Relationship Manager

We are looking for an ambitious, driven people person, passionate about raising vital funds to support Cancer Research UK. As a Relationship Manager you will inspire and motivate a wide range of supporters (including individuals, groups, and corporate partners to develop strong relationships, maximising in-year fundraising opportunities and long-term value. We are looking for candidates from a business development or fundraising background who are excited to join our hard-working team.

We're looking for a natural people person, with excellent relationship building skills, confident in negotiating with and influencing a diverse range of supporters. You'll be used to managing multiple priorities and be adaptable in an environment where no two days are the same. If you're proactive, people-centred, and motivated by making a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a home-based role with significant travel across the patch to maximise community engagement. There will be some out of hours working required such as supporter meetings and events, however you will get this time back via our time off in lieu policy. What will I be doing?

• Inspiring, developing and managing supporters to achieve their goals through offering outstanding and tailored stewardship.
• Developing a prospect pipeline of opportunities and identifying and cultivating leads. Acquiring new supporters and income in collaboration with the Business Development team
• Hitting fundraising targets and KPIs for CRUK's life saving research.
• Supporting creation and delivery of relevant strategies that build better and longer lasting relationships to increase long-term income
• Building strong working relationships with wider department team colleagues to effectively develop transitioned supporters, We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

If you're interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we'd still love to hear from you.

• Internal candidates should ideally have completed their 6-month 'getting started' period before applying for other roles.
• All internal candidates applying for a secondment must have: completed their getting started period; discussed their intention to apply and gained approval from their line manager; been in their substantive (home) role for at least 6 months (if previously on secondment).
• Internal candidates must advise their current line manager at the point they make an internal application.

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

• Experience of working as part of a high performing team, achieving KPIs and targets
• Experience of working unsupervised with the ability to drive and generate own workload
• Excellent networking and relationship manager skills - and the ability to motivate and influence supporters or customers to reach targets.
• Ability to adapt style and approach, generate new ideas and to acquire new business.
• A strong solution focused approach to enable supporters to overcome challenges and maximise their fundraising.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (face to face, written and phone)
• Great time management, prioritisation and planning skills.

Bold:
Act with ambition, courage and determination. Credible:
Act with rigour and professionalism.