Legacy Fundraising Executive - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - NFP People LTD

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Legacy Fundraising Executive


We are looking for an outstanding relationship executive who will initiate, develop, and sustain relationships with current supporters, growing their engagement through give, act and pray and getting them on to the legacy pathway as an enquirer.


Position:
Legacy Relationship Executive


Location:
Milton Keynes


Hours:
Full-time, 36.5 hours per week (with one evening per week)


Contract:
Permanent


Salary:
From £27,000 per annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits


Closing date:10th March 2023


About the role:


As the Legacy Relationship Executive, you will support the Legacy Manager to deliver on targets through phone calls and face to face at events.

You will be required to initiate, develop, and sustain relationships with current supporters, growing their engagementwith the organisation through give, act and pray and getting them on to the legacy pathway as an enquirer, nurturing them and increasing retention and progressing them to becoming a pledger.

Through relationship building, provide leads for major donor executives,child sponsorship visits, child sponsorship and churches.


This role has been created to engage with the organisation's supporters on the telephone following the mailing campaigns and events to encourage the consideration of leaving a gift in their wills, supporting the growth of the organisation's legacy income.


Key responsibilities will include:


  • Manage the data from the various campaigns to ensure you reach each area of the target.
  • Have excellent questioning skills which will ensure you can discover more about the giving behaviours of the supporter to build stronger longterm relationships. You need to identify trends and passions and take them on a journey with the organisation.
  • Be externally focused, engage the supporters with the organisation's cause and develop mutually beneficial relationships.
  • Meet or exceed annual fundraising goals through the cultivation of relationships with supporters.
  • Develop longterm relationships through personal interaction with supporters, shaping their interest in leaving a gift in their will.
  • To cold call existing supporters to talk about Gift, Act and Pray and the benefits of leaving a gift in their will and the difference this makes, get their interest in wanting a brochure.
  • Plan and implement account management and moves management strategies to ensure supporters are cultivated towards their full giving potential, leading them towards enquirers and then pledgers

About you:


For the Legacy Relationship Executive position, you will be confident, and sociable with a track record of building relationships with donors/clients either in the charity or commercial sector.

You will have excellent listening skills with high emotionalintelligence.

To perform well in this role, you'll need:

  • Degree educated or equivalent experience
  • A good understanding of telesales and telesales or account management experience
  • Knowledge of data protection and Child Protection and the need to follow procedures
  • Ability to speak clearly and confidently with excellent verbal communication skills. You will be a fantastic storyteller who is able to captivate people's interest and direct them on a journey
  • Good time management and prioritising skills with a clear ability to multitask and excellent networking and influencing skills
  • Excellent administration skills and experience working with a CRM database

About the organisation:


The organisation is an international children's charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.


Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy they've helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years.

And as a Christian organisation, everything they do is motivated by their faith as they striveto reflect God's unconditional love.


As a child-focused organisation, they are committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.


The organisation is a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and they shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct.

They will be requesting you to complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct.


For more information see:
The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (misconduct-disclosure-)

You may also have experience in areas such as: Fundraising, Fundraiser, Legacy Fundraising, In-Memoriam Fundraiser, Legacy and In Memory Fundraiser, Legacies Fundraising, Legacies Manager, Gifts and Wills Fundraising, etc


PLEASE NOTE:
This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation

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