Legacy Jobs

Help for Heroes is a charity dedicated to supporting veterans and their families as they transition from military to civilian life. Our mission is to enable the Armed Forces Community to live well after service not matter when or where they served, offering tailored life changing support for their physical, psychological, financial and welfare needs. We strive for veterans and their families to manage the impacts of their condition, injury or illness, and to feel valued, understood and recognised.

We are proud to make a difference. We’re bold in our actions and are driven by an innovative spirit with a focus on positive impact and shaping futures for those we support. Together, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone belongs and thrives, and we have the highest standards of respect, compassion and integrity in all we do to build trust and relationships across the charity. Levels of collaboration are high as we take ownership in delivering our strategy.

We have an incredible opportunity for a new role of Legacy & In Memory Campaign Manager to join our team and be responsible for implementing our legacy and in memory giving programmes.

About You

Do you have a passion for legacy and in memory giving? Do you have experience of creating, implementing and evaluating legacy and in memory campaigns? Do you have team management experience too? If so, this may be the job for you!

About the Role

Contributing over 50% of the organisation’s fundraised income, this is a new role. Reporting to the Senior Legacy & In Memory Manager, this role is responsible for developing and implementing the legacy marketing and in memory giving programmes, maximising both income sources so that we can deliver more services to veterans. You will be able to make a significant impact and will use your expertise to lead your team in delivering the best supporter experience. There’s lots of scope and potential for you to make a real difference and achieve considerable success! 

About the Team

The post holder will be working as part of the Individual Giving team in the Commercial Directorate which includes Legacy & In Memory, Supporter Care and Individual Giving. Across all our relationships, we build trust and engagement with our supporters and with each other. The quality of how we deliver our objectives is just as important as the end results. We are known for our expertise, supporter focus and collaboration. We’re friendly, supportive and like to get things done!

Are you a strategic and innovative fundraising leader or marketeer looking for your next challenge? Do you have the vision, expertise, and passion to drive income growth and make a real difference for seriously ill children and their families?

As the Public Fundraising Lead, you will play a pivotal role in creating and delivering our new Public Fundraising Strategy, leading on Individual Giving, Legacies, Community & Challenge Events, and In-Memory Giving. You will develop innovative campaigns, introduce new fundraising products, and grow sustainable income streams to ensure we can continue to make dreams come true for seriously ill children.

Key Responsibilities

�� Leadership & Strategy – Develop and implement a Public Fundraising Strategy, Marketing Plans, and KPIs to drive income growth.
�� Individual Giving – Create new fundraising appeals, campaigns, and regular giving products to secure five and six-figure income results.
�� Legacies & In-Memory Giving – Develop and promote a Legacy Giving programme, including Gifts in Wills campaigns and online tribute funds.
�� Community & Challenge Events – Lead and support the team to grow participation and income from events, with a focus on innovation, including virtual and gaming-based fundraising.
�� Wish Family Engagement – Inspire and engage Wish Families to support the charity in a sensitive and meaningful way, creating tailored communications and fundraising opportunities.
�� Stewardship & Retention – Develop donor journeys, stewardship strategies, and data-driven insights to increase supporter retention and lifetime value.

About You

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious fundraising professional who:
✅ Has a strong track record of delivering income growth across Individual Giving, Legacies, and Community Fundraising or transferrable skills in a marketing role.
✅ Is a creative and strategic thinker, with the ability to develop and implement innovative fundraising products and campaigns.
✅ Has leadership experience, with the ability to inspire and manage teams, interns, and volunteers.
✅ Is data-driven, with expertise in donor insights, segmentation, and campaign performance analysis.
✅ Has exceptional relationship-building skills, able to engage donors, supporters, and internal teams to drive fundraising success.

Why Join Us?

✨ Be part of an inspiring and passionate team making a real difference in children’s lives.
✨ Lead on an exciting period of growth and innovation.
✨ Competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

If you’re ready to take on a rewarding leadership role and help shape the future of fundraising at Rays of Sunshine, we’d love to hear from you!

Macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, with around 300 people diagnosed every day. The Macular Society is the only charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease with world class research, and the best advice and support.

