Senior legacy officer

Location: Contracted to our Peterborough office with the flexibility for hybrid working

All potential applicants are encouraged to scroll through and read the complete job description before applying.
Salary: £29,000 – £34,000 FTE depending on experience
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week (part time considered, minimum 30 hours per week with office attendance at least every 2 weeks)
Contract: Permanent

Benefits: We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring we pay our employees fairly, we offer the following benefits: Flexible working, Generous annual leave, Private Medical Insurance, including dental and optical, Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Bike Loan Scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Eyecare, Discount Portal.

Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease.

As a senior legacy officer, you will play a key role in delivering our legacy and in-memory programme, helping to amplify this significant area and drive income growth for the charity.

The Role

Deliver and develop our legacy and in-memory giving programme, helping to grow this significant area of our fundraising income
Plan and deliver acquisition and stewardship campaigns for legacy and in-memory supporters across a range of channels
Build and maintain strong relationships with supporters, family members and colleagues, handling sensitive and personal conversations with care and professionalism
Monitor, analyse and interpret campaign results, using insight to make recommendations for continuous improvement
Work closely with colleagues across Individual Giving and the wider organisation to ensure a joined-up approach to legacy and in-memory marketing
Ensure all activity is delivered in line with best practice, relevant regulations and Kidney Research UK's values
What We're Looking For

Proven experience of delivering acquisition and stewardship campaigns across multiple channels within legacy and/or in-memory fundraising
Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to interpret data and results to inform decision-making
Strong relationship-building skills, both internally and with external supporters and stakeholders
Confidence and sensitivity when handling emotive or personal conversations with supporters and their families
A collaborative, proactive approach and the ability to manage multiple projects at once
A genuine commitment to Kidney Research UK's mission and values
About Kidney Research UK:

Kidney Research UK is the leading charity in the UK focused on funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease and for more than 60 years the research we fund has been making an impact. But kidney disease is increasing, as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, making our work more essential than ever.

At Kidney Research UK we work with clinicians and scientists across the UK, funding and facilitating research into all areas of kidney disease. We collaborate with partners across the public, private and third sectors to prevent kidney disease and drive innovation to transform treatments.

Over the last ten years we have invested more than £71 million into research. We lobby governments and decision makers to change policy and practice to ensure that the estimated 7.2 million people living with all stages of kidney disease in the UK have access to the most effective care and treatment, and to make kidney disease a priority.

Most importantly, we also work closely with patients, ensuring their voice is heard and is at the centre of everything we do, from deciding which research to invest in to how we plan our priorities and our work across the charity. Those patient contributions are vital, always helping us and our partners to understand what life is like with kidney disease, always ensuring we see the patient behind the treatment and always reminding us that behind every statistic and every number is a person – the patients and the carers who inspire our mission and push us forward to make a difference and change the future of kidney disease.

How to Apply

Please complete the online application form and submit together with your CV.

Closing date: Tuesday 29 September 2026. We may extend the closing date, but please apply as soon as possible.

Telephone interviews will be held week commencing 5 October 2026. Interviews will be held week commencing 12 October 2026.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community. xkybehq

No agencies please.

You may have experience in the following: Legacy Officer, Legacy Fundraiser, In Memory Fundraiser, In Memory Giving Officer, Individual Giving Officer, Legacy Marketing Officer, Gifts in Wills Officer, Donor Stewardship Officer, Fundraising Officer, Supporter Relations Officer, Charity Fundraising, Legacy and In Memory Marketing, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, Charities