Can you help us protect people and planet? Please come join Friends of the Earth’s fundraising team and help us achieve our ambitions!

We have seen steady growth in donations from major donors over the last five years and are continuing to invest and develop our Philanthropy programme. You can help us continue this. We are recruiting for a temporary, 35 hours per week Senior Philanthropy Officer to cover for maternity leave. We have planned an extensive handover period to ensure you feel well supported by your team-mates and confident in managing your portfolios.

35 hours per week, maternity cover fixed term for 18 months

Flexible locations - London, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Belfast, Cardiff, Manchester and including some homeworking and hybrid options

What You’ll Be Doing…

You will manage a portfolio of current and prospective donors, focusing on cultivation, stewardship, and uplift strategies to reach annual income targets, as well as the qualification of new prospects.  In addition, you will line manage a Philanthropy Officer who is responsible for the management of the High Value Programme, our programme for donors between the individual giving and major donor level.

You’ll be working as part of the Philanthropy team within our established Major Partnerships team, which manages over £7 million of relationships with major donors, trusts, corporates, and donations from legacies. We have recently introduced a new prospect research function to work closely with the team alongside our Events and Stewardship Officer.

Who we are looking for…

We‘re looking for someone who is creative, thoughtful and understands donors’ motivations to give. You’ll be skilled in written and email communications and be comfortable in meetings and giving presentations to donors. You’ll also love working collaboratively across the organisation to develop compelling asks for donors. 

Closing date: Sunday 26 September

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant, supportive organisational culture. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement including people from BAME backgrounds and/or disabled people.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all. 

Legacy & In-Memory Officer
Salary £32,676
Strand Campus at King's College London
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital
Closing 4th October

Charity People are delighted to be partnering with Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital to recruit a Legacy & In-Memory Officer to take forward the Legacy and In-Memory programmes for their hospitals.

The Charity

The vision for Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) is to advance health and well-being, as a local, national, and international leader in clinical care, education, and research. Famous globally for its medical breakthroughs and innovation, it has a long history of clinical excellence and high-quality care. With 1,000 inpatient beds across two of London's best-known teaching hospitals and more than 2 million patient contacts made each year, it is one of the busiest and most successful foundation trusts in the UK.

Alongside Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital there are two additional funding priorities that complete the Trust - Guy's Cancer and Evelina London.

The Fundraising team for Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, including Evelina London Children's Hospital and Guy's Cancer has an ambition to radically grow their income over the next few years. Through inspiring and innovative fundraising, they will be supporting cutting edge research, capital appeals and amazing everyday care for their patients. Fundraising and Supporter Development is an integrated department that provides a single fundraising and supporter engagement function for King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas' Trust and for King's Health Partners, working closely with the Maudsley Charity. Based at King's College London, they work with colleagues across their partners to help them serve society through world-leading education, research and healthcare

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate fundraiser to join their Legacy Team to take forward the Legacy and In Memory programmes for their hospitals. Reporting to the Head of Legacies, your role exists to grow the Legacy programme and oversee the legacy supporter journey for the hospitals' prospects, enquirers, intenders and pledgers. You will develop and maintain the existing legacy fundraising programme and work with Head of Legacies Giving to create an In-Memory strategy, moving them from a reactive approach to a proactive way of fundraising. You will manage their legacy fundraising activities, which includes managing the Free Will Service, overseeing two Free Wills Months a year, stewarding legacy pledgers & intenders, responding to legacy enquiries, providing suggested will wording, and other new opportunities as appropriate.

For this role, it is essential to provide excellent supporter care for individual legacy and In-Memory supporters and you will work to build relationships with colleagues across the hospitals to develop and grow both legacy and In-Memory fundraising. In addition to this, you will oversee stewardship events and communications for all pledgers & intenders.

The Candidate

We are looking for someone with experience in fundraising or direct marketing with an interest in Legacy Marketing/Fundraising. You should have strong project management experience, along with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You should have strong negotiation and persuasion skills with a wide range of stakeholders, an ability to work as part of a team but also use initiative and have a calm and professional attitude.

