Fundraiser (London)
Employer: Dancers Career Development
Location: This is a remote working role, with monthly in-person team meetings which take place in London or Birmingham. Due to additional in-person events and meetings, as appropriate to the role and usually in London, the Fundraiser should be either based in London or within commutable distance.
Working hours: Part-time role (24 hours per week)
Salary: £35,000 per annum, pro-rata
Closing date: 9am, Thursday 22 January 2026
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Why work for DCD?
Dancers’ Career Development is a unique national charity: committed to ensuring dancers thrive, personally and professionally, during and beyond their performance careers. Our main focus is on the design and delivery of professional development programmes that enable dancers to explore and prepare for their post-performance careers, either within or beyond the Creative Industries.
We work in partnership with dance companies, sector support organisations and non-arts companies to ensure dancers have healthy, sustainable and rewarding careers; including:
Our Partner Companies The Royal Ballet,
English National Ballet, Scottish Ballet,
Northern Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet,
Rambert; and collaborators ZooNation: The
Kate Prince Company and Boy Blue;
Fellow members of the International
Organisation for the Transition of
Professional Dancers (IOTPD);
Dance/Arts sector partners such as One
Dance UK, People Dancing, Clore Leadership; vocational dance schools and conservatoires; and
Other strategic partners and volunteers including recruitment firm add-victor, BlackRock, The Global Leaders Institute and mentors from the corporate sector.
We are dynamic and responsive to the needs of the dance sector, delivering a range of bespoke services including retraining grants, individual coaching sessions, mentoring, networking, and professional development and wellbeing workshops. We also deliver customised programmes for our Partner Companies, vocational dance schools and Conservatoires, and for freelance Hip Hop dance artists.
We engage with hundreds of dancers each year, with demand for support from independent dancers regularly outstripping resources available. We aim to significantly increase our income in order to meet the increase in demand for our services.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
We are currently in a period of business and digital transformation: developing new relationships and initiatives to enable dancers to raise their career aspirations through the provision of high-quality professional development opportunities, that deliver greater equity across the dance sector.
Our five key objectives are to:
Improve life-chances and social-mobility of dancers
Broaden DCD’s impact and reach nationally Invest in dance sector talent development and retention
Strengthen DCD’s financial resilience Advocate dancers’ value to society
OUR VALUES:
Dancer-led: Dancers are at the heart of everything we do. Dancers inform our decision making, co-create our programmes and help us elevate their voices, within and beyond the dance sector.
Pioneering: Building on our heritage as the first dancer career transition programme globally, we continue to develop our expertise, be forward-thinking, courageous and worldleading.
Ambitious: We are ambitious for dancers. There is no limit to what dancers are able to achieve with the right interventions, inspiration and support.
Supportive: We are supportive of the dancers and partners we work with, and each other. We are committed to realising dancers’ potential and respect their individuality and unique path.
Accountable: We are accountable to the dancers we support, our funders, partners, supporters and to each other.
Inclusive: We commit to embed Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in our programmes and culture, with a commitment to delivering greater equity of opportunity to independent dancers.
DCD’s Fundraiser will work closely with the Executive Director and be instrumental in increasing fundraised and revenue income.
Our ideal candidate will be a creative thinker with an open mindset to propose and explore new avenues of fundraising and income streams. This role is ideally suited to a self-starter with a passion for the performing arts, who is motivated to make a tangible difference to the quality of dancers’ lives.
The Fundraiser will support the Executive Director to realise DCD’s ambitious fundraising targets across all development areas, including but not limited to: Trusts & Foundations, individual giving, campaigns, events, earned income and legacies.
DCD is a remote working organisation, so the post-holder will need to be able to work comfortably from home.
Job Title: Location:
Fundraiser This is a remote working role, with monthly
in-person team meetings which take place in Salary:London or Birmingham. Due to additional in-
£35,000 per annum pro-rata
person events and meetings, as appropriate
Reporting to: to the role and usually in London, the Executive Director Fundraiser should be either based in London Working closely with: or within commutable distance.
Executive Director, Senior Staff and Trustees Benefits:
Contract: 23 days holiday (pro-rata) initially, plus
Permanent Full-Time Bank Holidays, increasing to 28 days with
length of service
Probation Period:5% employer pension contribution
3 months Health & Wellbeing support package
Start Date:Professional development programmes
As early as feasibly possibleand training
Flexible working and family-friendly policies
Purpose of Role
The charity’s development function is responsible for delivering more than half of DCD’s annual revenue, currently circa £350,000. The immediate focus of the role will be to deliver a step change in fundraising activity through revenue innovation, cultivation and stewardship of individual donors, and engaging with Trusts & Foundations not currently engaged with DCD.
The post holder will play a significant role in helping to maintain and develop excellent relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, working collaboratively with DCD staff and Trustees.
The Fundraiser will work collaboratively with the Executive Director, DCD staff and Trustees to generate new revenue streams to ensure the long-term financial resilience of the charity. The post holder will be instrumental in cultivating and embedding a fundraising culture and mindset across the organisation.Key Relationships
As a member of DCD’s small remote working team, you will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to fulfil your role, in particular with DCD’s Executive Director, Marketing & Communications Manager and Relationship Managers.
