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Senior Philanthropy Manager
Permanent
Full time (34.5 hours)
Split between home and our London Office
Salary: £54,000 - £59,000
About the Role
At Macmillan, we do whatever it takes to ensure everyone affected by cancer gets the best possible support today—and we’re committed to driving a revolution in cancer care for the future.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our ambitious Philanthropy team, a major growth area within the charity. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal role in bringing philanthropists into the heart of Macmillan, unlocking significant support to drive our ambitions for growth and impact - enabling us to tackle some of the most complex challenges facing people living with cancer, and reshaping the wider cancer care system for generations to come.
The role sits within our new-look Partnerships Directorate, created to build impactful, long-term relationships with philanthropists, corporate partners and healthcare leaders.
Join us at a pivotal moment – with a bold new strategy, exciting funding opportunities and a renewed sense of purpose, there’s never been a better time to make an impact.
We’re looking for a strategic and driven Senior Philanthropy Manager to lead on some of Macmillan’s highest-value philanthropic relationships. You’ll manage a portfolio of ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, securing 6- and 7-figure+ gifts that deliver life-changing impact for people living with cancer.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Cultivating and managing a portfolio of major donors, building long-term, high-impact relationships.
- Securing new business through strategic networking and cross-team collaboration.
- Creating bespoke cultivation plans and compelling donor communications.
- Leading senior stakeholder engagement and leveraging networks to deepen donor relationships.
- Delivering exceptional stewardship experiences that inspire and retain support.
- Supporting leadership in co-canvassing prospects with 7- and 8-figure capacity.
- Mentoring colleagues and contributing to a culture of innovation in major gift fundraising.
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven success in securing 6- or 7-figure philanthropic gifts or equivalent experience.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and gravitas to engage senior stakeholders.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication, with a flair for storytelling.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a results-driven approach.
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills across complex stakeholder groups.
- Experience working with senior leadership in a fundraising or similar environment.
- Excellent project management and CRM (ideally Raiser’s Edge) skills.
- A collaborative team player with a passion for Macmillan’s mission.
Who You’ll Work With:
- Principal and major gift supporters
- Senior volunteers, ambassadors, and Trustees
- Macmillan’s Executive Directors and Heads
- Service and Partnership teams
- Philanthropy advisors, family offices, and corporate partners
- Press, Policy, Advocacy, and Finance teams
What You’ll Achieve:
- A thriving portfolio of philanthropic donors and prospects
- A strong internal and external network to drive transformational giving
- Unique opportunities to engage and inspire philanthropists
- A step-change in philanthropy income for Macmillan
In return, we offer a range of benefits including:
- 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
- Pension matched up to 7.5%
- 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
- Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
- Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Wed 24th Sept 2025
First interview dates: Wc 6th Oct 2025 (TBC)
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
Registered Charity
More than 1000
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Location: Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG
Start Date: Immediately
About Citizens Advice Camden
Citizens Advice Camden is a well-respected local charity with more than 80 years’ experience of delivering free, independent and impartial advice and casework services to those most in need.
Role Purpose
To provide a high quality welfare benefits advice service to people affected by cancer with the aim of maximizing their income and advising on a range of related social welfare issues.
To work closely with the staff of the Citizens Advice Camden Macmillan Welfare Advice Service to maintain and further develop a quality provision ensuring that Citizens Advice standards are met.
To work effectively with Macmillan Cancer Support, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Macmillan Information Centre and other relevant agencies, to ensure that people living with cancer who have been referred to the service are appropriately supported.
This role will primarily be based at the Citizens Advice Camden Welfare Advice Service at the Royal Free Hospital; some work may be undertaken at other sites. The Citizen Advice Camden office is based within the hospital’s Oncology department.
Key elements/Tasks
The adviser will be expected to work in a busy and often demanding hospital environment. This role will require you to work with a large number of clients, many of whom will present with multiple and complex advice needs because of their condition. This can be an emotionally challenging and sometimes distressing working environment, and the adviser will need to demonstrate emotional resilience and an awareness of how to support herself/himself and to seek support from others in dealing with this.
The adviser will need to be sensitive to the demands of working daily with healthcare professionals and other non-Citizens Advice Camden stakeholders and to work effectively as an ambassador for Citizens Advice Camden. A large part of the role, in addition to advising clients, involves building and maintaining strong relationships.
To apply complete our application form and online application.
Closing deadline for applications is: 9.00am on Monday, 22 September 2025
CVs are not accepted.
Citizens Advice Camden is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
