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The Dream Career:

Legacy & Relationship Officer

The Location:

Sheffield

The Benefits Offered:

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Parking on site

Private Healthcare

The Hours:

Full-Time Monday – Friday 9 am – 5.30 pm

The Salary:

£30,000 DOE

The Job Role:

It’s an enormous pleasure to be representing Support Dogs in their search for a Legacy and Relationship Officer, which is a new role for the charity due to growth. Support Dogs are a national charity who support the lives of people affected by autism, epilepsy and disability, they were founded over 30 years ago and have supported countless families over that time. Support Dogs have huge plans over the next twelve months, and as such are strengthening their fundraising team with a Legacy and Relationship Officer to specifically assist with developing income from legacies and gifts in wills, this will in turn mean they will be able to support more families than ever before.

Reporting into the Head of Fundraising, the successful candidate will lead on legacy giving which will include the marketing and promotion of this form of giving. We would love to hear from candidates who already have a background within fundraising, or have knowledge and experience of the legal sector, in particular wills and probate.

This is a truly brilliant role that will be varied and super relationship focussed. Typical duties will include the following; - Managing relationships with existing legacy pledgers – Developing relationships with new and existing legacy pledgers – Act as the first point of contact for all legacy enquiries both internally and externally – Responsibility for the planning and delivery of a programme to promote legacy giving to help grow their pipeline of legacy supporters, this will include producing marketing material such as newsletters – Develop and manage relationships with solicitors, funeral directors and National Free Will Network as well as other charity organisations to help grow legacy income for the charity – Assist with the organisation of 2-3 charity events each year - Work in collaboration with the Head of Fundraising to achieve financial targets and budgets through fundraising activities – Support the fundraising team by attending relevant networking events – Producing reports as required to provide data insight on legacy activity

We would love to hear from candidates who have the following skills and experience; - Previous experience working within fundraising – Experienced in managing donor relationships – Exceptional customer care and able to build strong and lasting relationships – Confident in marketing strategies and activities – Ability to track progress and report data to senior management – A compelling and professional writer with exceptional spelling and grammar – Able to use own initiative – Hugely professional and personable