Charity People are handling all applications for this role; interested applicants should send their CV in the first instance.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Stewardship & Legacies Officer
Development
Full-Time
Fixed-Term (12 Months)
£30,557 per annum
Application Deadline: 12pm (Midday) on 4 October 2021

The British Museum is unique in bringing together under one roof the cultures of the world, spanning continents and oceans. The collection of eight million objects allow visitors and scholars alike to explore the extraordinary diversity of human cultures, from small communities to vast empires, to discover the many forms and expressions human beings have given to every aspect of life, and to realise how closely they are interconnected. The Museum has enjoyed a long and successful history of philanthropic relationships, which have transformed our ability to engage with audiences across the UK and around the world.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Philanthropy Team in the Development Department. Reporting to the Head of Philanthropy, the Stewardship & Legacies Officer will apply their expertise in relationship management, fundraising, and communications to play a vital role in maintaining and deepening the Museum's relationships with its most significant supporters.

There are two main components to this role: establishing and delivering a stewardship programme to engage and inspire major donors; and managing, promoting and developing the Museum's successful Legacy fundraising scheme.

The successful candidate will combine their excellent interpersonal skills, good knowledge of donor relations and legacy giving, and strong organisational skills with a creative flair for identifying opportunities to engage supporters

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of donor relations and legacy giving; a proven track record of effective relationship management; and a commitment to the British Museum's mission. Excellent interpersonal skills are essential, as is the ability to balance a structured approach to developing and managing programmes with a creative flair for engaging supporters.

This is a unique opportunity for a dynamic professional looking to advance their career in fundraising and donor relations while making a significant contribution to the Museum's successful Development Department.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Major Gift Stewardship (c. 50%)

• Devise, plan, and deliver an effective stewardship programme for the Museum's most significant philanthropic supporters, working closely with key stakeholders in the Development Department including the Director of Development, Philanthropy Team, and Supporter Engagement Working Group to ensure objectives are met.
• Support fundraisers in delivering bespoke stewardship activity for major donors
• Helping at events for supporters, most of which will be out-of-hours, and representing the Museum in a professional manner
• Proactively contribute to the Departments' overall stewardship strategy
• Diligently and proactively maintaining records of major donor stewardship activity

Legacy Fundraising (c. 30%)

• Recruit new Legacy pledgers by promoting the Legacy programme and cultivating prospects with the capacity to make Legacy gifts in line with agreed KPIs
• Be a source of specialist information on Legacies for donors and Museum staff
• Briefing senior stakeholders on the status of Legacy fundraising
• Maintain strong communications with the Legacies Consultant, who is responsible for administering bequests and liaising with executors
• Ensure that information about Legacy pledges on Raiser's Edge is thorough and up to date

Legacy Stewardship (c. 20%)

• Plan and deliver the Legacy stewardship programme to engage and retain the Museum's Legacy pledgers

Person Specification:

• Educated to degree level in a subject which required excellent written skills, or equivalent experience.
• IT literate.
• Technical skills & experience - able to build strong relationships with supporters and clients, able to solicit pledges from individuals, a high level of practical and organisational skills, able to evaluate and improve repetitive tasks and procedures, good attention to detail, excellent administrative skills, able to learn quickly and to adapt, and knowledge of legacy fundraising.
• Work experience - fundraising and donor relations, managing projects and programmes, major donor stewardship, handling data and designing effective processes, understanding of the similarities and differences between gifts in wills and other forms of giving.
• Managerial skills - events co-ordination, and stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Interpersonal skills - excellent communication and listening skills; high level of organisational, planning and administrative skills; strong attention to detail; resourceful, logical and analytical mind; ability to work both as part of a team and on own initiative.

ActionAid UK is a member of the ActionAid Federation, an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty.

As part of the ActionAid Federation, we work with women and girls, our partners, and dedicated staff in 43 countries to end violence and fight poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want.

You will be ensuring that cases are handled speedily and efficiently, and that income is maximised. You will be managing, monitoring and controlling our internal systems, databases and procedures to acknowledge, record and follow up legacy gifts. It will mean working with key stakeholder to ensure ActionAid UK meets its statutory obligations by monitoring changes in tax law, probate law, charity law and Charity Commission regulations. It also means ensuring that legacy marketing activities are implemented to promote to the public and professional audiences, the benefits of residuary and pecuniary legacies and benefits in kind to ActionAid UK in a manner which reflects and reinforces the brand values and mission in order to increase ActionAid UK’s income through these channels.

The successful candidate will have proven experience of dealing with external and internal stakeholders on complex legacy issues. They will have excellent administration and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate sympathetically, with a polite and professional manner and show empathy to others. They will have Up to date knowledge of the law relating to estates and probate in England, Wales and Scotland, and an ILM Certificate in Charity Legacy Administration. They will be understanding and sensitive when speaking with supporters.

