic Partnership leads. 

As part of the Senior Management Team, they will play an important role in setting the strategic direction for and guiding the development of RUSI

INFORMATION

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