Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum

Location: Hybrid, 3 days pw at WC1N 3NL

Type: Permanent, full-time


For decades, Children with Cancer UK has supported families through the toughest moments of their lives.

From funding vital research, to providing supporting and improving wellbeing for families experiencing childhood cancer, they’re a charity with a clear mission: to improve survival rates and the quality of survival in young cancer patients, and to find ways to prevent cancer in the future.

This is a permanent opportunity for an experience Fundraiser with a background in Individual Giving to deliver an eclectic, year‑round programme of supporter-focused fundraising activity, such as new raffle and lottery page launches, multi‑channel Christmas appeals and campaigns to support the growth of legacy giving, all underpinned by continuous testing, optimisation and tailored stewardship.

Responsible for delivering an ambitious annual income target, the Senior Individual Giving Manager will oversee the Individual Giving (IG) team while contributing to the overall fundraising and wider organisational strategy. The role will also involve testing and optimising supporter acquisition campaigns and developing direct marketing activities across media channels (including F2F and paid social).

Required Experience:

• Demonstrable Individual Giving fundraising experience.

• Experience of developing Individual Giving strategies, implementing a test and learn approach into a programme for continued improved performance.

• Experience of developing plans to acquire new donors with a focus on long-term return on investment and a high life-time value.

• Knowledge of budgets and experience of reporting financial performance against targets.

• Ability to interpret data to inform actions and decisions to grow income or improve processes - therefore highly numerate and methodical, with the ability to analyse data and produce reports.

• Excellent proven track record of managing an integrated direct marketing programme across a variety of channels.

• Ability to negotiate and influence at a senior level.

• Experience of working with data teams to deliver complex strategy selections, ensuring decisions made are insight driven to improve performance of the Individual Giving programme.

• Working knowledge of supporter acquisition models of recruitment to effectively develop and retain new supporters.

We are looking for passionate, collaborative, and experienced Fundraisers with a background in Individual Giving. You will have excellent time management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and to work to deadlines. As an innovative and creative thinker with the ability to critically appraise ideas, you will confidently and proactively engage with colleagues on projects while also demonstrating the leadership capabilities to ensure buy-in and support from the wider team and your direct reports.

If you are inspired by the prospect of supporting an impactful charity with a clear mission, we would love to hear from you!

Please submit your CV via this page before 5pm on 7th September 2026. Interviews will take place throughout September.

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We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. We uphold equal opportunity principles and challenge bias at every stage, partnering only with organisations that share our commitment to integrity, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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