Alumni and Fundraising Development Officer
Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2PGThis job expired on 10 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
June 2024
Closing date
10 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Working pattern
- Term time: 37 Hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 5 (14-17)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit a dynamic and forward-thinking person to the role of Alumni and Development Officer. The School is extremely fortunate to have a committed and loyal alumni network, as well as a supportive parental body. The present post holder has developed these networks and we are looking for someone to build on this success, whilst maintaining the traditions and ethos of the School and its community. As the main focus of this role is fund raising, it is expected that the role will be self-financing by funds raised from alumni, grant applications and bequests to the School.
The core aim of the role is to work with the Headmaster in developing links with the alumni network through the Queen Mary’s Club (QMC) for the purpose of school promotion and fundraising. The role also includes an oversight the financial and administrative function of the Queen Mary’s Association (QMA) as a parental fundraising body within the school.
We strongly encourage informal visits to the school with the opportunity to meet prospective colleagues and pupils. Please contact Simran Sahota (Executive Assistant) to arrange such a visit, by emailing s.sahota@qmgs.merciantrust.org.uk
Closing date: Friday 10 May 2024 – 9:00am
Interviews: W/C 13 May 2024
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at Queen Mary’s Grammar School
• teach gifted and intelligent students who have a real motivation to succeed
• a thriving and expanding school that achieves examination success, particularly at GCSE level
• professional autonomy in the classroom – you are encouraged to teach in a style that suits you and your subject
• a Headmaster and Senior Leadership Team that operate an open-door policy to support colleagues personally as well as professionally
• we take our mental health seriously, considering workload and staff wellbeing
• a dedicated induction programme for new staff and ECTs to ensure you are supported at whatever stage of your career you join us
• opportunities to play a role in the wider life of the school, including involvement in the CCF, music, debating, drama, coaching of sports teams and other trips and opportunities, such as visits to Farchynys (our Welsh field centre)
• career progression – many of our current middle and senior leaders are “home-grown” promotions from within. Closing date: Friday 10 May 2024 – 9:00am
Interviews: W/C 13 May 2024
Commitment to safeguarding
Queen Mary’s Grammar school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
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About Queen Mary's Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1312 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Queen Mary's Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk
Queen Mary’s Grammar School is an invigorating and rewarding place to work: the pupils are intelligent and committed to study; the staff are friendly and forward looking. It is far more than just a place of work – it is a thriving community, proud of its past and confident of its future. We are an outstanding school, as recognised by OFSTED in our most recent inspection in March 2023.
Arranging a visit to Queen Mary's Grammar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk.
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