To support people affected by macular disease now, the Macular Society provides a range of support, information and services. Our research programme is focused on finding new treatments and a cure to beat macular disease forever.

We are undergoing significant changes, with a transformational new strategy to multiply our income, ultimately funding research that will find a cure.

The Legacy and In Memory Officer, alongside their fellow Officer team member, is responsible for delivering excellent donor care and stewardship of Legacy and In Memory supporters, as well as inspiring others to consider supporting the Macular Society in a way that suits them.

Your team is ambitious, curious and actively seeking ways to continue growing income from legacies and in memory donations, using a range of channels. Our team members enjoy working collaboratively, within a positive culture of high support and challenge.

You will contribute towards this by supporting the development of Legacy and In Memory campaigns, materials and stewardship, whilst ensuring that all donations and correspondence are recorded accurately, enquiries are fulfilled and donors thanked promptly.

We have a great working culture at Macular Society, and offer flexible working options, 26 days annual leave, rising to 27 after one years’ service, the ability to buy or sell annual leave, supportive family policies, and 6% pension contribution.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

We offer a flexible approach to working in this role, including the potential opportunity to work compressed hours over fewer days, or spreading out the hours out across the working week.

It is important that you can work from our Andover office for all, or some, of your hours, in order to process and fulfil postal correspondence and donations.

Patrons and Legacies Manager

Ref: LL/25/01

Part-Time - 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE), worked between Monday and Friday

£38,929.50 - £45,417.75 FTE per annum, plus benefits

St James’s Square, London SW1 (with flexibility in line with hybrid working policy)

About The London Library

For 180 years, The London Library has stood as one of the UK's greatest literary institutions, inspiring creativity, and ideas. Our esteemed members, past and present, include literary giants like Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf, and contemporary authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro and Sarah Waters. Our collection boasts around one million books, a vast eLibrary, and an invaluable postal loans service, making it a sanctuary for those who cherish the written word. We are championed by our President, Helena Bonham Carter CBE, and operate as a registered charity.

About the Role

We are seeking a Patrons and Legacies Manager to join our dedicated Development team.

In this pivotal role, you will:

· Oversee and manage the Library’s regular giving patrons programme - develop and implement strategies to maximise patrons’ income, retain and increase the number of patrons

· Oversee and manage the Library’s legacy giving programme, develop and implement strategies to promote legacy giving, steward legacy pledgers and grow the number of legacy pledgers

· Support with the management of international giving programmes including leading on the US patrons programme

About you

You will have:

· Demonstrable experience of fundraising from individual donors

· Demonstrable experience of donor or patron management and administration, legacy management and an understanding of legacy giving, preferably within a cultural organisation

· Ability to work with absolute discretion, confidentiality, tact and diplomacy

· Excellent communications skills, with meticulous concern for detail and accuracy, able to convey information orally or written in a clear, concise, and friendly manner, and present effectively to groups of people

· Ability to work independently or supportively as part of a team, facilitating and co-ordinating work of others to achieve common goals.

· Be competent in the use of specialist fundraising/membership software and familiar with the Library’s CRM, MS Dynamics, learning new systems quickly

Personal attributes include:

· Self-motivation and confidence, presenting a positive and professional image at all times

· Flexible and adaptable to change, with the ability to play a proactive role in a small office

· Pleasant, approachable and helpful, even under pressure

Why join us?

The London Library offers a friendly, hardworking, and inclusive workplace where we strive to support the diverse needs of our team. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to equality and diversity. Specific adjustments and access needs can be discussed to make this role suitable for you.

If you have the expertise to deliver a great patrons and legacies management experience and are passionate about using your skills to contribute to the development of The London Library, we want to hear from you!

To apply

Please visit our website via the link and complete an application form including the Library's equal opportunities monitoring form.

CLOSING DATE: Sunday 2 March 2025 @ midnight

INTERVIEWS: week commencing 10 March 2025

Please note:

We can only consider candidates with the current right to work in the UK.

We reserve the right to shorten or extend the closing date of any position where a high or low volume of suitable applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, an early application would be encouraged.

