Are you an excellent relationship builder who wants to work closely with supporters and maximise fundraising opportunity for Cancer Research UK.

You will be part of the team securing a third of funding for our life-saving research. To do this you will be supporting people to build a legacy that will beat cancer for future generations.​ You will be building, maintaining, and growing relationships with a wide range of CRUK supporters within your community, providing tailored information about leaving a gift in their will.

This is an opportunity to have a job which you can make your own. No two days will be the same - whether its visiting CRUK shops to chat to customers, setting up stalls at Race for Life events, delivering a speech via Zoom to community groups or giving advice to supporters on the phone. This is a flexible role, and you are in control of your own schedule. On average our Relationship Managers spend 70% of their time working from home and 30% of their time working in the field.

What will I be doing?

No two days will be the same, you will be making an impact by...

• Speaking to supporters at in person and online events, on the phone via email and newsletter.
• Inspiring, developing and managing them to achieve their goals through offering outstanding and tailored stewardship.
• Ensuring each supporter has a stewardship plan in place which best fits their motivations
• Planning and delivering effective rewards and recognition to increase loyalty and income
• Building strong working relationships with other divisional team members
• Supporting the development of a prospect pipelines of opportunities and identifying and cultivating leads.

What skills are you looking for?

You'll be able to bring to the role…

• Experience and understanding of working within a community fundraising or a business development environment.
• Experience of working as part of a high performing team, achieving and exceeding targets.
• Ability to understand CRUK's vision, purpose, and achievements, sharing this knowledge to motivate and inspire supporters
• Excellent networking and relationship management skills.
• Proven ability to generate new ideas, adapt style and approach to meet the needs of different supporters.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership and much more. You'll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

If you're as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.

Are you an ambitious, driven people person, passionate about raising money to support cancer research?

Cancer Research UK is the world’s largest independent cancer research charity; they are looking for Relationship Managers to inspire and engage with communities to enable them to raise the funds needed to continue this life saving research.

What will I be doing?

As Relationship Manager, you will work within the community to provide individuals, groups, and corporate supporters an exceptional level of service across the charity’s UK portfolio. You will inspire and motivate supporters to develop long-term relationships and maximising fundraising opportunities. There is also a strong focus on acquisition in and around Edinburgh so we are looking for someone to bring in new fundraising opportunities.

Why we need you

Are you an ambitious self-starter with a good understanding of politics and government in Scotland?

For Cancer Research UK it’s vital that we drive policy change to achieve our ambition to see 3 in 4 people surviving their cancer by 2034. As the largest independent cancer research organisation in the world, we are in a unique position to influence health and research policy in the UK.

What will I be doing?

The successful candidate will assist supporting Cancer Research UK’s public affairs activities in Scotland including party conference planning and delivery, and briefing and liaising with politicians. They will also provide the secretariat to the Scottish Cancer Coalition, and support the running of the Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Cancer and the delivery of its Scottish Cancer Conference

For a full job description please click here (please contact us if you would like this in an accessible format)

Make an Impact Everyday by

Monitoring and collating of parliamentary intelligence

Assisting on briefing politicians on key policy issues and relevant parliamentary activities

Providing a full secretariat service to Cancer Coalition and supporting its activities

Logistical support for the Scottish Cancer Conference and CRUK’s presence at Scottish Political Party Conferences.

Who are we looking for?

Someone with...

• A good understanding of politics and government in Scotland
• Experience of event planning
• A self-starter with a positive attitude
• Strong organisational and project management skills
• Excellent written communication skills and attention to detail
• Be able to absorb information quickly

Ideally you’ll also be able to demonstrate experience of working with MSPs and civil servants, and an understanding of Cancer/Cancer Health Policy.

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn’t be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, and much more. We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all of our roles wherever possible. Depending on your role, options for flexibility could include home-working, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job splits, and core hours. For the majority of our office-based roles you’ll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average.

You’ll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately you’ll know that you’ll be changing lives through your work.

