Development Officer

Overview: Join Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Fundraising Team as a Development Officer and play a key role in supporting income generation across a range of fundraising streams. This is a fantastic opportunity for an early‑career fundraiser to broaden their experience and develop their skills within one of the UK’s leading arts organisations, during a period of growing philanthropic engagement.

About Birmingham Royal Ballet and the role: Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is one of the UK’s leading cultural institutions, renowned for artistic excellence, technical innovation and a commitment to broadening access to ballet. Under the artistic leadership of Carlos Acosta BRB is strengthening its communication, visibility and partnerships nationally and internationally.

This newly created post plays a crucial role in connecting BRB’s artistic vision, organisational priorities and wider public engagement. It is an exciting time to join under the leadership of our Director Carlos Acosta and Chief Executive Paul James as we enter a new 5-year planning cycle and a series of ambitious new ballet productions and initiatives.

Birmingham Royal Ballet is proud of its growing network of support from individuals, charitable trusts and corporate organisations and has built a culture of giving amongst audiences whilst utilising the support of colleagues from across the organisation. We have a team of seven including this role and raise in excess of £2m a year.

This is a new role and is a key anchor for the team, integral to supporting the infrastructure across all income streams and enabling the successful delivery of our Fundraising strategy.

Purpose of the role: The post holder will provide broad support for the Head of Fundraising and the Development Team with particular focus on systems management (including CRM), donation admin, research, events support, corporate membership support and trusts and foundations support.

Key responsibilities - Supporting the Development team to achieve income targets via the following:

Corporate Partnerships & Events
Individual Giving and Trusts & Foundations
Fundraising Administration and research
Please see the job description for more information: Development Officer JDPS 2026

How to apply: please submit an updated CV and a cover letter explaining your interest in the role and the skills and experiences you will bring to it to jobs@brb.org.uk, with the subject line "Development Officer". In your email, please indicate where you saw this position advertised.

Eligibility: Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Diversity Statement: Birmingham Royal Ballet encourages applications from those from ethnically diverse backgrounds, as we strive to improve representation. As part of the application process, candidates must also complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring form: https://forms.office.com/e/FWeBDBArrY?origin=lprLink

Closing date for applications: 31 May 2026