Associate Director / Deputy Director Major Gifts

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the most successful college philanthropic programmes. The next steps to secure Clare’s future will be focussed on two major milestones in the coming years. Over the next two years, the College will complete a £42 million project to conserve, refurbish and transform Old Court, its Grade I listed buildings in Cambridge city centre. Following this, the College will celebrate its 700th anniversary in 2026. Accompanied by a new strategic vision for the College’s eighth century, the anniversary will provide the opportunity to launch Clare’s next fundraising campaign. The Associate Director/Deputy Director, Major Gifts will be in a key position to help shape the strategy around the 700th anniversary campaign into comprehensive engagement and fundraising opportunities involving the whole Clare community. The role-holder will also be responsible for helping bring the Campaign for Old Court to a successful conclusion, working alongside the Master, Fellow for Development, Director of Principal Gifts and other members of the Development Office team. The post will appeal to a talented Major Gifts fundraiser who is motivated by the opportunity to have a formative impact on the College’s fundraising at a crucial point in its history. Building on a platform of strong fundraising performance and alumni engagement, the role-holder will play a pivotal role in enabling Clare to take the next steps in its capability to attract philanthropic funding from alumni, well-wishers, trusts and foundations in the UK and worldwide. In return, you will be a member of staff at the second oldest of the 31 Colleges in the University of Cambridge. Regarded as one of the most progressive and informal, Clare is renowned as a College that achieves academically at the highest levels, whilst also being welcoming, forward-thinking, and inclusive.  Located in the heart of Cambridge city centre, the College is extraordinarily beautiful and famed for its gardens on “the Backs” (the famous backs of the Colleges that overlook the River Cam). Our gardens are widely renowned as some of the best in Cambridge and are valued by all members of the College, as well as our guests. Clare’s Old Court, a Grade I listed building, is the centre of the College and is unique among the ancient Cambridge Colleges in having maintained its architectural integrity over the course of its history.