Fundraising Relationship Manager (Essex and Kent)

Relationship Manager

£33,000 – £37,000 plus benefits

Reports to: Divisional Manager

Directorate: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Location: Home-based (South East England) You will need access to a car as extensive travel is required for this role. The successful candidate must be located within the geographic area shown on the map below. Please click to view:

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Closing date: 27th September 2026 23:55

Please let us know if there is anything about the recruitment process that you would like to discuss, in particular if there are any changes or adjustments that would make it easier for you to apply. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Recruitment process: One stage competency-based interview

Interview date: week commencing 5th October

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

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. Aquiring 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

What are we looking for?

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

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.

Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination

Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism

Human : Act to have a positive impact on people

Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively

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.

Eligibility criteria

Internal candidates should ideally have completed their 6-month ‘getting started’ period before applying for other roles. You should also advise your current line manager at the point you make an internal application, or at the latest, at the point of being invited for an interview.

All internal candidates applying for a secondment, must have:

• •completed their getting started period
• •discussed their intention to apply and gained approval to apply with their line manager
• •been in their substantive (home) role for at least 6 months (this is only applicable if you have previously been on secondment)

If you do not confirm that you meet these requirements, we will not be able to progress your application.

For information about internal learning and development at Cancer Research UK please visit Fuse.

What will I gain?

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.

You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page .

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.

For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk .

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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 0 20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.