Essential:

• Up to date knowledge of the law relating to estates and probate in England, Wales and Scotland.
• Legacy/probate experience.
• ILM Certificate in Charity Legacy Administration.
• Experience of dealing with external and internal stakeholders on complex legacy issues. 

Desirable:

• If not a relevant qualification, evidence of continuing professional development to support this area of fundraising is desirable.
• Experience of working in a charity.

ActionAid is committed to driving improvement through digital channels, tools and ways of working.  We will ensure that we provide the technology and the training to enable all staff to perform their roles to the best of their abilities. In return, we ask that all staff are committed to continually improving their digital skills and knowledge within the working environment. Our recruitment processes will evaluate the digital skills of all applicants. 

ActionAid is committed to supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.

This is a permanent role, 2 days a week.

Legacy Campaign Manager, an excellent opportunity to join a wonderful National Charity. Open to remote working.

The role is to cover maternity leave. Starting ASAP. Open to remote working.

As the Legacy Campaign Manager, you will be joining an established and successful legacy marketing team. Working with the Legacy Campaign Manager, you will be responsible for delivering a programme of legacy marketing activities to supporters.

• Manage the legacy campaigns from concept through to delivery through channels across; direct mail, telemarketing, e-news and email.
• Managing the fulfilment of all legacy campaigns with the Campaign Operations Planning Manager.
• Write and proof engaging promotional copy and content, ensuring all legacy materials are up to date. Signing off on copy for cross-communications and inserts.
• Managing the legacy digital marketing programme. Ensuring web content is updated.
• Ensure there is a bank of stories in print and video in the new legacy proposition in all channels off and online.

We are looking for you to have experience of managing and delivering marketing campaigns, ideally within Legacy or Individual Giving, across a range of channels. Excellent copy writing skills to varied audiences. Managing marketing agencies and external suppliers to provide copy, artwork, print and mailing services.

About the role:

A leading international charity supporting people living in poverty is looking for a Legacy Administration Specialist to join the team on a permanent part time basis for 2 days per week.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a small and friendly team of three working as part of the wider Supporter Experience division. You will be offered a flexible working pattern and can choose whether to work from home or from the office.

Reporting to the Senior Legacy and In Memory Manager, you will be responsible for administering all legacy cases within the UK and abroad to secure legacy income for the charity, ensuring all cases are delivered in a timely yet sensitive manner and aligned with their legacy strategy. Currently they have 110 open cases and this also includes complex cases where executors have contested.

As the first point of contact, you will sensitively liaise with the families of deceased supporters to administer legacy gifts left to the charity, working collaboratively across the sector and organisation to embody best practise and raise the profile of legacy giving.

What you'll need:

You will have a wealth of experience in a similar role with a strong knowledge of legacy case work and how to sensitively administer legacy gifts. Ideally, you will have a qualification from the Institute of Legacy Management, although this is not essential.

If you are interested and would like to discuss in more detail or apply for this newly created role, please apply now or get in touch with Gemma Hannington at TPP Recruitment with your CV and cover letter.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Our client, a large, well known Charity is looking for a Legacy Case Administration Specialist on a Part Time Permanent basis.

Client Details

Our client is a large international Charity that supports women and girls living in poverty. They are looking to recruit a Legacy Case Administration Specialist on a Part Time basis.

Description

The role of Legacy Case Administration Specialist will include;

• Administer all legacy cases within UK and abroad to secure legacy income. Adhere to delegated authority.
• Appoint solicitors as appropriate to ensure legacy entitlements are protected.
• Deal with contentious cases, briefing appropriate internal staff members.
• Instruct solicitors in cases where we act as Executors.
• Decision making concerning the sale of and maximising the value of assets (property - foreign and domestic, shares and specific items).
• Using skills and knowledge to ensure all legacy income is maximised and expenditure reduced where possible.
• Ensure all legacy and life interest estates are reviewed in a timely manner. Scrutinise and approve estate accounts ensuring accuracy including IHT calculation, legacy fees and CGT.

Profile

We are looking for a Legacy Case Administration Specialist with the following;

• Up to date knowledge of the law relating to estates and probate in England, Wales and Scotland.
• Legacy/probate experience
• ILM Certificate in Charity Legacy Administration
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• Experience working in a Charity

Job Offer

An excellent opportunity working on a part time basis for a very well known International Charity.

