Legacy Management Executive

LEGACY MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE

Salary: £26,500 per annum

Reports to: Legacy Management Team Leader (Friends & Family)

Department: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

Location: Stratford w/ high-flex (1 – 2 days per week in the office) or home-based anywhere in the UK

Employment type: Fixed-term contract until May 2026

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Closing date: Sunday 25 May 2025, 23:55

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

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Legacy Management Executive. Through entry-level Legacy Management case-work and relationship engagement opportunities, you'll support the delivery of the strategy, building first-class professional partnerships and relationships in relation to Legacy giving. Further to this, you'll build and manage effective relationships by engaging the audience involved in administering the estate; sharing with them the work of Cancer Research UK and the impact of legacy giving and extending these relationships where appropriate and under guidance.

What will I be doing?

• Managing a caseload of fixed sum legacies. Corresponding with the executor/administrator and ensuring payment of the legacy is made in accordance with the Will.
• Progressing to managing a small caseload of residuary and trust cases as skills and experience are developed
• Engaging with the family and friends of the deceased to thank and acknowledge the legacy and to provide information about the impact of the legacy
• Promoting the team within Cancer Research UK, including reporting and sharing interesting legacy stories
• Undertaking additional activities to support the overall Legacy Strategy and improve how the team works
• Adhering to CRUKs Data Protection and Financial policies
• Engaging with legacy professionals to support the implementation of the Legacy Professionals Strategy, creating a positive view of Cancer Research UK and the legacy charity sector more generally.

What skills are we looking for?

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and management skills, with the ability to quickly get buy in and work collaboratively
• Proven ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to identify and build on new opportunities
• A flexible approach, to comfortably manage ambiguity and changing environments/contexts
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills, creating connections to make great things happen.
• Excellent administrative and time management skills.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

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 quickly, fairly and objectively.