Salary:                 Between £38,048.13 – £42,823.76 p.a. (depending on experience) plus benefits

Job type:             Permanent

Hours:                 36.25 hours per week

St John’s College, one of the largest Colleges within the University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint a Research and Data Manager to manage the Development Office’s information and data input systems, ensuring optimum data integrity and compliance.  The post-holder will work closely with all members of the alumni relations and fundraising team and will become the team expert on segmenting and analysing important data and campaign outcomes. Your work will help alumni to keep in touch with one another and fundraising colleagues to identify potential benefactors. 

The post-holder will also manage gift administration and payment processes and work with senior members of the team to identify general improvements to data efficiency.  In addition, the Research and Data Manager will source and manage value for money identifying key vendors for the supply and fulfilment of postal services and office supplies.

It is essential for the post-holder to have a systematic mindset with a high degree of attention to detail. You will have at least two-three years’ office/facilities and line management experience and a demonstrable understanding or willingness and aptitude to understand GDPR/data protection regulation.  The ability to collaborate with colleagues across the College is also key to the role.

The College offers a competitive benefits package including membership of a defined contributory pension scheme, 36 days’ annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays), access to a ‘cash plan’ healthcare scheme currently provided by Simplyhealth, free lunch (up to a specified monetary limit), free use of an on-site Gym and free parking close to the College site and an Agile Working policy whereby eligible staff may be able to work remotely for up to 40% of their working hours.

For further particulars and an application form, please click on the links below, email recruitment@joh.cam.ac.uk or telephone 01223 338794.

The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9.00 am on 5 October 2022.  Interviews are expected to be held close after the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we find a suitable candidate.

In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy. Please see attached for a copy of our Data Protection Statement for further information about how we process your personal data.