Leukaemia UK

Leukaemia UK Our Charity We are a small but mighty charity with one big ambition: to stop leukaemia devastating lives. Over the next 10 years we want to help save and improve the lives of more people with leukaemia through funding life-changing research and campaigning for change. Despite progress in recent decades, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 16 minutes and for some types of leukaemia survival rates are among the worst of any cancer. And the physical and psychological impact can be lifelong. Our current strategy outlines our plan to increase our investment in ground-breaking world class research and policy development focused on improving access to kinder, more effective diagnosis, treatment and care for leukaemia and other blood cancers. To do this, we are in a period of significant growth, investing strategically to grow our income, profile, influence, engagement and impact. Team We are a close-knit team, who are all passionate about Leukaemia UK and putting those affected by the disease at the heart of everything we do. We are all focused on keeping it real with pragmatic, practical solutions, as well as ensuring that our charity gets the funding it needs to continue to help those diagnosed with leukaemia. From us you can expect fun and creativity, as well as great challenge and support. We may not be about the corporate life here, but we are all about delivering exceptional expertise and making a real change to people s lives. You will be part of an ambitious fundraising team driving growth across the portfolio, so we can fund more leukaemia research and save more lives from this devastating disease. Leukaemia UK and You We have recently invested in growing our fundraising team so that we can fund more life-changing research to increase our understanding of leukaemia as a disease, and accelerate the development of kinder, more effective treatments. This includes investment to grow the fundraising team, develop new fundraising products, recruit new supporters, and increase legacy giving through targeted campaigns. This is a key role for an organised and accurate administrator with strong attention to detail to support the Fundraising Team across a broad portfolio - from community and challenge to philanthropy with a focus on stewarding our dedicated in-memory supporters. With a range of administrative tasks and supporter care to ensure our fundraisers have a positive supporter journey with Leukaemia UK, vital to retaining those relationships. These will include, but aren t limited to, banking cheques and thanking donors, sending out fundraising materials, database administration, managing inbound enquiries and processing new regular givers. The successful candidate will be a friendly, supporter-focused individual who approaches their work with pride and enthusiasm, working quickly, accurately and diligently in a fast-paced environment. They will need to be able to work from our central London office at least two days a week. Knowledge and Skills: Good working knowledge of customer/supporter databases (ideally Salesforce CRM but not essential). Working knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook. Professional, confident and friendly telephone manner to work with a wide range of people and suppliers. Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across LUK. Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Excellent written English including spelling and grammar. ü Ability to pick up new processes and tasks quickly and work independently. ü Ability to manage a varied workload. Experience Experience in a charity environment or customer service role Accurate data entry Working in an office environment Job specifics Hours: Full time hours are 37.5 Monday to Friday Location: Hybrid working with a minimum of two days per week in the office Salary range £22,000 - £27,000 (FTE) First interviews will be held via Teams on Wednesday 17th September (9am 2.30pm) and Thursday 18th September (11am 2.30pm). Second interviews will be held face to face in our London Offices at 26 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5BL on Tuesday 23rd September 2025. We are looking at a start date ideally by w/c 27th October to allow a handover with the current role holder who has been successful in applying for a career move within the organisation. We are proud of our benefits see a summary on our website Work with us - Leukaemia UK If you feel you have the passion for our work and the right mix of skills, energy, and flair to embrace this broad and challenging role and enable our strategy to fly, then we would love you to apply. Please also see the full job description attached to the advert. Application instructions: To minimise unconscious bias, we use anonymous recruitment and are unable to consider direct applications. Please apply via the CharityJob website with your CV and covering letter. Closing Date: 9am Tuesday 9th September 2025. We look forward to hearing from you! Marisa Goldsborough Interim Head of Public Fundraising