Marie Curie UK

Legacy Administration Team Leader

Marie Curie UK

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £41,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Step into a pivotal role supporting the Legacy Administration Manager to deliver best practice legacy administration and maximise vital income for Marie Curie.
  • You’ll lead on implementing team strategy, refining processes, and championing high standards across a busy, specialist function.
  • Help shape the future of legacy giving at Marie Curie.
  • In this role, you will manage your own complex and contentious caseload handling sensitive issues, mitigating reputational risk, and ensuring Marie Curie receives its full entitlement.
  • As a confident people manager, you’ll mentor and develop three Legacy Officers, driving performance through regular 121s, quality monitoring, and clear KPIs.
  • You’ll embed a positive, high-performing team culture while ensuring consistent, accurate and timely casework.
  • You’ll work collaboratively with solicitors, executors, internal teams and co-beneficiary charities, representing Marie Curie with professionalism and care.
  • You’ll also lead projects, support governance work, and deputise for the Legacy Administration Manager when required.

Requirements

  • Proven line management experience, including mentoring, performance management and developing high performing teams.
  • Advanced knowledge of legacy administration and experience within the charity sector, including wills, probate, trusts, tax and estate management.
  • Experience managing complex and contentious caseloads, with the ability to handle sensitive issues and mitigate reputational risk.
  • Strong understanding of multi-jurisdiction legacy processes across the UK, with confidence navigating varied legal and operational requirements.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to build effective relationships and influence outcomes with solicitors, executors, co-beneficiary charities and internal teams.
  • Exceptional attention to detail when managing casework including when reviewing legal documentation and estate accounts.
  • High-level communication skills, able to engage sensitively and professionally with family, friends, legal professionals and members of the public.
  • Commitment to Marie Curie’s values, fostering a positive team culture and collaborative working across the organisation.
Benefits
  • Flexible working.
  • 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
  • Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
  • Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets.
  • Continuous professional development opportunities.
  • Industry-leading training programmes.
  • Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes.
  • Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits.
  • Access to Blue Light Card membership.
  • Subsidised Eye Care

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Hard skills
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Soft skills
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