Senior Fundraising Campaigns Specialist

Cancer Research UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work pattern

Benefits package

Job summary

Cancer Research UK in London is seeking a Senior Fundraising Campaigns Specialist to lead the Stand Up to Cancer campaign. The role is fixed-term until March 2028, full-time (35 hours) with office-based work and high flexibility (1-2 days in the office) at Stratford, London.

Reporting to the Head of Proposition in Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement, you will drive cross-team delivery, develop live-show campaigns, manage key partners, and optimise fundraising performance.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering fast-paced, high-profile campaigns.
• Strong commercial acumen to increase income and maximise campaign impact.
• Outstanding relationship-building and stakeholder management with senior partners.
• Experience developing propositions through strategic partnerships.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making under pressure.
• Experience implementing campaign strategies and translating plans into delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of Stand Up to Cancer campaign, ensuring successful execution.
• Play a lead role in shaping and delivering the Autumn 2027 live-show campaign with themes and mechanics.
• Build and manage strategic relationships with Channel 4, production companies and SU2C US stakeholders.
• Collaborate across Cancer Research UK to align campaign activity with other teams.
• Lead stakeholder groups, workstreams and governance forums for alignment and decisions.
• Develop campaign KPIs, monitor performance and optimise fundraising outcomes.

Skills

Campaign management

Stakeholder management

Partnership development

Strategic planning

Fundraising

Relationship-building

Job description

Senior Fundraising Campaigns Specialist (Stand Up to Cancer) – Salary: £52,000-£58,000 plus benefits; Reports to: Head of Proposition Directorate: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement; Contract: Fixed term contract until March 2028; Hours: Full time 35 hours per week; Location: Stratford, London; Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office); Closing date: 11th October 2026 23:55.

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Recruitment process: one stage interview competency-based interview. Interview date: from Tuesday 20th October.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of Stand Up to Cancer campaign, ensuring successful execution through internal teams and external partners.
• Play a lead role in shaping and delivering the Autumn 2027 live-show campaign, including campaign themes, fundraising mechanics, commercial opportunities and cross-functional delivery.
• Build and manage strategic relationships with key partners, including Channel 4, production companies and Stand Up to Cancer US stakeholders.
• Collaborate across Cancer Research UK to align campaign activity, working closely with Partnerships, Marketing, Research and Programme Management teams.
• Lead stakeholder groups, workstreams and governance forums, ensuring alignment, engagement and effective decision-making across multiple teams.
• Develop campaign KPIs, monitor performance and use insight to optimise campaign effectiveness and maximise fundraising outcomes.

Requirements

• Proven experience delivering fast-paced, high-profile multi-faceted campaigns, ideally within a commercial or fundraising environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify opportunities to increase income and maximise campaign impact.
• Outstanding relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior stakeholders and external partners.
• Experience developing and delivering successful propositions through strategic partnerships.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to navigate complexity, manage ambiguity and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Experience implementing campaign strategies and translating plans into successful delivery.

Organisation Values

• Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination
• Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
• Human: Act to have a positive impact on people
• Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively

We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

Eligibility criteria

Internal candidates should ideally have completed their 6-month 'getting started' period before applying for other roles. You should also advise your current line manager at the point you make an internal application, or at the latest, at the point of being invited for an interview. All internal candidates applying for a secondment, must have: completed their getting started period; discussed their intention to apply and gained approval to apply with their line manager; been in their substantive (home) role for at least 6 months (this is only applicable if you have previously been on secondment). If you do not confirm that you meet these requirements, we will not be able to progress your application.

For information about internal learning and development at Cancer Research UK please visit Fuse.

What will I gain? We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals. You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page.

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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do.

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.

We're the world's leading cancer charity, dedicated to saving and improving lives with our research. We work to reduce the impact of cancer on people's day-to-day lives through our research, influence and information. We are beating cancer – step by step, day by day. Our work means that people with cancer live better lives through earlier diagnosis and kinder, more effective treatments. Find a purposeful career that will empower you to grow and collaborate with like-minded experts.