HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT | NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND

Now is a great time to join National Museums Scotland, as we embark on delivery of a new Development Strategy with a focus on driving unrestricted income to support core activity and major gift income for strategically important projects.

You will have the chance to shape and lead implementation and play a pivotal role in developing campaigns to support our successful delivery.

We are hugely proud of the impact we have on people’s lives through sharing the stories of the remarkable objects we care for in Scotland’s National Collection.

Our Strategic Plan marks a step-change in how we use these collections to address the challenges of the 21st century, exploring pressing questions about identity, climate change and biodiversity loss, and the legacies of colonialism.

As a charity, the philanthropic income generated by our Development Team is vital to our activities. It supports high-profile acquisitions, conservation, and research, education and national outreach programmes, exhibitions, refreshed galleries and transformative capital campaigns.

Fundraising at National Museums Scotland is already well-established - over the last 20 years we have successfully raised tens of millions of pounds to support an ambitious programme of capital development across our five sites.

We are looking for an inspirational senior leader to release the potential in our fantastic team of fundraisers, encouraging an ambitious growth mindset, and to work with me to build a strong fundraising culture across the organisation.

We have capital projects in development, but the biggest current need is building deeper relationships with our communities of supporters to develop strong unrestricted funding streams and funding for projects that contribute to our strategic aims.

As Head of Development, you’ll need to be creative and driven - to be able to spot a great idea, collaborate across the organisation, and use your influence to develop a fundable project out of it. You’ll be part of our leadership team, the group senior managers who drive forward our activities, and part of the External Relations Directorate, a close-knit team with a busy and sociable working environment.

You don’t need to have worked in museums before, but it’s pretty important to have a curiosity for our collection. Our public buildings are the tip of the iceberg of our work - what goes on behind-the-scenes, includes our scientific labs and archaeological digs, our expertise in biodiversity, fashion, and cutting-edge technology, and our extraordinary Collection Centre where we store, research, and preserve those objects not on display.

Grade D ￡59,581 to ￡67,554 plus Civil Service Pension contributions of 28.97% of salary - FlexiTime and Hybrid Working options

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