About Smile Train

Smile Train is changing the world one smile at a time. Our goal is to transform every person's life impacted by a cleft lip or palate. We train and support doctors and medical professionals to provide our beneficiaries with free, lifechanging comprehensive cleft treatment. Our sustainable model has allowed us to reach 1.5 million children in 90+ countries and we’re just starting. We are truly changing the world one smile at a time.

Smile Train is looking for exceptional people to join a worldwide team of dedicated, passionate professionals. Our team is creative and highly motivated individuals working to make a positive impact. Join us!

Reports To

UK Fundraising Director

Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled Legacy Manager with demonstrated experience, preferably within the charity sector or comparable commercial environment. The role will involve primarily working from home and must be situated in or near London to attend regular in person meetings with key staff.

Key responsibilities

Take responsibility for a portfolio of around 300 legacy pledgers in order to deepen relationships and offer excellent stewardship to ensure that legacy pledgers feel valued by STUK and their pledge is retained.
Act as the first point of contact for legacy enquiries, both internal and external, responding with authority, sensitivity and diplomacy, so that legacy enquirers and intenders choose to leave STUK a gift in their Will.
Plan and deliver a programme of marketing and advertising to promote legacy giving and grow our pipeline of legacy supporters. This will include contributing to campaign strategy development; producing marketing materials including newsletters; and consulting with the Head of Individual Giving re legacy mailings.
Undertake general legacy communications including developing a tangible legacy vision, make phone calls, arrange one to one meetings and write personal notes/letters.
Organise at least 2 – 3 legacy events per year including post-event follow-up.
Organise legacy stewardship activities such as recognition mechanisms.
Liaise with and oversee the administrative work of Legacy Link, our legacy administrators.
Keep accurate and up-to-date records of all legacy activity on Salesforce and in shared files.
Provide useful data insight and analysis producing regular statistical, qualitative and financial reports of legacy activity.
Manage in memoriam marketing.

Travel

There is limited but regular travel into London for regular team meetings as well as periodic travel as needed around the UK for meetings with legacy pledgers and to organise legacy events.

Required Education and Experience

5+ years of relevant experience with exposure to legacy marketing and liaison with legacy enquirers, considerers and pledgers preferred.
A proven history of generating significant growth in key legacy metrics such as numbers of legacy enquirers and pledgers.
Demonstrated success in developing substantive donor relationships and in supporting senior management and programme staff, to execute donor and engagement strategies.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills and strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with both management and donors.
Extremely detail-oriented with strong organisational and time management skills.
Able to take ownership of a process and to use problem solving skills to resolve issues.
Able to make sound decisions based on analysis, experience and judgment.
Able to function both independently and as part of a global team.
Familiar with the MS Office and donor management systems. Knowledge of Salesforce and First Class preferred.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, although an equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for this required level of education.

Application Information

Smile Train is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage candidates from all groups and communities to apply. To apply, please complete the application online. Include your CV, [a writing sample-an existing example of your writing; no need to create something new], and a cover letter that describes why you believe you would be a good fit for Smile Train and this role. We encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our collaborative and high performing team, as we introduce the new role of Legacy Officer. MSF UK has gone from strength to strength in the last few years and we aim to continually improve and build on our success. This is a really exciting time to join MSF UK as we invest in fundraising and grow our team.

You will assist alongside the Donor Development and Legacies Lead (DDLL) to help deliver MFS’s Legacy fundraising strategy - to both increase income and recruit new supporters to MSF.

Collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure effective and organised Legacy Administration for the organisation.

You will engage with donors who are interested in Leaving Gifts in their wills, as well as those who have already committed to doing so.

This role is a fundamental part of our Legacy Stewardship and Retention programme.

DEPARTMENT: Fundraising

HOURS: Full Time. 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday)

LENGTH OF CONTRACT: Permanent

LOCATION: London - Hybrid

SALARY: £34,512.98 per annum

Internal grade:13.1

We’re looking for a Legacy Manager to join our team

Salary: Circa £40,000

Base: Central Edinburgh/hybrid

Hours: Full time and permanent.  35 hours a week over core working hours of 10am - 3pm, Monday to Friday, with a one-hour lunch break. The office is open 8am – 6pm daily and our hybrid working policy requires all full-time employees to work at least two days a week in the Edinburgh office. 

