Senior Legacy Marketing Manager

Barnardo's; Ilford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization is seeking a Senior Legacy Marketing Manager to develop and deliver a sector-leading legacy and in-memory giving programme. This role involves managing a team, overseeing a significant budget, and strategically growing legacy pledgers. Applicants should have proven legacy marketing experience and strong leadership skills. Hybrid working arrangements are available, alongside an attractive benefits package.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

26 days annual leave increasing with service

Group Personal Pension

Death in service cover

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Proven experience in legacy marketing or related fundraising discipline.
• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Legacy Marketing Strategy development.
• Manage a team and oversee a £600k budget.
• Implement stewardship journeys for legacy audiences.

Skills

Legacy marketing experience

Strategic thinking

Excellent communication

Budget management

Leadership

Job description

Overview

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Are you a strategic and passionate legacy marketing professional ready to lead transformational change? Barnardo's is looking for a Senior Legacy Marketing Manager for a 12 month fixed term contract to shape and deliver a sector-leading legacy and in-memory giving programme. This is a unique opportunity to help secure the long-term future of our vital work with children and young people across the UK.

Reporting to the Head of Individual Giving and Legacy Marketing, you will lead the development and implementation of Barnardo's Legacy Marketing Strategy, with a focus on growing the number of legacy pledgers and intenders, delivering exceptional stewardship, and embedding legacy giving across the organisation.

You'll also play a key role in developing a long-term growth strategy for In Memory Giving, working closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver inspiring and engaging supporter experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of a long-term Legacy Marketing Strategy to grow income from gifts in wills and in-memory giving.
• Manage a team of legacy marketing professionals and oversee a budget of approximately £600k, with an income target of £240k.
• Design and implement sector-leading stewardship journeys for legacy audiences.
• Collaborate across fundraising, marketing, and supporter care teams to integrate legacy messaging and supporter journeys.
• Work with internal teams and external agencies to deliver high-quality campaigns and supporter experiences.
• Monitor trends in the legacy giving landscape and use insights to inform strategy and innovation.
• Champion legacy giving across the organisation, building awareness and engagement internally.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in legacy marketing or a related fundraising discipline.
• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills, with a track record of delivering growth.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience managing budgets and working with external agencies.
• A collaborative and proactive approach to leadership and team development.
• Passion for Barnardo's mission and a commitment to delivering exceptional supporter experiences.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Description. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.