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About the Role Responsible to the Head of Philanthropy, responsible for a Philanthropy Officer. In this role, you’ll lead the development of a portfolio of Major Gift prospects and projects for the aligned Faculty (Social Sciences), and hold line management responsibility for a Philanthropy Officers, as required, who will support Development Office led philanthropic priorities. In this role you’ll be hybrid working within a hot-desking space within the Development and Alumni Engagement team on campus. We support the team to work remotely in accordance with our hybrid working policies. Our impact stretches far beyond the boundaries of Warwick’s campus: The Social Sciences building is one of the most active buildings in the University, with several major departments and centres housed here. The Faculty of Social Sciences is home to a vibrant and diverse community of people, where independent thinking and entrepreneurial spirit is at the heart of everything we do. The Social Science departments and research centres provide an in-depth look at societal systems, covering enlightening topics from big data, to public health, to global governance. Philanthropic funding increases our ability to support social scientists to reach their full potential. Thanks to an educational experience driven by challenge, curiosity and ambition, we produce graduates with the skills, drive and business-ready outlook to succeed in the global workplace. The University of Warwick was nominated for University of the Year by the UK Social Mobility Awards, 2023. Warwick’s commitment to widening participation has been recognised for making strides and creating initiatives to advance social mobility within our own workforce or beyond it. A magnet for our region: Our researchers are world leaders in identifying solutions for climate change, pandemic research, conflict resolution, designing sustainable materials and environments. For instance, The University of Warwick is leading the research in behavioural science and climate policy. With our researchers investigating individual attitudes to climate change and combining interdisciplinary approaches to tackle one of the worlds most urgent crisis. The Covid-19 research that Warwick has initiated was aimed at helping us prepare for future crisis, understand how to forestall future pandemics, and organize human behaviour for our collective health and common good. Philanthropy and alumni support are vital to empowering our researchers to solve global challenges and making education more accessible. We’re planning an ambitious new fundraising campaign that will support this. If you can inspire and engage others with this vision, please get in touch for a chat. We’re seeking talented applicants who bring a range of skills and come from a variety of different backgrounds. We welcome experienced professionals and support and train those who want to transition from other careers. We welcome and embrace diversity and offer work flexibility. If you’re looking for a role where you will directly make a difference to people’s lives, and the world we live in we look forward to meeting you. Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.
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