Description

The School

Magdalen College School, founded in 1480 by William of Waynflete, is one of the country’s leading independent day schools. It is situated in an enviable location at the heart of Oxford beside the River Cherwell. The main buildings extend to nearly 15,000m2 and the grounds are over 14Ha (35 acres). The school has in excess of 900 pupils and employs around 300 staff as well as 100 outsourced catering, cleaning and other contracting staff.

The Waynflete Office is the Development Office of Magdalen College School. The team is responsible for nurturing strong links with our MCS community which includes alumni (Old Waynfletes or OWs), parents, former parents and staff, and for delivering an integrated programme of communications, events, fundraising activities and stewardship to keep them engaged with the school and promote a culture of philanthropy towards MCS.

The success of MCS is due in large part to the diversity of excellence of our pupils. Governors and successive Masters have worked hard to retain a broad mix of pupils, and we know that those who will flourish here can come from any part of the community. Having funds available for bursaries allows us to offer places to able pupils irrespective of their family circumstances. The need for this financial support has grown in recent years due to the pandemic – bursary applications at MCS were up 24% in the year 2020-21, and a further 41% in the year 2021-22 – and we are committed to ensuring that no pupil should have to decline a hard-won place for financial reasons.

The Waynflete Office’s fundraising priority is to help secure the future of MCS by raising funds for pupil bursaries. This is why the work of the Waynflete Office is so crucial to the overall mission of the school. The community is very warm to the school and is incredibly supportive of bursaries.

The Office is highly ambitious and also supports a range of other school activities through fundraising and through the relationships it builds. It is one of the top fundraising school offices in the country, having delivered two highly successful fundraising campaigns within the past six months (a telethon and our first Giving Day), and averaging over £1 million a year in donations since its establishment in 2015. The Waynflete Office is now seeking a new colleague in our world-class team to help deliver on our aim of building a bursary endowment of £15 million.

Please refer to the attached Job Pack for more information.

The Role

The Head of Development Services is an important post within the Waynflete Office. The postholder is the hub for the activity of this busy and ambitious Office, with particular responsibility for ensuring the priorities of the office are to the fore, and overseeing the administration of office systems and the use of the database.

This is an interim position to start ideally in September 2022 for a period of up to one year, but until at least mid-July 2023.

The role is office-based although home-working is available in school holidays. This role reports to the Director of the Waynflete Office.

The main duties of the role will include, but not be restricted to the following areas:

• Management, communications and stewardship
• Data
• Financial Administration
• Administration

Please refer to the attached Job Pack for more information.

The Candidate

We are looking for a team player with a positive, cheerful attitude and a willingness to become involved in the life of the school. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:

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Posters Information:

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