If you’re as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.

Are you a highly motivated, creative and experienced media professional?

We are looking for an innovative individual with significant experience in media relations to join our dynamic, sector-leading team.

Why we need you

Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. People with cancer and their families are at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for candidates with a passion for our cause, you’ll be proactive and determined to ensure Cancer Research UK is at the forefront of regional and local media coverage. Based from home in Scotland, you will create and exploit public interest and understanding of the work and aims of Cancer Research UK across Scotland by raising the profile of the charity’s fundraising and impact in relation to its science, research and clinical trials.

For a taste of what to expect and an introduction to the team click bit.ly/3pkrwv3

What will I be doing?

Make an impact every day by:

• Implement media relations plans to support charity campaigns in Scotland. In particular support key science and health initiatives, harnessing fundraising and policy messages where appropriate.
• Forge relationships with CRUK researchers and clinicians in Scotland to uncover media opportunities and develop spokespeople.
• Review scientific papers to establish whether they are newsworthy and translate those of interest into engaging media releases for general public audience.
• Work across the devolved nations to provide science expertise and holiday cover. Occasionally work on non-science related campaigns when required.
• Project manage a limited number of science media campaigns for the Regional Media Relations team across the UK.
• Build relationships with Scottish Media
• Respond to media enquiries quickly – assessing and mitigating risks. Deploy crisis comms and issue management skills to deal efficiently and decisively with matters arising.
• Plan, facilitate and provide content (alongside others) for the charity’s @CRUKScotland Twitter channel, as well as the charity’s other official social media and internal comms channels.
• Develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders including scientists, nurses, statisticians and policy and public affairs colleagues. Manage complex relationships with key stakeholders from partner organisations

What skills are you looking for?

You’ll be able to bring to the role:

• A background in journalism and/or comms. Science communication experience
• Strong written and oral communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills.
• Resilience with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve competing issues quickly, creatively and calmly.
• Experience in dealing with complex sensitive situations with empathy, particularly relating to health.
• Ability to work sensitively with cancer patients and their families in support of media campaigns.
• Ability to work within a geographically dispersed team managed remotely
• Geographical knowledge and understanding of Scotland
• Strong IT skills. Ability to use smartphone to produce images and video packages suitable for publishing in external media and internal comms (training provided).
• MUST have a driving licence and ability to travel across Scotland by car.

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn’t be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, and much more. We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all our roles wherever possible. Depending on your role, options for flexibility could include home-working, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job splits, and core hours. For the majority of our office-based roles you’ll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average.

You’ll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you’ll know that you’ll be changing lives through your work.

If you’re as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.

*This role is known internally as Senior Officer (Regional Media)

Are you an ambitious, driven people person, passionate about raising money to support Cancer Research UK with its plans to beat cancer sooner?

At Cancer Research UK, our pioneering research has helped double survival rates in the last 40 years but there is much more that we want to do. Our Relationship Managers inspire and engage with our communities to enable us to raise the funds we need to continue this life saving research. We now have an amazing opportunity for you to join the UK’s leading cancer charity whose science holds the solution.

Why we need you

Our Relationship Managers are the face of CRUK within the community, liaising with external supporters on a day to day basis. Focusing on the heart of CRUKs core purpose, our Relationship Managers are passionate about raising money through building long last relationships with our supporters.

We’re looking for a natural people person, either from a sales or charity background, with excellent relationship building skills. You’ll be used to managing conflicting priorities and be adaptable in an environment where no two days are the same.

What will I be doing?

Relationship Managers work within the community to provide individuals, groups and corporate supporters an exceptional level of service across the CRUK portfolio. They will inspire and motivate supporters to develop long-term relationships, maximising in-year fundraising opportunities and lifetime value.

In this role, you will be focused on converting an increased number of leads into committed supporters across CRUK’s product portfolio - so we are looking for someone who is strong in acquisitions, good at identifying, winning, and developing new business, as well as managing existing relationships too. You will be well-connected, a natural networker and driven by our cause to maximise our fundraising!