The post holder will be the main point of contact and responsible for maintaining regular contact with existing donors and work with the Executive Director to cultivate and nurture relationships with new funders.
Key ResponsibilitiesGENERAL
Work closely with the Executive Director to develop and implement DCD’s development strategy. Identify, engage and expand DCD’s network of philanthropic prospects who have the greatest propensity to support its mission, in liaison with the Executive Director.
Research and explore alternative revenue streams, working with the commercial arts sector, funders and businesses as appropriate.
Support the Executive Director to develop and manage DCD’s relationship with Arts Council England, including applications and reporting as applicable. Work closely with DCD’s Executive
Director and Marketing & Communications Manager, to develop a compelling narrative and case for support and ensure this is widely communicated to the charity’s staff, volunteers and external stakeholders. Develop a deep understanding and appreciation of DCD’s specific place within the sector and develop joint fundraising initiatives with partners as appropriate.
Maintain a high profile for DCD by attending key events, including evening and occasional weekend functions, to identify new opportunities and build relationships with a range of stakeholders.
INDIVIDUAL GIVING
With support from the Executive Director and Trustees, identify potential donors and develop personalised giving journeys which reflect each donor’s interest. Cultivate DCD’s individual giving pipeline and steward its donor portfolio to solicit regular gifts.
Work closely with the Marketing and Communications Manager to engage with DCD’s international alumni network, to cultivate regular giving and legacy prospects.
Promote DCD’s living legacy initiative, amongst supporters and former DCD beneficiaries.
TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS
Mange DCD’s Trusts & Foundations portfolio, ensuring the annual cycle of applications and reports are submitted promptly and all terms, conditions and requirements are met; including:
Work closely with colleagues to produce applications to funders, making a wellresearched and evidence-based case for support, providing accurate data and compelling case studies. Mange the communications with Trusts and Foundations representatives, providing progress reports on grant deliverables and updates on DCD’s achievements.
Ensure evaluation requirements are integrated into funded programmes from the outset and that reports are concise and accurate: outlining the impact of supporter’s funding in line with grant award agreement and delivered in a timely manner. Research and identify prospective funders, setting up meetings for and with the Executive Director to discuss propensity for funding requests. Work closely with Relationship Managers to be fully cognisant of current and emerging services and projects and where possible create attractive funding packages around these.
EVENT MANAGEMENT
Work with DCD colleagues to create an annual programme of varied and engaging stewardship events for supporters, to incentivise regular giving and encourage them to introduce prospective new donors to the work of DCD.
Manage events from design phase to completion, with support from colleagues,
including but not limited to managing the guest list, logistics, curation, all aspects of health and safety, and post event communications.
COMPLIANCE & REPORTING
DCD has a CRM database and utilises the Enthuse fundraising platform. The post holder will:
Maintain and manage DCD’s fundraising platform.
Ensure complete records of supporters and prospects are captured accurately, and tagged appropriately, on the CRM system.
Initiate and coordinate fundraising via alternative platforms e.g. Easyfundraising. Ensure all necessary systems, policies and procedures are in place to enable fundraising to be carried out efficiently, ethically and in a coordinated manner. Work within DCD’s Ethical Fundraising
Policy, in accordance with the
Fundraising Regulator and government guidelines at all times, ensuring gifts are processed in accordance with charities SORP and conducting due diligence on potential donors as required. Maintain excellent knowledge of charitable and arts sector fundraising trends, regulation and compliance, disseminating information to staff and Trustees as appropriate. Maintain high standards in financial processes and record-keeping, including
the administration of Gift Aid declarations, processing of payments and GDPR compliant records of personal data. Be responsible for monitoring progress against targets and providing reports to the Board and Finance, Audit & Risk Committee on a quarterly basis.
CAMPAIGNS
Working closely with the Executive
Director and Marketing & Communications Manager, design and manage innovative and dynamic fundraising campaigns to publicly raise awareness of DCD and develop and diversify our supporters.
Working with the Marketing & Communications Manager create mailing lists and develop copy to promote campaigns via email and across DCD’s social media platforms. Keep accurate records of all donations, ensuring donors are appropriately thanked for their support and Gift Aid permissions captured. Support and encourage dancers delivering fundraising campaigns on behalf of DCD, working with the Marketing & Communications Manager to help promote their projects.
REQUIREMENTS OF ALL DCD STAFF
Contribute ideas to develop DCD’s services and business model, to evolve the charity and support dancers. Comply with legal, statutory and DCD legislation and policies, inc. EDI, GDPR and Safeguarding. Role model exemplary behaviour, upholding DCD’s values, and act as DCD ambassador at all times. Able to work remotely and collaboratively, interacting regularly with team online and in meetings. Have a flexible approach, with a willingness to undertake other duties as reasonably requested.
Participate in DCD meetings, training and professional development opportunities as appropriate.
Our preferred candidate will possess the following qualities and attributes:
A creative self-starter with the ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
Results orientated, focussed on DCD’s strategic priorities and accomplishing targets. Commitment to DCD’s values and genuine enthusiasm for their charitable work.
Excellent people and communication skills, with ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and partners whilst working remotely and in-person.Committed to developing a company culture and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.
Ability to prioritise work, be flexible and multi-task, to meet competing deadlines.
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