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Victoria and Albert Museum, Deputy Director, Philanthropy | Richmond Associates Job Details This is a unique opportunity to join the V&A’s high performing Development department and play a critical role in enabling the Museum to fulfil its mission through income generation. Deputy Director, Philanthropy VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM Deputy Director, Philanthropy VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM London UK £80,000-85,000 pa Closing CLOSED The V&A is a world-leading family of museums dedicated to the power of creativity. Across six sites, their mission is to champion design and creativity in all its forms, advance cultural knowledge, and inspire makers, creators and innovators everywhere. The V&A shares a 5,000-year-old story of creativity through exhibitions, events, educational programmes, digital experiences, conservation, research, and an ever-evolving national collection of over 2.8m objects spanning every creative discipline. This is an exciting moment for the V&A as the family of museums fully takes shape and cements its position as both an invaluable record of human creativity and a vital platform for the most compelling contemporary voices in art, design and performance. In this newly created role, the Deputy Director, Philanthropy, will lead the V&A’s major gifts and philanthropic fundraising strategy across Philanthropy, Grants, Patrons, Legacy Giving and the V&A Americas Foundation, in collaboration with the Director of Development. You will drive income growth across ambitious capital projects, endowment campaigns, acquisitions, exhibitions, learning programmes and all other strategic V&A priorities. Crucially, you will also work closely with the Deputy Director, Partnerships and Business Development, to identify inter-linked donor relationships and encourage cross-team collaboration to align all strands of income generation to meet the department’s annual multi-million-pound targets. As an experienced fundraiser, you will bring a strong track record of securing and stewarding major and principal gifts and working on capital campaigns. Underpinning your success has been your highly collaborative approach and enterprising nature, as well as your exceptional networking and relationship-building skills. This has been demonstrated in your ability to motivate colleagues and integrate and align strategies across teams. You will be excited by the opportunity to bring your skills to the V&A, and to engage with senior stakeholders, drive a high-value donor pipeline, ensure donor engagement, successful campaign delivery and international fundraising initiatives, and build influential networks globally. If you share the V&A’s dedication to the power of creativity, we would love to hear from you. Candidates must hold a permanent Right To Work in the UK in order to be considered for this role. Please tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to help you in your application or with our recruitment process. Closing date for applications: 09:00 on FRIDAY, 24 JULY 2026. First interviews will be held on 10 and 11 AUGUST 2026. Client Advisor(s) Managing Director +44 (0)20 3617 9240 Consultant +44 (0)20 3617 9240 1. Download Information Pack Before applying, get key information that will help you. 2. Apply for the Role After going over the information pack, please apply below. UK T +44 (0)20 3617 9240 ASIA T +65-96847487 Australia T +61 (0)2 8218 2185 Copyright © 2021-2026 Richmond Associates UK Limited & Richmond Associates Australia Pty Ltd & Richmond Associates Asia Pte Ltd | Recruitment Website Design: Viridian Partnership Close GDPR Cookie Settings Privacy Overview Strictly Necessary Cookies Privacy & Cookie Policy Privacy Overview Strictly Necessary Cookies Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Enable or Disable Cookies Enabled Disabled Privacy & Cookie Policy Our Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand what information we collect, why we collect it, and your data protection rights. For more information about our Privacy Policy and how we handle Cookies, please read our Privacy & Cookie Policies.