Relationship Manager (Cornwall & South Devon)

Relationship Manager (Cornwall and South Devon)

Reports to: Divisional Manager

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week (other flexible‑working requests will also be considered if it meets business needs)

Location: Home‑based in Southwest England with travel across the area (Covering Cornwall predominantly, plus parts of South Devon). Candidates must live on patch.

We are looking for an ambitious, driven people person passionate about raising vital funds to support Cancer Research UK. As a Relationship Manager you will inspire and motivate a wide range of supporters (including individuals, groups, and corporate partners) to develop strong relationships, maximising in‑year fundraising opportunities and long‑term value.

We are looking for candidates from a business development or fundraising background who are excited to join our hard‑working team in the South West. We’re looking for a natural people person, with excellent relationship building skills, confident in negotiating with and influencing a diverse range of supporters. You’ll be used to managing multiple priorities and be adaptable in an environment where no two days are the same.

What will I be doing?

• Inspiring, developing and managing supporters to achieve their goals through offering outstanding and tailored stewardship.
• Developing a prospect pipeline of opportunities and identifying and cultivating leads. Acquiring new supporters and income in collaboration with the Business Development team.
• Hitting fundraising targets and KPIs for CRUK's life‑saving research.
• Supporting creation and delivery of relevant strategies that build better and longer lasting relationships to increase long‑term income.
• Building strong working relationships with wider department team colleagues to effectively develop transitioned supporters.

What skills will I need?

• Experience of working as part of a high performing team, achieving KPIs and targets preferably from either a business development or fundraising background.
• Experience of working unsupervised with the ability to drive and generate own workload.
• Excellent networking and relationship manager skills – and the ability to motivate and influence supporters or customers to reach targets.
• Ability to adapt style and approach, generate new ideas and to acquire new business.
• A strong solution focused approach to enable supporters to overcome challenges and maximise their fundraising.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (face to face, written and phone).
• Great time management, prioritisation and planning skills.

Organisational 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.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our mission to beat cancer. In return, 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.

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.

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.