Director of Income Generation and External Affairs
The Royal Institution
London
c.£88,000 per annum
The Royal Institution’s (Ri) vision is that science is for everyone. Science transforms lives and underpins the modern world – from health to the latest technology, the environment, and the furthest reaches of our universe. Science is part of culture, but not everyone has the same opportunity to engage.
THE ROLE
We’re looking for an ambitious Director of Income Generation and External Affairs to join our executive team and lead an integrated directorate that encompasses Digital, Marketing and Communications, Membership and Fundraising to deliver a step change in our income, profile and reach. This is a compelling opportunity to contribute to the next phase of our development of the Ri with a strong platform to build on.
Strategic and collegiate in your approach, you will bring experience of operating at a senior level in an organisation of comparable scale and complexity with the ability to lead a talented, multidisciplinary team. Whether your roots are in marcomms, membership or fundraising, you will bring knowledge of all three with the skills and experience to grow our income and engagement. Your experience may have been gained within the cultural sector, an educational institution or from within the wider visitor attraction/venue space, but whatever your background, you will bring a flexible and entrepreneurial approach with high levels of maturity and judgement and the ability to build successful relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels. You don’t need to have a scientific background but you do need to be motivated by the impact of science in the world with the agility to operate in an organisation with significant heritage and influence that punches significantly above its weight.
With science permeating all areas of our lives, offering potential solutions to many of the world’s greatest challenges, our work is more vital than ever before.
