Strategic Legacy Engagement Manager

Strategic Legacy Engagement Manager Salary: £49,492 - £58,226 (dependent on experience) Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties Contract type:
Permanent

Hours:

Full Time Location description:
Home-Based Interview date: 18 - 19 February 2026 Closing Date: 24-01-2026 Reference: 21020

About us Our purpose is simple: to save lives  hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue. The RNLI depends on Gifts in Wills to fund two thirds of our lifesaving services. Were looking for a Strategic Legacy Engagement Manager to lead our team of legacy stewardship specialists. This is a new role leading an established, home-based team working across the UK and Ireland.

This team is key to building our long-term legacy income. It is responsible for stewarding our legacy pledgers, delivering a range of engagement events and embedding our legacy messaging within our community networks.

Your role As the Strategic Legacy Engagement Manager, youll be focused on:

- Driving innovation and development of the wider legacy strategy as part of the legacy leadership team - Leading a team responsible for stewarding high-value individuals, growing our portfolio of legacy supporters and delivering our programme of legacy events - Collaboration and coordination with fundraising stakeholders across the organisation to deliver the legacy strategy in support of the wider fundraising strategy - Identifying and growing talent within your team About you Youll be passionate about legacy stewardship and understand the importance of delivering exemplary supporter engagement experiences balanced with supporting business goals and outcomes.

More specifically, youll need:

- Proven track record and experience in relationship management or stewardship, ideally with high-level legacy supporters - Experience in leading and motivating teams and building cultures that bring out the best in individuals. A confident people manager with experience of coaching and supporting others to develop and achieve results - A great communicator with extensive experience of effectively engaging with supporters and influencing stakeholders at all levels in a business - A strategic thinker, who looks and plans ahead, with the ability to identify appropriate change and to deliver it while keeping their team and all stakeholders engaged - Demonstrable ability to use and understand trends and insights to positively influence the development and delivery of activities - Problem-solving skills to overcome challenges and a passion to deliver the best possible results for our customers, volunteers and supporters So, if you have a passion for fundraising and are looking to lead a successful legacy team who have ambitions grow further, this could be the role for you.

This post requires a valid driving licence. Safeguarding The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a persons 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.