Job: Legacy and Major Donor Manager

About Us  

akt is the UK’s national LGBTQ Youth Homelessness charity. We provide safe homes, mentoring, and support to ensure that no young person needs to choose between a safe home and being who they are. 24% of young people facing homelessness in the UK identify as LGBT (National Scoping of LGBT Youth Homelessness, akt, 2015) and 78% of LGBTQ+ young people cited an absence of family support (The LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness Report, akt, 2021). The charity was founded in 1989 and operates service centres in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and works online through a Digital Service to offer support to young people outside of our four office regions. akt works with over 800 vulnerable young people a year providing both face to face and online assistance.

The Team 

This role sits within London or Manchester as part of the Fundraising team and reports directly to the Director of Fundraising and Marketing.  We have an overall income target of £2.2M across fundraising this financial year (2024/25) and £2.5M next financial year (2025/206).

Job Summary 

We have one role that can be based from either our Manchester or London office. This is a temporary role on a 12-month fixed term contract with the opportunity to be made permanent. 

This is a brand-new role in the Fundraising team with a unique opportunity to develop the charities’ first legacy/in-memory fundraising programme. Akt has received several organic legacy donations over the past few years. As a 35-year-old charity, we are in a prime position to pro-actively promote legacy fundraising with our supporters, who are particularly well suited for legacy giving. Following an independent review of our fundraising approach, we believe this new role will be key to the long-term growth of the charity.

Akt also benefits from a small handful of high-value donors. The post holder would be responsible for nurturing these key relationships, making sure that stewardship and cultivation plans have been developed and actioned for each donor giving £1K+.

Duties and responsibilities  

• Develop and implement a comprehensive legacy giving strategy to increase long-term funding.
• Manage and cultivate relationships with potential legacy donors, ensuring consistent communication and engagement, and recording known gifts on the CRM.
• Develop and implement akt’s first pro-active legacy fundraising campaign, to promote legacy giving options.
• Develop and promote in memory giving opportunities to support the charity’s mission.
• Support families and friends of donors by offering personalized communication and recognition.
• Develop personalized engagement plans for existing major donors, including tailored proposals and impact reporting.
• Organize events and activities to engage major donors and build lasting relationships.
• Keep up to date with trends impacting the legacy giving/in-mem/major donor sector to build understanding and spot new opportunities to generate income.
• akt may from time to time require you to undertake additional or other duties as necessary as commensurate with the role.  

More information about the role can be found in the job information attached to this advert. 

Application deadline: midnight (11.59pm) 30th December 2024

Please note - applications will be reviewed as they're received and interviews conducted on a rolling basis.