Senior Legacies Manager

Title: Senior Legacies Manager

Location: Homeworker

Salary: From £44,838 p.a. (pro rata), dependent on skills and experience and location / 36hrs per week

Job type: Permanent

Ref: 16293

Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.

Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.

That's why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it's why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.

We are looking for a Senior Legacies Manager to join our Membership and Supporter Growth team. This is a full-time, permanent role, working 36hrs per week.

The Benefits

- Salary from £44,848, depending on skills, experience and location

- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years

- Matched pension contributions up to 10%

- Flexible hours

- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector

- Apprenticeship opportunities

- Subscriptions to professional bodies

- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members

- 25% discount in our shops and cafes

- Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave

- Options to buy additional leave

- An inclusive working atmosphere where everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs

- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history events

This is a great opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic legacy professional to develop and execute a successful legacy strategy which has had great success in the last year.

As Senior Legacies Manager, you will manage all legacy engagement.

You will manage our exciting new programme of legacy marketing, including our new events, and work closely with the Supporter Lifecycle team to deliver a developing programme of communications.

You will be responsible for our Legacy Administration, including working with specific cases and supporting the team on their work with solicitors and lay executors.

You'll be developing our emerging in-memory strategy, aligning this to all our legacy and supporter lifecycle engagement.

You will manage a team of two and be part of the Senior team in Membership & Supporter Growth.

To be considered as Senior Legacies Manager, you'll need experience of managing legacy marketing and legacy administration programmes, as well as experience of managing a team.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 18th February in English Heritage's offices in Wood Street, London.

If you would like to talk to us e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact Lindsey Rennard, Interim Head of Membership & Supporter Growth. Contact details are available via the apply button. No agencies please.

Find out more about us and what we do on our website. You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us.

Everybody's welcome at English Heritage

Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We're looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we're committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.

We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.

Closing date: 12/02/2026 23:59:59