Could you be the next Legacy Marketing Manager at Samaritans and be responsible for £3 million worth of income? As the nation recovers from the pandemic, the service Samaritans provides is needed more than ever. Join our strategic fundraising team and make a real difference to people’s lives.

We are looking for an experienced Legacy Marketing Manager to join our high performing team. You’ll have experience of managing successful legacy marketing campaigns, shaping fundraising strategies and creating impactful and integrated legacy and ‘In Memory’ giving campaigns. You’ll be ambitious and passionate about implementing a new legacy marketing strategy for a purpose-driven organisation.

• Full time, 35 hours per week
• Permanent role
• c. £45,000 per annum plus benefits
• Linked to either our Ewell (Surrey) or London Bridge office, with most of your time spent working at home
• We are open to flexible working requests

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a small, friendly team of two (Legacy Administration Manager and Direct Marketing Officer)
• Plan, develop and implement a new legacy marketing strategy and operational plan
• Growth of ‘In Memory giving’ and ‘Tribute Fund’ schemes
• Lead as an ambassador for legacy giving
• Build a team culture of continuous improvement and learning

Skills and Experience:

• Building strong collaborative relationships to create impactful and integrated Legacy and In Memory giving campaigns
• Shaping fundraising strategies and plans, and implementing them successfully
• Managing the creation and product of assets across a range of channels
• Being a strong leader and effective manager
• Leading on best practice and continually looking to improve and innovate

Samaritans has an inclusive culture, engaged employees, and encourages flexible working.

At Samaritans, our vision is that fewer people die by suicide. We believe that suicide is preventable and that, together, we can make change that saves lives.

Samaritans is needed now more than ever. We answer a call for help every seven seconds and need to be able to reach and connect with a diverse range of people. Whether it’s through our life-saving helpline service, innovative partnerships or impactful campaigns, we work towards our vision in many different ways and our communications need to reflect this.

Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. We warmly welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences.

The closing date for this role is 22/09/2021. Please apply soon as we will be reviewing and interviewing applications as we receive them. 

Job title: Campaign Manager, Legacy Pledger Stewardship and Events

Region: London Office or homebased with travel to London HQ

Directorate: Fundraising

Contract: Permanent. Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £31,500 to £36,000 gross per annum plus £4,452 London Weighting if applicable

About the Royal British Legion

RBL is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• An experienced Campaign Manager with a desire to manage the communications to the Royal British Legions’ passionate Legacy supporters.
• A desire to provide great customer service and support to our supporters through improved supporter journeys.
• Enjoy and thrive in working in large teams and with others.
• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community.
• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop.
• A great listener and collaborator, with fantastic project management skills.
• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others and grow
• A forward thinker, keen to learn from past performances to effect positive change both your work and your own personal development.

If so, then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

The Royal British Legion is looking for an experienced Campaign Manager (Legacy Stewardship and Events) within the Individual Giving Fundraising team.

Sitting within the Supporter Development and Engagement team, and reporting into the Product Manager: Legacy, the Campaign Manager (Legacy Stewardship and Events) will be responsible for managing and developing supporter journeys to steward our Legacy Supporters.

You will be responsible for the implementation of supporter strategy and supporter journeys, marketing and managing the Legacy stewardship programme to deliver a first class supporter journeys for these supporters with the aim of retaining supporters, to secure future legacy income for RBL. This will include delivering Direct Mail campaigns, Digital and Email Campaigns, Face-to-Face events, Videos and Webinars among others, ensuring projects are delivered within budget and to target.

The successful candidate will have significant experience of delivering marketing strategies and supporter journeys, delivering complex marketing campaigns. Significant direct marketing technical experience and skills are essential, consisting both offline and online communications. The candidate will also have significant evidence of effective income and expenditure budget management and of producing scenario models and forecasts, coupled with experience of analysing results and using insight to inform strategy and campaign plans. This role is supporter facing, and so the individual must be confident in engaging with supporters, and comfortable presenting to large groups of individuals, both in person and online via videos and webinars, and be willing to travel across the country to attend planned events.

Knowledge of Legacy marketing programmes is ideal but not essential.

The role is primarily office based in Borough High Street with occasional work from other Legion premises, however due to the COVID 19 pandemic the team are currently all working from home.  This role will begin working from home and then follow organisational guidelines on returning to the office and homeworking policies, with potential opportunities to continue to work from home on a regular basis going forward. Please assume a minimum of 1-2 days per week in our London Office. Regular travel across the UK to Legacy events is also required.

