Legacy and In Memory Officer
Closing date: Monday 24 February 2025
Location: Based in Andover, Hampshire with flexibility of some home working
Salary: £27,000 pro rata - Part time, 22.5 hours per week
Are you somebody who would love to show you care by using your natural communication skills to support others, and help us Beat Macular Disease?
Macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, with around 300 people diagnosed every day. The Macular Society is the only charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease with world class research, and the best advice and support.
To support people affected by macular disease now, the Macular Society provides a range of support, information and services. Our research programme is focused on finding new treatments and a cure to Beat Macular Disease forever.
The role
The Legacy and In Memory Officer, alongside their fellow Officer team member, is responsible for delivering excellent donor care and stewardship of Legacy and In Memory supporters, as well as inspiring others to consider supporting the Macular Society in a way that suits them.
Your team is ambitious, curious and actively seeking ways to continue growing income from legacies and in memory donations, using a range of channels. Our team members enjoy working collaboratively, within a positive culture of high support and challenge.
You will contribute towards this by supporting the development of Legacy and In Memory campaigns, materials and stewardship, whilst ensuring that all donations and correspondence are recorded accurately, enquiries are fulfilled and donors thanked promptly.
It is important that you can work from our Andover office for all, or some, of your hours, in order to process and fulfil postal correspondence and donations.
In return, we provide a great working culture – we do something worthwhile and are proud to work together to Beat Macular Disease – as recognised by our inclusion in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 list.
We offer a flexible approach to working in this role, including the potential opportunity to work compressed hours over fewer days, or spreading out the hours out across the working week.
Our benefits include 26 days annual leave, rising to 27 after one years’ service, the ability to buy or sell annual leave, supportive family policies, and 6% pension contribution. To read about our benefits in more detail, see link below.
We are passionate about treating people fairly and as equals, doing so is instinctive to us. We know that to Beat Macular Disease for all we have work to do. That’s why we are keen to hear from people of all backgrounds who have the skills and experience we are looking for. We particularly encourage applications from people from under-represented groups, to help ensure what we do and how we do it is inclusive – for everyone.
For a full job description and person specification, please see below.
To apply: please email your CV with a covering letter to recruitment@macularsociety.org
Please address any questions by email to lucy.hooper@macularsociety.org
Closing date: 24 February 2025
Interviews: w/c 10 March 2025
