Development Director

Description:

Job Title: Development Director
Focus: Development & Fundraising Strategy (Philanthropic / Commercial) to launch Pangaea London, the new home for sculpture in London.
Organisation: Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre, Daimler Powerhouse, Unit 4 Sandy Lane Business Park, Sandy Lane, Coventry CV1 4DQ
Pay: £40,000 pro rata
Contract: Initial six-month fixed term contract, running October 2024 – March 2025. Potential to extend.

This position can be full-time or we are open to job shares 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.6 FTE. If you prefer part-time, please specify on application.

Hours: 35 hours a week Monday-Friday (homeworking / flexible / hybrid some office-based work in London/Coventry) with potential for some out-of-hours networking.

Pension: Workplace contribution pension scheme.

Holiday: Entitlement of 25 days per annum plus public holidays (pro rata).
Probationary Period: One month.

Full employment terms will be included within the contract of employment.

Funded by Innovate UK Creative Catalyst Award.

At this exciting moment Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre is looking for a new Executive-Director to help drive the next decade of growth.

We are looking for a dynamic self-starter to lead on the creation of the development strategy, and capital fundraising campaign, for the London-based arm of Pangaea, as we seek to capitalise on a Section 106 opportunity to be part of a new Creative Quarter in East London.

Working closely with our two Executive Directors, Lucy Tomlins and Elizabeth Neilson, and Board, you will help to shape the commercial, creative and community directions for this new-form art space and the new home for sculpture in London.

Pangaea, a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, operates a mixed financial model that includes grant funding as well as revenue brought in through our technical, educational, fabrication and art consultancy services, used by artists, arts organisation, developers, architects, educational facilities and others.

With your help, we will devise and implement the strategy to expand our activities, across all these areas, and fundraise to capitalise on the incredible opportunity of a 6,000 ft2 premises at a subsidised rent, due for occupation in 2026.

We welcome interest from those from the fundraising sector, as well as from commercial sectors aligning with our activities. A successful candidate with strong skills in one field will be supported to develop further skills in the other.

Person Specification
Essential
• You will develop and expand the organisation’s existing financial strategy, bringing to the team strong strategic leadership.
• You will build strategic partnerships to expand our reach, deepen our impact and create new commercial and/or charitable opportunities. Crucially you will do this in a way that supports our Community Interest Company aims and objectives.

• You will be:
- A fundraising professional experienced in securing money from individual donors, grants, trusts and foundations; corporate and commercial partnerships
- And/or experienced in bringing in commercial clients.

• You’ll have great written and interpersonal communication skills, combining your desk-based work with face-to-face meetings and networking that bring Pangaea’s unique offer to life.

• You’ll be confident in adapting information for a variety of different potential stakeholders, creating high-quality, persuasive proposals and compelling cases for support, clearly demonstrating the impact of our work.

• You’ll have an eye for detail, strong financial acumen and a strategic approach to fundraising: considering a variety of approaches and identifying new opportunities. You’ll be someone who loves crafting new initiatives and campaigns but who also understands the importance of excellent database management and well-informed research.

• You’ll have a proven ability of having effectively managed projects and complex project budgets.

• You’ll enjoy working closely within a small, friendly team, working autonomously and in collaboration with colleagues across the organisation.

• Demonstrable proficiency and accuracy using MS Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirables
• An interest in contemporary art, in particular sculpture (in an expanded sense).

• Involvement in the successful delivery and execution of a capital campaign.

• Experience of new business development.

• Experience of managing a team.

• A commitment to our core values and Community Interest Company ethos.

• Digital presentation skills – Adobe suite.

• A strong network in the contemporary art and creative sectors, including in London.

• An interest in curating and artists’ professional development.

About Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre
Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre is an artist-led not-for-profit Community Interest Company supporting the advancement of sculpture in the UK and beyond. Based between Coventry and London, for over ten years Pangaea has been supporting artists and championing cutting-edge practices.

Our first priority is to artists. We work with emerging, mid-career and established artists working in the expanded field of sculpture and with widely diverse practices, media and materials.

All about sculpture; from idea to installation, we offer a 360° sculpture service. Pangaea provides technical, sculpture fabrication and consultancy services, profits from which are reinvested into supporting our community objectives.

We produce our own public realm commissions and educational programmes, developed through embedded research, participation and engagement.

How to apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter, outlining how you meet the essential and desirable experience in the person specification, and what appeals to you about working with Pangaea.

If you have any access requirements around making an application, please get in touch.

In the covering email:
• Confirm that you have the legal right to work in the UK.
• Indicate if you have any access needs for the interview.
• State where you saw the job advertised.
• Current notice period and availability to start the role.
• Include the names, email addresses, and telephone numbers of two people who can give you a reference. At least one of these should be your current or most recent employer. They will only be contacted following a successful interview and with advance notice to you.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the position prior to applying, please get in touch.

The application deadline is rolling until the position is filled.

We will only offer feedback to shortlisted candidates. All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

“Sculpture has a deep relationship with power and now more than ever we need to support new voices and practitioners who are changing the way people think and make public art works.”
Thomas J Price, Artist & Pangaea Patron

“Pangaea creates and produces collaborative groundbreaking projects that redefine what public sculpture can be.“
Rachael Champion, Artist

“In Germany, Switzerland and the United States there is a long history of intelligent workshop design and collective provision, often resulting in new kinds of collaboration and levels of invention that artists working alone seldom achieve.”
Richard Wentworth CBE, Artist