The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

2 job(s) at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
Oct 30, 2026
Full time
We're looking for a talented Senior Email Marketing Officer to help shape and deliver our email marketing programme at one of the UK's leading cancer charities. Working closely with colleagues across the Charity, you'll play a key role in developing and delivering engaging, personalised email campaigns and supporter journeys. From our monthly supporter newsletter to marketing and stewardship communications, you'll use creativity, data and insight to strengthen engagement and help drive fundraising impact. Using testing, analytics and email marketing best practice to drive continuous improvement, you'll help optimise our email programme, identify opportunities to innovate and share insights that improve how we communicate with our supporters. You'll also provide peer leadership and mentorship to our Email Marketing Officer, making this an excellent opportunity for an experienced email marketer looking to develop their leadership skills and make a real impact within a supportive and collaborative Marketing and Digital team. About us At The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, we raise money to save the lives of people affected by cancer, everywhere. The funds we raise support world-leading research, state-of-the-art equipment and exceptional patient care, helping deliver breakthroughs that benefit people with cancer across the UK and around the world. This is an exciting time to join. We're investing in our fundraising programmes, with ambitious plans to increase income, grow our supporter base and deliver exceptional supporter experiences. Join the team to help achieve these ambitions and deliver even greater impact for cancer patients and their families. About you We're looking for someone who combines strong email marketing experience with excellent project management skills and a passion for creating engaging, effective supporter communications. You will have: Experience using an Email Service Provider such as Adestra or Mailchimp, with the ability to quickly pick up new digital tools and software. Strong knowledge and understanding of email marketing best practice. Experience developing and optimising email campaigns and supporter journeys. Excellent writing and editing skills, with meticulous attention to detail. Experience using analytics platforms such as Google Analytics and using data and insight to improve performance. Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues across different teams. Strong organisational skills and a proactive approach, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities. Experience working with external agencies, contractors or freelancers would be an advantage but is not essential. Why join us? This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your email marketing career at one of the UK's leading cancer charities and use your expertise to make a genuine impact. You'll join a creative and supportive Marketing and Digital team responsible for our websites, email, social, direct mail, paid advertising and more. You'll have the opportunity to help shape and improve our email programme, test new approaches and use data and insight to continually improve how we engage our supporters. You'll also be supported to develop your skills and expertise through continued learning and training opportunities. We offer 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with service Hybrid and flexible working (60% home working) Generous pension contributions Enhanced maternity and adoption pay Life insurance Employee assistance programme Subsidised canteens Access to learning and development opportunities A supportive, collaborative and values-led culture Our values We're proud to be Respectful, Kind, Ambitious, Purposeful and Versatile . If you share our values and want to use your fundraising skills to make a meaningful difference to people affected by cancer, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and help us make life-saving breakthroughs happen for people with cancer, now and in the future.
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity Sutton, Surrey
Oct 29, 2026
Full time
Job description As Challenge Event Executive you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of third-party challenge events. This will include managing budgets, liaising with third party event suppliers and planning and organising the marketing for each event. You will also support participants from sign up to completion of their event, providing best in class stewardship. You will be a high performing fundraiser with experience of delivering income growth through effective marketing and supporter stewardship. You will be driven and dynamic and relish the opportunity to deliver significant growth to support the charity to achieve its ambitious goals. What you'll be doing: Project manage a portfolio of third-party challenge events, including identifying opportunities for growth. In collaboration with the Marketing team, create marketing plans for each event to inspire and secure supporters. Develop and deliver excellent supporter communications to drive up income and supporter retention. Continually evaluate your portfolio of events in order to ensure the achievement of income targets and maintain a sustainable events portfolio, including making recommendations for new mass participation events and initiatives. Setting the annual budgets for your events, providing regular reports and implementing contingency plans when required. What we're looking for: We're looking for someone who is: Experienced in working in events or fundraising roles An excellent written and verbal communicator, with the ability to work closely and effectively with a wide range of audiences Proactive with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to take initiative Able to build strong and effective working relationships and manage multiple stakeholders Able to respond sensitively and appropriately to emotional circumstances, including distressed/bereaved supporters Why join us? We're a values-driven charity committed to saving lives by funding world-leading research, treatment, and care at The Royal Marsden. You'll be part of a collaborative, ambitious, and kind team, with plenty of opportunities for learning and development. What we offer: Hybrid working with a mix of home working (60%) and office (40%), based at our Chelsea or Sutton site. Flexible working around our core hours of 10am to 4pm 27 days annual leave rising with length of service Up to 6% employer contributions subject to matched contribution from you (increasing with length of service) Training, support and development opportunities Access to the Blue Light discount scheme and other discounts opportunities Access to subsidised staff restaurants, on-site yoga and wellbeing classes, staff choir and much more Range of wellbeing initiatives including access to an employee assistance programme designed to save money and improve your physical, financial and mental health and wellbeing, access to free online GP appointments and free eye tests and contribution towards any glasses required for work purposes Opportunities for training and career development Inclusion matters: We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications from all backgrounds are warmly welcomed.