Legacy Engagement Manager - Temporary (up to 12 months)

About us

Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.

This is an exciting role which has been created specifically to deliver an ambitious legacy events programme. Initially a fixed term temporary role with scope to continue. Legacy fundraising is undergoing a transformation at the RNLI. Legacies account for over two thirds of the RNLI's annual income today and will continue to be a vital fundraising stream for many years to come. In this role you'll be responsible for supporting and delivering a range of regionally based legacy events, engaging with cold audiences across the UK and Ireland, potentially stewarding a limited number of existing high-level pledgers and developing and nurturing relationships with regionally based colleagues.

Some of the benefits

• Salary £34,893 - £41,050 (dependent on experience)
• 26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cashplan

Your role

As a Legacy Engagement Manager in the Legacy Team you will be focussed on:

• Developing and delivering a world-class stewardship programme, with personalised experiences for existing and new high-level pledgers in your area
• Developing and leading on a programme of tailored events to suit pledgers and prospects at varying stages of their legacy journey
• Collaborating with regionally based colleagues to deliver legacy training to community teams and develop a legacy volunteer network
• Working with the wider Legacy team supporting integrated plans to embed our Legacy and In Memory Giving messaging throughout our community networks

About you

You'll be comfortable nurturing long-term relationships and exceeding customer expectations. Working collaboratively with colleagues in other disciplines you'll create a network of legacy advocates. To be considered for this role you'll need to have:

• Experience in planning, managing and delivering events and exhibitions essential
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of event management principles, event resources and best practice
• Demonstrable experience in relationship management
• Excellent skills in communicating in person, on phone/video or in writing to a range of audiences
• Excellent and effective relationship management with internal stakeholders to ensure that plans are integrated with RNLI activity across multiple departments
• Ability to work in an organised and structured manner balancing your time appropriately to meet short term and longer term goals
• Capability to travel to meet donors and ability to work on your own or collaboratively within a larger team.

If you have a passion for relationship management and are looking to be part of a successful and growing team with ambitions to grow further, this could be the role for you. Please apply via the button shown.