Job Description
Founded in 1865, Cranleigh is a highly successful independent co-educational day and boarding school educating 1000 pupils aged 5-18 years. Set in the beautiful surroundings of the Surrey Hills, within easy reach of London, the school benefits from an extensive and very well-equipped campus with a blend of historic buildings and new, purpose-built facilities. Cranleigh celebrates academic ambition, hard work and enterprise and teaches pupils to think for themselves through independent learning and critical thinking.
This is a particularly exciting time to be joining Cranleigh as it celebrates its 160th anniversary and with the recent opening of a new Sixth Form Centre. In an uncertain sector, the school is energised, buoyant and growing; both in the UK (with the introduction of pre-prep and nursery), and internationally with plans to add to the existing portfolio of four schools.
Cranleigh is seeking to appoint an exceptional Director of Development to establish and lead the Development Office. As the Head, Sam Price, enters her second year in post, she is keen to develop a partnership with the Director of Development, who will bring with them a successful track record of fundraising, strategic planning and stakeholder engagement.
Reporting to the Head, the Director of Development will create and implement an ambitious Development Strategy for philanthropy and engagement, with a focus on imme...