Benefits: 10% employer pension contribution; employee assistance programme and counselling service; enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay; enhanced sick pay; 31 days’ paid holiday/year plus four paid winter public holidays; 2-weeks fully remote working/year; three paid carer days/year; death in service benefit; cycle to work and travel season ticket schemes.

To support the Team’s work-life balance, we work a nine-day fortnight where the charity is closed every second Friday.  

About the role and why we need you

As part of our multi-million-pound funding programme for discovery cancer research, you can make an impact every day at Worldwide Cancer Research.

We are working on a strategy of income growth and diversification in the Fundraising & Philanthropy team, and your role will be central to achieving this mission.  Working closely with the Head of Fundraising & Philanthropy, the Legacy Manager is responsible for delivery of our legacy growth strategy including:

· Delivering excellent legacy marketing campaigns.

· End-to-end stewardship of potential supporters; and

· Administration of legacy gifts.

In 2024 our team won the Best Legacy Campaign at the Scottish Fundraising Awards and we’re looking for someone to build on our recent successes and be part of an ambitious and high-performing team.

The charity’s values include curious, united and spirited, all of which you can readily demonstrate as you work with colleagues across Worldwide Cancer Research and among your own Fundraising & Philanthropy team. You will be an advocate for our vision when in touch with potential supporters and influencers, as you raise awareness of Worldwide Cancer Research and our mission in your day-to-day work.

Who are we? 

At Worldwide Cancer Research, we start new cures. Cancer is still one of the leading causes of death worldwide, but cutting-edge science can give us hope. Discovery research seeks to uncover new knowledge that could change the way we think about cancer. It reveals new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer that can save lives.

We actively seek unconventional and imaginative ideas from scientists at all stages of their career, across the globe. In some cases, we are the only organisation that will fund a scientist’s idea. We take an unbiased approach to research funding by focusing on supporting only the best ideas for new cures. By having a diverse research portfolio, we increase our chances of finding breakthroughs.

Our vision is of a day when no life is cut short by cancer, and we believe we can achieve this by starting the life-saving advances of the future by sowing the seeds of discoveries. Anyone that helps bring forward breakthroughs – including our staff, our supporters, and the researchers we fund – is a Curestarter.

As a charity, we are committed to opportunity without barriers, and we are striving to seek, value and learn from different perspectives and experiences. We want Worldwide Cancer Research to be an inclusive organisation – where everyone can be themselves and feel valued – as diverse as the scientific community we fund and the families whose lives we impact.

We are committed to ensuring that we provide equal opportunities to every applicant regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We aim to ensure that our recruitment process is unbiased and that everyone is treated equitably. In support of this, we have pledged to ‘Show the Salary’ for our roles and we are registered as a Disability Confident Committed Employer - because our team members are at the heart of everything we do to start new cancer cures around the world.

To help start new cancer cures and save lives, we are looking for a Legacy Manager to join the ambitious Fundraising and Philanthropy team at Worldwide Cancer Research, to help the charity run its multi-million-pound funding programme for discovery cancer research.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our collaborative and high performing team, as we introduce the new role of Legacy Marketing Manager. MSF UK has gone from strength to strength in the last few years and we aim to continually improve and build on our success. This is a really exciting time to join MSF UK as we invest in fundraising and grow our team.

The Legacy Marketing Manager will lead the marketing strategy and implementation for MSF’s new legacy donors, and to retain those who have already pledged.

To work alongside the Donor Development and Legacies Lead (DDLL) to deliver MSF’s Legacy, Marketing Programme, to acquire new Legacy donors to the organisation, and retain those who have already pledged.

Deliver the development and delivery of marketing activity across multiple traditional and digital channels (including digital, radio, DM, Events) from inception to evaluation, as well as testing new channels.

Work closely with internal stakeholder and external partners to develop campaigns.

