ellenor – Legacy Manager

About You:

 

You are an experienced and motivated fundraising professional with a strong track record in securing and stewarding gifts in wills. You bring excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage sensitively and confidently with supporters. Strategic and organised, you are comfortable developing and delivering marketing campaigns across multiple channels, while managing budgets, analysing performance, and working towards targets. You have a good understanding of legacy giving, including relevant legal and probate processes, and are confident collaborating with stakeholders across the organisation and externally. With excellent communication skills and a proactive, creative approach, you are passionate about making a lasting impact and driving long-term income growth

 

This is a part-time role, offering flexibility with home-working when appropriate.

 

About Us:

 

We are ellenor, your local hospice charity, providing vital support to patients and families facing life-limiting illnesses across North Kent and Bexley.

 

At ellenor, we embrace life, offering support to adults and children from the moment of diagnosis and beyond.  Our services for adults include an Inpatient Ward

and Community Services – including Hospice @ Home and Care Home Support, plus

Wellbeing and Therapeutic Services. For children and young adults, we provide specialised hospice care within the community, including end of life care, clinical nursing and oncology support in their own home, as well as respite and wellbeing support.

 

We understand the profound impact of a life-limiting condition, and we are here to offer compassionate care and support throughout this time.

 

About the Role:

 

The Legacy Giving Manager will inspire and facilitate our supporters to leave gifts in their wills, build strong relationships with legacy pledgers, and grow a sustainable pipeline of future income. Combining fundraising, marketing and stewardship, the role project manages campaigns across multiple channels and communicates sensitively and regularly with our supporters to showcase the impact of their support. Working collaboratively across the organisation and with external partners, the postholder will also oversee budgets and legacy administration to ensure the continued success and growth of the programme.

 

Why Join Us?

 

This is more than just a job, it’s an opportunity to shape your career. In this role you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference through your work.

As an ellenor employee you will have access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, and employee discount schemes.

 

Professional Growth: You’ll have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop your skills in a supportive and friendly environment whilst working with a variety of key stakeholders.

 

Supportive Team: At ellenor, we support, encourage, and uplift each other.  By contributing towards our mission and being part of our dynamic team together we will celebrate successes and help overcome challenges as well as learning and moving on quickly from our failures.  We encourage you to try new initiatives, think BIG and be bold with your aspirations.

 

Make it your own: There is much flexibility to shape this role by implementing your ideas and strategies in support of our aims and objectives.

 

This post is subject to Standard DBS clearance.

 

UK Immigration:

ellenor is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

 

An employer contributory pension scheme is available, and NHS Pension Scheme members can transfer in their pension.

 

To apply please send a completed application form or a copy of your CV and cover letter to [email protected], only applications with a cover letter will be considered. Please contact [email protected] or phone 01474 320007 should you require further information.

 

ellenor is committed to recognising and valuing peoples’ differences and promoting an inclusive environment for everyone. We are driven to create a workplace culture which encourages all of us to treat each other fairly, with respect, and allows us to truly be ourselves at work. We are committed to recruiting and retaining an outstanding and diverse team of individuals who will work together to support our patients and their families at one of the most difficult times of their lives

Closed on 29 June 2026

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