Global Philanthropy Specialist

13 hours ago


Hong Kong, Central and Western District, Hong Kong SAR China British Council Full time
Role Purpose

The Hong Kong Patron Manager will play a key role in supporting the launch and growth of our Hong Kong Patrons Circle.

  • To cultivate and steward relationships with high-net-worth individuals in Hong Kong, working closely with our volunteer leadership, Director British Council Hong Kong, and Head of Individual Giving to meet annual income targets and grow our supporter circle in Hong Kong.
  • You will work closely with global teams to ensure prospects and donors are aligned to the organisation's values and ethics; donor engagement programmes are designed and delivered to leverage our portfolio of global programmes in the UK and internationally; targets are met and due diligence, financial and data management processes are maintained accurately and shared with the wider corporate, pillar and partnerships teams.
  • The Hong Kong Patron Manager will contribute to the development of the British Council fundraising strategy and advise on the philanthropic potential of our portfolio of Global Programmes and the design of specific elements with regard to ensuring maximum opportunities for support.
Main Accountabilities

Strategy and Planning:

  • Support the Head of Individual Giving to increase support from individual philanthropy.
  • Work with Development team to shape our fundraising strategy, ensuring that activities to ensure we can increase our support from Hong Kong based individuals are integral to our plans.
  • Contribute to the integration of development plans into the design of Global Programmes, helping to establish medium and long-term sustainable development plans with agreed SMART objectives and KPIs as part of the wider CE development implementation plan.
  • Analyse and assimilate multiple commercial data sets and indicators (e.g. profitability, market undercurrents, fundraising/sponsorship/partnership targets etc) to produce tailored reports on performance and trends that enable further development of British Council fundraising.
  • In collaboration with the Head of Individual Giving and programme leads, devise and implement strategies for acquisition and retention of Hong Kong Patrons to ensure we grow overall membership to at least 50 by 2025.

Sector/Subject Expertise:

  • Proactively build and maintain a sound working knowledge of major developments in the fundraising market to develop intelligence that can be fed into future planning and decision making for British Council fundraising.
  • Provide leadership and expert guidance on individual giving for the teams.
  • Contribute to the development and delivery of the thought leadership strategy for development for the team so that the British Council is recognised by external stakeholders and audiences as a respected, credible partner with regard to philanthropic giving to support arts and cultural relations programmes.
Relationship & Stakeholder Management

Lead on the planning, establishment and account management of all British Council relationships with Hong Kong based individual donors in line with the relationship strategy and objectives established through the fundraising strategy.

Ensure that there is a research, cultivation and stewardship implementation plan with SMART KPIs in place and that relationships are maintained and nurtured to the highest standards.

Work with the Director, Hong Kong to identify and prioritise prospects and to coordinate approaches.

Develop and manage key patron relationships.

Design and deliver an annual cultivation and engagement programme, leveraging the Council's international arts activities across art form disciplines to solicit, steward and engage donors as part of the annual regular individual giving schemes.

Build and maintain excellent relationships with pillar leads and other internal partners and associates in the UK and across the global network, to ensure effective, integrated and joined-up delivery of agreed programme objectives in a complex matrix environment.



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