DEPARTMENT: Fundraising

HOURS: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday)

LENGTH OF CONTRACT: Permanent

LOCATION: London - Hybrid

SALARY: Salary: £51,577.05 per annum

Internal salary grade: 16.1

Prospectus are excited to be working with an emergency relief charity to help them recruit for a Legacy Marketing Manager to join their team. This organisation provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, they deliver care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or political affiliation.

This role is offered on a permanent, full-time basis with a salary of £51,577.05 per annum and the postholder will be working in a hybrid model from their offices in London.

The Legacy Marketing Manager will lead the marketing strategy and implementation for new legacy donors, and to retain those who have already pledged. You will be delivering the development and delivery of marketing activity across multiple traditional and digital channels (including digital, radio, DM, Events) from inception to evaluation, as well as testing new channels.

They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience of Marketing to a Legacy / Gift in Wills audience and/or donor base. The ideal candidate will have solid experience managing marketing activity from concept, planning, design, print, production and postage.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Ariha Semontee at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.   

A key partner in the once-in-a-century to create a new home for eye care, research and education, this organisation are an astounding group of professionals who believe that people's sight matters. They raise lots of money, fund critical research, and deliver innovative programmes of fundraising work. The team will appoint a new Legacy Development Officer on a part time basis at 0.5 FTE, and Prospectus is proud to lead this recruitment.

The Legacy Development Officer will create, develop and deliver against detailed strategies and marketing plans for legacy acquisition campaigns, segmenting the charity's database accordingly. You will support the development, implementation and management of supporter journeys for all legacy supporters in a personalised, relationship focused way. The Officer will also support the charity' free will programme and reporting to the excellent Legacy Manager, will support the delivery of the legacy programme's stewardship and engagement events.

The selected candidate will have experience of direct marketing techniques and of working in a charity or marketing/membership organisation. You will have a thorough understanding of direct marketing processes and techniques and will have experience of working to deadlines and prioritising work.  

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Ryan Burdock.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.   

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.  

We are delighted to be working in partnership with London City Mission (LCM). LCM is passionate about sharing the love of God and the good news of Jesus Christ with the least reached in London, and to do this in partnership with churches.

We are seeking a Legacy Giving Manager to develop strong, gospel-centered partnerships with a growing community of legacy pledgers. You’ll craft compelling propositions that give pledgers confidence their legacy gift to LCM will create a lasting gospel impact. You’ll provide them with meaningful ways to connect with LCM, so they can understand the impact of their gift more deeply.

You’ll also collaborate with external specialists and LCM’s finance team to ensure a sensitive, relational approach with family executors, while handling the efficient, accurate administration of all legacy gifts to meet audit standards.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Have at least two years fundraising experience
• Excellent experience of creating fundraising or marketing campaigns with a compelling call to action
• Proven experience of growing income through relationship fundraising
• Experience of managing projects involving internal stakeholders and external suppliers

You will be part of a charity that has daily and weekly staff prayer meetings, monthly team days that include worship and teaching, and lots of opportunities to live out your faith. If you possess this unique blend of gifting and skills, along with a deep desire to support LCM’s mission to reach those who may be less likely to encounter the message of Jesus in London, then we would love to hear from you.

Please see the Candidate Pack for more details.

For more information, please contact Nick Thomas, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion*, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.

*In accordance with the equality act 2010 it is a genuine occupational requirement that the post holder is a practicing evangelical Christian and in agreement with the LCM statement of faith.

Please note applications are being reviewed on receipt and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.When a suitable candidate is found the role will close, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

Location: Hybrid, London (min on-site two days per week)

A note from Charisma
Don’t feel like you meet all of the requirements?  We’d still love to chat, we’re a people first recruitment partner.  We specialise in charity recruitment with over 22 years’ experience working as a consultancy who support inspiring professionals find the perfect roles in transformational organisations.

Would you like to be part of a team at GOSH Charity which helps deliver a significant income stream supporting the work of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)? Do you have great communications skills and project or campaign management experience?

The purpose of this role is to lead on the day-to-day delivery of legacy marketing campaigns supporting the charity’s ambitious transformational growth plans to drive voluntary net income. 