Please note that we will be shortlisting and interviewing as roles come in, so please apply as soon as possible as the application window may close early.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply online’.

Closing date for this role is: 30th September 2021

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.

Legacy Fundraising and Engagement Manager

We’re looking for an experienced and driven individual to join our Legacy Engagement Team within the Customer Experience directorate.

Position: Legacy Engagement Manager

Location: Homebased, U.K nationwide

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £34,000 per annum (inner London weighting £3,299 per annum or outer London weighting £1,755 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 12 October 2021

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

This is an exciting time for legacies engagement at Stroke Association. We are determined to meaningfully increase the prominence of legacies both internally and externally in order to grow and protect this very important income stream which accounts for around half of our donated income.

Someone who is fired up by the challenge of increasing the number of legacy supporters, and stewarding them so that we can safeguard future income and meet our vision where we believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke.

About You

Your experience in direct and legacy marketing or stewardship will stand you in good stead as you’ll be responsible for the development and delivery of end-to-end recruitment and retention plans including leading on our free will schemes, supporter stewardship journeys and the delivery of direct marketing campaigns across a range of offline and digital channels. You'll also scope out opportunities for new legacy products, as well as playing a lead role in the annual planning process of the Legacy Engagement strategy.

To fulfil the role, you must abode and have the right to work in the U.K.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state the reference number to the role when applying.

Please also note that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Legacy, Legacy Fundraiser, Marketing Manager, Legacy Fundraising, Fundraising and Legacy, Legacy and In Memory, Legacy and In Memory Fundraising Manager, Legacy and Memory Manager, Legacy and Memory Fundraising Manager, Legacy Partnerships Manager, Major Donor, Fundraising, Fundraising Manager, Stroke, Charity.

Do you have a great working knowledge of sales or corporate fundraising to enhance our crucial team, working better together?

Are you a passionate and motivated individual, committed to making a positive difference to people affected by dementia?

Can you be compassionate yet tenacious to achieve our society goals?

Yes? We’d love to tell you more!

Legacy Partnership Officer Responsibilities:

As Legacy Partnerships Officer you will be responsible for the targeted acquisition of new Will writing partners in your regions. Delivering a seamless onboarding and retention journey for the professional audience, through outstanding relationship management, you will contribute towards the growth of legacy income for Alzheimer’s Society.

• Offer bespoke relationship management to our Will writing partners
• Become the go to contact for all Will writing partners in your region
• Contribute towards the continued development and project management of our Will offers
• Developing and delivering regionally based activities to secure new Will writing partnerships
• Play a vital role in helping to support our fundraising plans

Legacies (Gifts in Wills) help fund over 25% of all Alzheimer’s Society’s work – so your work in our team will be vital for securing the charity’s future income.

Legacy Partnership Officer Requirements:

Do you have experience in corporate fundraising or sales? Are you motivated by an excellent cause? If so, this could be the opportunity for you to expand your experience and develop in the sector.

You’ll be;

• Excellent at creating, developing and maintaining relationships
• Target driven, proactive and creative in developing bespoke stewardship to ensure partner engagement
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent planning and project management skills
• An analytical thinker who is always looking for ways to improve

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Legacy Partnership Officer
Location: Home Based in London and the South East
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £25,806 - £28,181 - actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) (+ London allowance of £3,600 if applicable)

Closing date: 30 September 2021
Interview date: TBC

You may have experience of the following: Legacy Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Fundraising Manager, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Coordinator, Fundraising Officer, Sales Manager, Sales Executive, Business Development Manager, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc

Ref: 102 938

Are you a passionate and motivated individual, committed to making a positive difference to people affected by dementia?

Do you have a great working knowledge of sales or fundraising to enhance our crucial team, working better together?

Can you be compassionate yet tenacious to achieve our society goals?

Yes? We’d love to tell you more!

Fundraiser (Legacy) Responsibilities:

As a Legacy Giving Officer, you will be promoting Gifts in Wills to our supporters and staff right across the London and South East region. Legacy fundraising is a growth area within the fundraising sector and is being recognised as a top priority at Alzheimer’s Society – having been absolutely critical for the charity to continue our work through the pandemic.