You can find a full description here: adobe.ly/3ciyx9H

The role

Cancer Research UK has set out an ambitious goal that three in four people diagnosed with cancer should survive that diagnosis by 2034. In order to achieve this ambition, our focus is on the early diagnosis of cancer because of the great potential for improvement in outcomes through diagnosing cancer earlier.

To help support our ambition our Health Professional Facilitators are the visible face of our work with the NHS. Our Facilitators work closely with Primary Care Teams, clusters, public health and other stakeholders working in cancer care. They provide valuable practical support for quality improvement and lead educational sessions supporting cancer prevention, screening, recognition and referral. Our team is built of engaging, committed people who love building relationships and working with a wide range of healthcare professionals and their teams to drive improvements in cancer outcomes.

What are we looking for?

• Proven ability to develop strong collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders to influence change
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational and project management skills
• Knowledge and application of Quality Improvement methodology and tools
• Proven ability to shape your approach and tailor the use of different tools to different audiences needs, including digital technologies
• Experience of using evidenced data sources to engage with different audiences, including presenting information in a clear way
• Able to identify and share crucial intelligence from your work and utilise this to inform future planning/strategy

If this describes you, join our team as we work hard to beat cancer sooner.

We have a great opportunity for someone to join us a Public Affairs Manager responsible for driving Cancer Research UK’s public affairs work in Scotland, leading our work with the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, and key NHS bodies to influence along our policy priority areas. Managing one officer and one assistant, the role will be an important member of the Devolved Nations Public Affairs team and the wider Policy Department, ensuring opportunities to influence are taken up to have impact for people affected by cancer in Scotland.

Some of the key responsibilities you can expect are...

• Manage the charity’s public affairs activities in Scotland, build our profile among politicians and officials, and ensure our policy messages are heard at every level.
• Lead Scottish public affairs planning and work closely with the Policy Development, Public Affairs and Campaigns, Communications, Strategic Evidence, and Clinical Engagement teams.
• Support the work of the Senior External Affairs Manager (Devolved Nations) and play a key role in the management cohort across the Department.
• Use knowledge and understanding of the Scottish political and policy environment to proactively seek opportunities to grow the charity’s influence and drive forward our policy priorities.
• Manage one Public Affairs Officer and one Public Affairs Assistant for Scotland, overseeing our relationships and influencing in the Scottish Parliament, including our work as secretariat of the Cross Party Group on Cancer and Scottish Cancer Coalition.
• Act as a media spokesperson for policy matters in Scotland.
• Lead on relationship management with key political and policy stakeholders in Scotland, ensuring the charity engages effectively and in a joined up way.
• Oversee the delivery of impactful communications with Scottish stakeholders, including briefings, speeches, blogs, social media content, reports, letters, emails and consultation responses.
• Oversee the delivery of a programme of events and activities to engage with key political and policy audiences.
• Monitor trends in policy and advocacy and drive innovation and collaborative working across public affairs activities, seeking new ways to have impact.
• Build strategic and operational relationships with key teams across Cancer Research UK including support for our research and fundraising work.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with key sector colleagues and act as a representative of the charity on appropriate bodies, groups and networks.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact and success of our work in Scotland and participate in producing annual operating plans and budgets for the Policy Department.

To be successful in this role you need...

Essential:

• Excellent understanding of the political environment and experience in successfully influencing for change in Scotland.
• Excellent political judgement, with commitment to neutrality and ability to work across the political spectrum.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, and strong experience of influencing internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent communications skills (written and oral), including the ability to write with a methodical, analytical and concise style.
• Ability to prioritise, work well under pressure, manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience of working in coalition or in partnership with other organisations.
• Experience of acting as a media spokesperson.
• Adaptable self-starter with the ability to work remotely and in self-directed way as part of a larger team.