Legacy Promotions Officer

Hours: Full time (34.5 hours) - we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours.

Fixed Term

At Macmillan you’ll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We’re going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good.

About the role:

Do you want to be part of one of the most exciting and high performing teams in the sector, helping to bring in more than a third of Macmillan’s income, funding vital support for people living with cancer? We’re looking for a Legacy Promotions Officer to join our team on a fixed-term contract to deliver a range of legacy marketing campaigns. The particular focus of this role is to work collaboratively with teams across Macmillan to promote legacy giving in their communications and activity. This person will lead on building awareness about gift in wills, streamlining processes and managing materials which inspire legacy giving such as our free Gifts in Wills guide. You’ll take the lead on planning, delivering and evaluating campaigns, working closely with our partners, suppliers, and other internal teams. Your work will be instrumental in driving future legacy income for Macmillan, ensuring we can continue to provide support for people living with cancer long into the future. The role is a great opportunity to build on your marketing skills in a large charity context.

A typical week in this role might include:

• Cross-team working with colleagues across Macmillan, discussing plans and new opportunities.
• Monitoring campaign performance and flagging any issues with relevant stakeholders.
• Reviewing processes and ways of working and identifying and driving improvements.
• Designing engaging creatives and copy for legacy campaigns, both independently and in collaboration with our design agencies.
• Contributing at regular team meetings with Acquisition team and wider Legacy and In-Memory Fundraising team.
• Reviewing results, reporting and sharing learnings internally and identifying strategic and tactical optimisations where appropriate.
• Managing supplier invoices, raising purchase orders and logging to ensure in line with budget.
• Attending weekly catch ups with your line manager to discuss any project issues, blockers and to keep them updated on progress.

About you:

The ideal candidate will have...

• Marketing skills: A solid foundation of marketing or project management skills, developed in a professional environment.
• Results-focus: Experience monitoring the performance or progress of a project against targets.
• Analytical/Solution-focused: A proactive approach to identifying project blockers or underperformance and a collaborative approach to finding solutions, including new ways of working.
• Time management: Experience delivering work to set schedules and budgets.
• Communication: An ability to communicate clearly with a range of different people including supporters, via email, telephone and in person.
• Relationship management: An ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and suppliers, which enable productive collaboration on projects.

Recruitment Process

First interview dates: TBC. To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We are an organisation that is committed to setting candidates up for success, so we can support you to be at your best during the application or selection process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice, or a conversation on reasonable adjustments.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under‑represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.