Working across multiple channels including digital, DRTV, telephone fundraising and offline, this role will lead on working with internal stakeholders and agency partners day to day to deliver legacy marketing campaigns on time, to budget, meeting KPIs. 

Salary
The salary for this position is £34,821.

Key Responsibilities

• You will take responsibility for day-to-day campaign management across the legacy marketing programme through defining campaign briefs, timing plans and KPIs against agreed budgets, for the free wills programme and legacy marketing campaigns through DRTV, telephone, digital and direct mail. 
• You will manage third party agencies in delivery of day-to-day programme actions and to ensure that all activity reflects the values of the charity. 
• You will be knowledgeable about data, its analysis to support the creation of supporter journeys taking appropriate opportunities to inspire legacy giving. 
• You will be an advocate for legacy giving and contribute to the wider Fundraising team, taking a proactive approach to working in a high-performing and collaborative environment. 
• You will work collaboratively across the directorate to ensure programmes are integrated and that opportunities to maximise lifetime value of supporters are leveraged to achieve wider fundraising impact goals. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Proven experience in campaign or project management 
• Experienced in tracking and reporting on performance, including budget management, taking remedial steps to address under-performance. 
• Strong knowledge of legacy marketing techniques 
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and campaign delivery management skills to drive effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders and agencies 
• Confident in data analysis to help inform supporter journey engagement strategies 

About The team

Sitting in the wider Fundraising Directorate, this role sits within our small but mighty Legacy Marketing team, which is part of our wider Legacy and Donor Development team (who look after our cash and raffle programmes).

Please refer to the full job description below for more information. 

Closing Date: Friday 14th February

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)  
• A flexible approach to working arrangements.  
• Access to our enhanced pension scheme  
• Life assurance 
• Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme. 

About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

Every day, around 750 children and young people from across the UK are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, we help the hospital go above and beyond for seriously ill children, enabling kinder and better treatments, bringing hope for children with the rarest and most complex illnesses, and making hospital a little bit easier and a lot more fun for the thousands of children who are treated at GOSH every year. Our staff raise vital funds to support ground-breaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment, and the creation of child-centred facilities to help save more young lives, and essential support services that help save childhoods too.

Together, we can help give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhood, possible. We were delighted to be named Charity Times - Charity of the Year 2024, recognising the impact of our shared mission.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that GOSH Charity and the charity sector more widely should reflect the diversity of patients, communities, and society at large. We also know that having a more diverse and inclusive workforce will make us more innovative, challenge the status quo, and enable us to deliver more impact. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage applications from those who are currently under represented within the charity sector as they may be marginalised by race and/or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, long-term health conditions, or socioeconomic status. 

If you would like more information about our approach to inclusive hiring please see our Inclusive Hiring Page here. You can also find out more about our commitments to EDI within our EDI Strategy on our website. 

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us.

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

Legacy Marketing Manager
c. £51,000
Hybrid Working/ London

The Talent Set is thrilled to be working with an international development charity to recruit a Legacy Marketing Manager.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a mission-driven organisation providing critical support to vulnerable communities worldwide. This role offers the chance to deliver impactful multi-channel campaigns, driving the growth of legacy income to support humanitarian work worldwide.

If you’re a skilled marketer ready to make a meaningful impact, this is your opportunity to join a passionate, purpose-driven team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning, execution, and evaluation of multi-channel legacy acquisition campaigns, including digital, print, radio, and events, ensuring high-quality delivery and maximum impact.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external agencies to develop compelling content and messaging aligned with the organisations brand and communication strategies.
• Monitor and report on campaign performance, analysing results and recommending new channels or strategies to grow legacy donor acquisition and retention.
• Ensure compliance with relevant UK and EU laws, fundraising standards, and advertising regulations, maintaining the organisations reputation and ethical standards.
• Oversee budget management and financial reporting for legacy marketing activities, ensuring cost-effective campaign delivery and adherence to financial processes.
• Deputise for the Donor Development and Legacies Lead as needed and contribute to cross-team initiatives to support integrated fundraising goals.

