The Salvation Army – Assistant Legacy Officer

Are you an Assistant Legacy Officer? Do you want to help us make a lasting difference?

We are looking for an Assistant Legacy Officer to play a vital role in ensuring every gift left in a Will reaches its full potential. Our legacy notifications and income have grown, bringing in over £60M last year. This is your chance to be at the heart of something truly meaningful, where every detail matters and every legacy counts.

Key responsibilities

• You will manage a diverse caseload of pecuniary and specific legacies, with the opportunity to learn residuary and trust legacies.
• You will correspond professionally and sensitively with personal representatives, professional advisers, charity co-beneficiaries, and other stakeholders to resolve legacy cases effectively.

The successful candidate will have:

• Ability to communicate clearly, assertively and compassionately with Executors, solicitors and bereaved family and friends
• High level of numeracy skills
• Self-motivation with prioritising, planning and project management skills
• Experience of operating in a modern digital workplace, including using digital tools (and what is needed from the role) to work collaboratively and productively.
• Either have or wish to work towards a recognised professional legacy qualification including Certificate in Charity Legacy Administration (CiCLA), Solicitor, or other relevant legal qualification

You will be a crucial part in ensuring that all legacies to the charity are administered in a timely and sensitive manner, maintaining and building great relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

This role will be based on site at our Headquarters at Denmark Hill, working closely with the Legacy Unit. You will be working 35 hours per week. You will need to attend the office 2 days per week. There is flexibility to work your remaining hours across the week.

Benefits:
25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time) a contributory pension scheme; an employee assistance programme

Closing date: Friday 30^th January 2026 at 9am.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK.

For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please click here and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship. 

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.

Closed on 30 January 2026

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