Job Description

Salary
34,893 - 41,050 / EUR47,575 - EUR55,970 (dependent on experience)
Vehicle
A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties
Contract type
Temporary: Fixed Term Contract or Secondment
Hours
Full Time
Location description
Home based. Regular travel across the UK and Ireland will be required in this role.
Interview location
Online (via Teams)
Interview date
w/c 19 January 2026
Closing Date
04-01-2026
Reference
20781
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About us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.
This is an exciting role which has been created specifically to deliver an ambitious legacy events programme. Initially a fixed term temporary role with scope to continue. Legacy fundraising is undergoing a transformation at the RNLI. Legacies account for over two thirds of the RNLI's annual income today and will continue to be a vital fundraising stream for many years to come. In this role you'll be responsible for supporting and delivering a range of regionally based legacy events, engaging with cold audiences across the UK and Ireland, potentially stewarding a limited number of existing high-level pledgers and developing and nurturing relationships with regionally based colleagues.
Some of the benefits

• Salary 34,893 - 41,050 (dependent on experience)
• 26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cashplan

Your role
As a Legacy Engagement Manager in the Legacy Team you will be focussed on:

• Developing and delivering a world-class stewardship programme, with personalised experiences for existing and new high-level pledgers in your area
• Developing and leading on a programme of tailored events to suit pledgers and prospects at varying stages of their legacy journey
• Collaborating with regionally based colleagues to deliver legacy training to community teams and develop a legacy volunteer network
• Working with the wider Legacy team supporting integrated plans to embed our Legacy and In Memory Giving messaging throughout our community networks

About you
You'll be comfortable nurturing long-term relationships and exceeding customer expectations. Working collaboratively with colleagues in other disciplines you'll create a network of legacy advocates. To be considered for this role you'll need to have:

• Experience in planning, managing and delivering events and exhibitions essential
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of event management principles, event resources and best practice
• Demonstrable experience in relationship management
• Excellent skills in communicating in person, on phone/video or in writing to a range of audiences
• Excellent and effective relationship management with internal stakeholders to ensure that plans are integrated with RNLI activity across multiple departments
• Ability to work in an organised and structured manner balancing your time appropriately to meet short term and longer term goals
• Capability to travel to meet donors and ability to work on your own or collaboratively within a larger team.

If you have a passion for relationship management and are looking to be part of a successful and growing team with ambitions to grow further, this could be the role for you. Please apply via the button shown.
This post requires a valid driving licence.
Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person's health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.

Skills Required