Job description
Department: Derby Museums
Location: Derby Museum & Art Gallery
Hours: hours a week
Closing Date: Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Reference Number: JCDM/02
Are you passionate about museums and their rich cultural heritage, enthusiastic about fundraising and supporter communications, and want to make a difference? Are you friendly, enthusiastic, dynamic, a good storyteller and a great team player who can communicate confidently and effectively to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders? If the answer is yes, you may be exactly who we are looking for!
The Role
The Individual Giving Officer is a pivotal role that looks after our growing community of supporters. You will be able to work flexibly at our Museum and Art Gallery and from home and will help implement our fundraising strategy, with a particular focus on looking after our Friends, legacy pledgers, in-memory supporters, fundraising event supporters, Buy a Bird and Adopt an Object supporters. You will play a key role in supporting our fundraising and membership communications, crafting engaging social media copy and e-news to promote charitable giving, lead Individual Giving appeals, act as our first point of contact for legacy pledgers and enquirers and pull together the Derby Museums Friends ‘Orrery’ Newsletter. You will also help ensure our supporters feel appreciated through processing donations and sending out warm and timely thank you letters.
The successful candidate may be a recent graduate or already be working in a marketing or fundraising environment.
The Person
You will be a proactive individual with a passion for building and developing strong supporter relationships. You will have an organised approach, be skilled in storytelling and copywriting, have an eye for detail and a flair for communications. Database experience will also be an advantage. Most importantly you will have a strong belief in your ability to make a positive impact, and a strong commitment to working in the heritage sector.
We believe that diversity and equality within our workplace, programmes and in our outlook is crucial. We therefore particularly welcome
Individual Giving Officer • Derby, GB
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