Mid-value donor manager

Closing date: Wednesday 01 April 2026

Location: Remote or hybrid with some travel to our Andover office.

Salary: £42,000 - £45,000 - Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Join us in Beating Macular Disease

Are you passionate about building relationships and driving meaningful impact through fundraising? Do you have the experience and creativity to cultivate and steward mid-value donors? Join the Macular Society as our mid-value donor manager, and use your expertise to help us grow vital support.

About the Macular Society

Macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, with around 300 people diagnosed every day. We're the only UK charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease through:

• World class researchto find new treatments and a cure
• Practical supportfor people affected by sight loss
• Trusted advice and support servicesthat empower those living with macular disease

About the role

The mid-value donor role is a vital part of our fundraising vision and your extensive experience in cultivating and stewarding mid-value donors will help us achieve our ambitions and make a meaningful impact.

Working closely within our passionate and results driven trusts and philanthropy team, you will identify, recruit and develop mid-value donors from cold sources and from amongst our existing supporters and members. You will help us Beat Macular Disease by creating tailored appeal programmes and stewardship journeys that inspire significant and sustained giving.

We are looking for someone who:

• Knows their Stuffwhen it comes to developing donor programmes that drive significant income.
• Can Make It Happenby delivering inspiring appeals and donor communications.
• Shows They Carein the way they speak with our funders and the way they work and support colleagues across our teams.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience in mid-value or individual giving fundraising, with a track record of developing donor programmes that drive significant income.
• Skilled in identifying, recruiting and stewarding donors using data insight, segmentation, and personalised communications.
• Strong writing, organisational and administrative skills, with experience managing multiple priorities, donor communications, and events.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, collaborating across teams and with external agencies to deliver outstanding donor experiences.
• Proactive, empathetic and supportive, demonstrating integrity, commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and a passion for our mission.
• Confident using IT tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and CRM systems, to deliver effective fundraising activity.

Why join us?

In return, we provide a great working culture – we do something worthwhile and are proud to work together to Beat Macular Disease – as recognised by our inclusion in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 list. 

Benefits include:

• Flexible working options
• 26 days annual leave, rising to 27 after one year
• Option to buy or sell annual leave
• Supportive family-friendly policies
• 6% pension contribution

To read about our benefits in more detail, see link below.

Inclusion and diversity

We are an equal opportunities employer and a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons, particularly people with lived experience of sight loss.

• Guaranteed interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum (essential) criteria and disclose their disability in their application
• Opportunities to request reasonable adjustments for interviews and the role

We aim to be an inclusive employer reflecting the communities we serve.

How to apply

For a full job description and person specification, please see below.

To apply: Please email your CV with a covering letter to recruitment@macularsociety.org 

Questions? Please address any questions by email to zoe.dunbar@macularsociety.org 

Closing date: 9am, 1 April 

Interviews: 16 and 17 April.

As part of the process, you will be required to complete a written task ahead of the interview.