Fundraising Legacy Manager

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Job description

Fundraising Legacy Manager

Salary: £40,000 Circa

Location: Remote

Full Time, Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 3rd November 2024

At Camphill Village Trust we know exactly why we do what we do. With a bold and ambitious vision to be leaders of integrated Social Care, with the proven benefits of Nature, we transform life opportunities for adults with a learning disability and autism to be their best selves each and every day.

We do this by providing meaningful therapeutic, work and volunteering choice delivered across extraordinary rural and urban Communities, working farms and social gardens and a heck of a lot more in between!

If you want to tell authentic stories, maximise impact and make a true and meaningful difference read on.

The Legacy Manager will be responsible for the entire legacy function from marketing legacies to the existing database, stewarding pledgers and supporters through to the administration of the legacies themselves, working with the legacy administrator. You'll work closely with the Director of Fundraising to deliver the legacy and in-memoriam giving programme.

We re looking for those who can deliver an exceptional supporter experience for current and prospective legacy supporters with a focus on securing strategic long-term support by building a robust, sustainable pipeline of legacy Pledges.

As a leader you'll embed a legacy giving culture internally and will work closely with colleagues across the whole charity to promote legacy and in-memoriam giving messages. This, in turn, will inspire supporters to help Camphill Village Trust support more people with learning disabilities, autism and other mental health challenges.

What you ll bring to the role:

• Evidence of working at manager level to develop and implement successful legacy / donor giving strategies, particularly legacy stewardship.

• Ability to manage and lead the legacy function.

• Evidence of achieving annual fundraising targets, maintaining an acceptable ROI, and managing budgets.

• Experience in a complexed geographically spread organisation.

• A strong personal track record of achieving significant legacy support and successfully building long-term relationships with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Evidence of working effectively with teams and building relationships internally and externally.

• Excellent data analysis and insight skills.

• Ability to manage several projects and activities simultaneously.

• A good working knowledge of current charity law, compliance and fundraising best practice as they apply to legacy fundraising and legacy administration, particularly in the areas of ethical due diligence, data protection, privacy and marketing consent, and safeguarding.

Excited? Read our pack, look at our strategy and know that you would be joining an amazing Trust, a brilliant team and that you would have the ability to make a real difference.

Ideally we are looking for someone to be based either within corridors of Midlands to London or Manchester to York. You will be a home worker with some travel to attend meetings in London and visit Communities in Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, Yorkshire, and Worcestershire.

Your application should include your CV and a supporting statement of no less than one page detailing why you would like to work for the Trust and how your skills and experience meet the job description and person specification (see attached Job pack).

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