Relationship Manager (Major Gifts & Legacies)
Could you inspire supporters to make a life-saving difference?
Location
Progress House, Eaglescliffe (with travel across the region)
Hours
Full Time – 37.5 Hours/week
Salary
£30,000 per annum
Join our team
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and relationship-focused Relationship Manager (Major Gifts & Legacies) to help grow one of the most important areas of fundraising for the Great North Air Ambulance Service.
This is an exciting opportunity to build meaningful relationships with individuals who share our passion for saving lives. You’ll manage a portfolio of existing major donors, identify new supporters and provide exceptional stewardship that encourages long-term support for our charity.
If you’re an excellent communicator who enjoys building lasting relationships and delivering outstanding supporter experiences, we’d love to hear from you.
About the role
Major gifts and legacy donations play a vital role in helping us continue to provide life-saving pre-hospital emergency care across the North.
Working within our Philanthropy team, you’ll support the development of our major donor programme by managing relationships with high-value supporters, creating personalised engagement opportunities and helping secure significant donations that will make a lasting impact.
This role offers the opportunity to meet inspiring people, attend fundraising events and work closely with colleagues across the charity to deliver exceptional supporter journeys.
What you’ll be doing
As Relationship Manager, you’ll build and develop relationships with existing major donors while identifying and engaging new supporters who have the potential to make a lasting impact on our life-saving service.
Working closely with the Fundraising Manager, you’ll create personalised stewardship plans, arrange supporter meetings and events, and deliver exceptional experiences that encourage long-term support. You’ll also work alongside colleagues across Fundraising and Marketing to develop engaging communications and strengthen our major donor programme.
You’ll maintain accurate records, monitor fundraising performance and identify new opportunities for growth, helping ensure every supporter interaction reflects the professionalism, care and commitment of the Great North Air Ambulance Service.
Why join us?
When you join the Great North Air Ambulance Service, you’ll become part of a team dedicated to keeping families and communities together by saving lives.
You’ll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with supporters whose generosity helps fund our life-saving service, while working alongside passionate colleagues who genuinely care about making a difference.
Everything we do is guided by our values:
– We care about our patients, supporters, colleagues and communities.
– We have courage to innovate, challenge ourselves and embrace new ideas.
– We’re committed to delivering outstanding work that helps save lives.
Together, we save lives.
Apply now
If you’re passionate about building relationships, inspiring generosity and helping secure the future of our life-saving service, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date – Sunday 9th August 2026
Interviews to be held – week commencing 17th August 2026
Apply today and help us build the partnerships that keep our helicopters flying.