• Responsible for the organisation and delivery of a series of events.
• Become the go to contact for all Legacy enquiries in your region.
• Promoting our offers to individual supporters.
• Developing and implementing new regional opportunities to promote legacy giving.
• Provide legacy fundraising awareness training.
• Play a vital role in helping to support our fundraising plans.
• Additional supporter focussed activities.

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and tackle injustices in the system so that nobody has to face dementia alone.

Legacies (Gifts in Wills) help fund over 25% of all Alzheimer’s Society’s work – so your work in our team will be vital for securing the charity’s future income.

Fundraiser (Legacy) Requirements:

You will join our ambitious and supportive team of Legacy fundraisers and work closely alongside other Regional Fundraising colleagues to ensure our supporters are aware of legacy giving and the impact it has on our work. You will be;

• Experience in fundraising or sales and motivated by an excellent cause.
• Eager for an opportunity for you to expand your experience and develop in fundraising.
• Confident with verbal, written and presentation skills.
• An outstanding relationship builder and negotiator.
• Experienced in regularly exceeding targets.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Position: Legacy Giving Officer
Location: Home based in London and the South East
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £25,806 - £28,181 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) (+ London Allowance of £3,600 if applicable)

Closing Date: 30 September 2021
Interview Date: TBC

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Executive, Legacy Giving Officer, Sales Executive, Business Development Executive, Fundraising, Donor Management, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 102 941

A great opportunity has arisen for a Legacy Campaign Manager (Maternity Cover) for a health related charity in order to implement and deliver a programme of legacy marketing activity to the charity supporters and customers, through a variety of channels, to generate legacy prospects and pledgers, moving them from considering to leaving a gift in their Will.

Location: London with Hybrid Working

Salary: 34,000 per annum

Contract: Full Time, 9- 12 month FTC

Please Apply ASAP!

Key responsibilities:

Managing existing and lapsed donor communications, activity and fulfilment to Fundraising (IG, Challenge Events, Community FR (excluding In-Mem) audiences) and Partnership audiences across direct mail, telemarketing, e-news and email.
Managing the legacy digital marketing programme. Ensuring our web content is up to date, including the Will-writing products information and reflecting any digital content of integrated legacy campaigns. Ensuring we maximise opportunities to appear in the fundraising e-newsletter and reporting on all activity and results via our Google Analytics dashboard
Working closely with the Legacy Engagement Officer managing staff and volunteer communications. Providing and signing off on copy for cross-communications and inserts.
Using brand and legacy proposition messaging to write and proof engaging promotional copy and content, ensuring all legacy materials are up to date.

Person specification:

Knowledge and experience of managing and delivering multiple legacy marketing and telemarketing campaigns, preferably in the not for profit sector, across a range of channels.
Ability to build strong relationships within and outside of the team to maximise opportunities for cross working to fulfil objectives.
Experience of delivering successful digital marketing campaigns.
Experience of writing copy for varied audiences and managing the work of marketing agencies and other external suppliers to provide copy, artwork, print and mailing services.
Experience of working independently or with a data team to identify, segment and export data selections from a customer database for direct marketing purposes.
Experience of working to budgets and monitoring results and expenditure.
Strong IT skills and experience of using fundraising databases.
Awareness of the external environment and developments in fundraising and legacy marketing.
Committed to your own learning and personal development

To find out more about this role please email a copy of your CV to [email protected]

Sophie Hayes Foundation is the only independent organisation in the UK that focuses on providing women survivors of modern slavery with employability and educational skills necessary to help them achieve sustainable freedom. Our mission is to reach 1000's of women survivors of modern slavery in the UK today to shape a better future for themselves. We provide employability programmes to remove barrier to freedom, including vocational work placements, internships, volunteer opportunities, training, and formal education. We are committed to creating a society that views and treats these women with respect, leading to a better society for us all. 

We are seeking a hard-working and talented fundraiser to join us as we embark on a new phase of our fundraising strategy. While we have built an excellent platform for growth, we are seeking someone who can bring a range of fundraisings skills, energy and passion to our team and who can take activity to the next level. You will be our only full-time fundraiser, so you need to be confident, articulate and prepared to cover all aspects of fundraising from data entry to stewarding some of our most valued supporters. 

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of major donors, corporates and/or charitable trusts and be looking for the next step in their career. We can offer enthusiastic colleagues, a committed Trustee Board and lots of flexibility. 

To apply please email your CV and a short covering letter detailing your suitability for the role.

Candiates looking to be based in all three regions will be considered.