The Development & Alumni Relations Office leads the process of generating long-term and consistent voluntary income for Merchant Taylors’ School, and for running a comprehensive alumni and parental relations programme. The office uses Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge as its alumni and parental database, and this tool drives much of the activity of the office. This role is to provide administrative support to all aspects of the work of the Development and Alumni Relations Office and to strive to improve the integrity and effectiveness of the Raiser’s Edge database.
To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required and requested by your line manager to meet the School’s priorities and demands.
• Administration of the Raiser’s Edge Development and Alumni Relations Office Database, including the input of new data, updates to the data, and the manipulation of data to produce reports and mailings as required.
• Proactive research to enhance the data we hold, using tools like LinkedIn.
• Ensuring the integrity of data provided or discovered.
• Gift administration: recording new gifts on Raiser’s Edge, acknowledging and thanking donors.
• Gift Aid administration: recording declarations appropriately and making monthly Gift Aid claims to HMRC.
• Gift reconciliation with the school’s accounts department, including reconciling event accounts.
• Processing online event payments (as well as cancellations and refunds), online gifts, memberships of the OMT Society, and online OMT profile updates.
• Recording event responses made by email or post.
• Assisting with production of event materials and event reports for organisers.
• Dealing with correspondence arriving at the Development and Alumni Relations Office, forwarding requests for information and ensuring that all matters are dealt with in timely manner.
• Mailing and emailing documentation to the Development and Alumni Relations Committee.
• Maintaining a record of the Development and Alumni Relations Office budget, and ensuring that sufficient supplies of stationery, etc, are held in stock. OTHER DUTIES:
• To carry out other duties as may reasonably be requested by the Director of Development and Alumni Relations, Head Master or Bursar, particularly supporting other departments at times of pressure.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 3rd April 2025, 9am Please apply as soon as possible as shortlisting/interviews will progress up until the closing date. Should a suitable candidate be appointed, we reserve the right to close the advert early.
Interviews to be held: Tuesday 8th April 2025
Merchant Taylors’ School is an equal opportunities employer committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As this role will bring you into contact with children you are expected to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).