Person Specification:

• Proven experience in UK charity marketing or fundraising, with a focus on donor acquisition and relationship management, particularly within legacy or gift-in-will campaigns.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, execution, and evaluation of multi-channel marketing activities across traditional and digital platforms.
• Demonstrable ability to collaborate with internal teams and external agencies, providing clear briefs and constructive feedback to deliver impactful campaigns.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to create compelling content and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, measure campaign performance, and identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
• Solid understanding of fundraising standards, UK and EU laws, and advertising regulations, with a commitment to ethical and compliant marketing practices.

What’s on offer:

• Gain exposure to a high-level strategy within a globally respected organisation, enhancing your professional profile and development in the charity sector.
• Play a key role in generating vital income through legacy giving, directly supporting the organisations operations around the world.
• Work alongside a passionate, dynamic team across fundraising, communications, and digital sectors, fostering professional growth and knowledge sharing.
• Lead and shape innovative marketing campaigns with the opportunity to test new channels and creative approaches in a fast-paced environment.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 16th Feb 2025.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Do you have the passion, skills and experience to join the RSPB’s Legacy Marketing Team as a Legacy and In Memoriam Adviser within South East England?

Legacy and In Memoriam Adviser
Reference: OCT20245408
Location: RSPB England – Brighton
Salary: £32,022.00 - £37,673.00 per annum
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave

You will be able to grow and maintain relationships with our supporters, provide information, host events and give support to people as they think about leaving a gift in their Will to the RSPB.  You will aim to increase the number of people leaving a gift in their Will and work closely with other professional contacts including our reserve teams to grow our in-memoriam offer and increase resulting income.

The RSPB vision is a country richer in nature where birds and other wildlife are no longer declining.  Nature is in crisis and together we can save it to have a world that guarantees future generations clean air and water, a stable climate, rich and varied wildlife and a robust and sustainable economy.

This is a great opportunity for a driven, passionate and talented Legacy and In Memoriam Adviser to join our team.

You will have experience working to targets and Key Performance Indicators and delivering virtual and face to face events.  Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential.  Sensitivity and understanding are required within this role as you will be dealing with emotive subjects.  Excellent attention to detail, organisational and time management skills are essential attributes, alongside a logical and methodical way of working.

With the support of the RSPB legacy network, you will be required to work to your own initiative with clear priorities and established work programmes, with a requirement to travel frequently. Occasional weekend and evening work may also be required.

What’s the role about?

The focus of the role will be to provide specialist advice to supporters who are exploring leaving a charitable gift in their Will, with the aim of increasing the future amount and value of legacies.

Other key result areas for the role will include:

• Deliver high-quality bespoke stewardship to legacy supporters
• Deliver tailored supporter events and speak at organisational events
• Responsible for maintaining accurate file notes, relevant legal documents and supporter data on the Supporter System
• Develop relationships both internally and with key sector professionals within the Central England area, to provide advice and promote the benefits of legacy and in-memoriam giving

What we need from you

We need someone who can show empathy and responsiveness when dealing with supporters.  You will need to be highly organised, self-motivated, have rigorous attention to detail, and exceptional communication skills.  You will need to show good leadership and networking skills.  You should be able to define and clarify complex situations by gathering facts and making justifiable decisions

The role will involve working collaboratively with internal departments, external clients and our reserves teams to reach and exceed targets and KPIs.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience

• Planning and hosting events
• Public speaking
• Database management
• Managing conflicting priorities
• Working to income targets,
• Knowledge of and commitment to compliance with Fundraising Codes of Practice, Fundraising Regulator guidance, and Data Protection regulations.

Desirable experience:

• Experience working within the legacy and in-memoriam environment

The position is based working from home covering South East England with a preferred commute within 1 hour of the RSPB Brighton office.  The regional area of this position spans from Colchester across to St Albans, and down to Portsmouth, covering the bottom-right part of the UK, regular driving is expected, and a UK Driving Licence is required. 

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday, 9th February 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position w/c 17th February 2025.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

As part of this application process, you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

No agencies please.