Development Director and Fellow

Girton College, University of Cambridge

This senior role presents a genuine opportunity to make a difference, generate substantial philanthropic income and drive forward the strategic ambitions of Girton College – a vibrant, progressive, inclusive, inspiring and bold community that strives for excellence. You will enjoy deploying your strategic thinking, be encouraged to think creatively, and will thrive by engaging with a broad range of truly remarkable stakeholders, internationally.

Girton College has a long and impressive history of trailblazing philanthropy ever since its foundation (by women, for women) in 1869. As the UK’s first residential college for women's higher education, we helped to galvanise an unstoppable global movement for the full participation of women in political, professional and scholarly life. Today, the College has an almost 50:50 gender balance.

The College is characterised by its pioneering spirit, its ethos of working to enable access to a world-class education for under-represented communities and its deep commitment to a green and sustainable future. One of Cambridge’s larger colleges, it has some 120 Fellows in all, around 80 of whom are fully involved in day-to-day governance, teaching and research, in addition to over 135 administrative and operational staff, 537 undergraduate students and 330 postgraduates.