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Contract Type: Permanent, Full time
Closing Date: 26 July 2026
Salary: £31,994 - £35,549 per annum
Location: London (Hybrid)
About our client:
Our client is an international humanitarian organisation that strives for a world free from poverty, fear and oppression. They deliver life-saving and life-changing interventions to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. From rapid emergency response to innovative development programming, they work in some of the hardest to reach places globally. With 3000 staff of more than 50 nationalities, our client operates in 25 of the world's poorest countries, helping people to achieve major and long-lasting improvements in their lives.
About The Role
The Direct Marketing Executive will play a key role in delivering high-quality direct marketing campaigns that drive income and engagement from individual supporters. Focusing on cash appeals and alternative gifts, this role will manage the planning, delivery, and evaluation of multi-channel campaigns that inspire supporters to give, strengthen loyalty, and maximise return on investment.
Job Location: London (Hybrid)
Staff are expected to come into their base office once per week. Staff are also able to flex their start and finish times between the hours of 7am to 7pm daily.
The London office is based in a vibrant and eco-conscious workspace near Vauxhall and Oval stations. You'll be based in a dynamic, purpose-driven workspace designed to support collaboration and innovation.
The workspace offers excellent on-site facilities, including a vegan café and a programme of monthly events, workshops, and networking opportunities with other charities and NGOs in the building. With its welcoming, inclusive environment, it's a place where people come together to work, connect, and drive meaningful change every day.
About You
You are organised, proactive and experienced in delivering successful direct marketing campaigns across channels such as direct mail and email. With excellent planning and project management skills, you can manage multiple campaigns from concept to completion, working collaboratively with colleagues, agencies and suppliers to deliver high-quality results on time and within budget.
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You have strong analytical and numerical skills, enjoy working with data and databases, and use campaign insights to drive continuous improvement. Comfortable using Excel, Word and CRM or database systems, you're confident managing campaign data, monitoring performance and identifying opportunities to improve supporter engagement and response.
An excellent communicator, you have strong written skills and experience writing and editing compelling email and campaign copy. You build positive relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners, working collaboratively while confidently managing priorities, negotiating deadlines and solving problems as they arise.
You're highly organised, able to manage a varied workload and adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment. You take ownership of your work, bring fresh ideas and a creative approach to campaign development, and are always looking for ways to improve results.
Ideally, you'll have experience within the charity sector, individual giving or supporter fundraising, along with an understanding of digital marketing, donor care and audience segmentation. Most importantly, you're motivated by the opportunity to create meaningful campaigns that inspire supporters and make a lasting impact.
Benefits
- 25 days' annual leave, pro-rated for part-time employees
- Office closure between Christmas Day and New Year's Day
- Flexible hours and hybrid working
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Enhanced parental leave pay
- Stakeholder pension
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle scheme
- Life assurance
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Our client encourages all qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity and origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Our client is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations, and is committed to promoting equality.
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How To Apply
To apply for this post, please upload your CV and cover letter explaining how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the position by 26th July 2026.
Your cover letter will be scored against each of the listed requirements in the job description. To give yourself the best chance of being shortlisted, please copy each criterion into your cover letter and explain under each one how your experience, skills, or achievements demonstrate your suitability. Use clear and specific examples to support your statements.
Our client will shortlist only those candidates who clearly demonstrate that they meet all essential criteria.
If a high number of applicants meet the minimum requirements, they will assess and score candidates against the desirable criteria to determine who will be invited to interview. It is therefore important that your application provides detailed evidence of how you meet the role requirements.
All candidates who are short-listed for an interview will be notified via email.
Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the UK at the time of application.
Conditions of Appointment
Pay band: GB4
London: £31,994 - £35,549, based on full time hours (35 hours per week)
New employees typically start at the beginning of their pay band.
The successful post holder will be required to complete a criminal records self-declaration form and a Basic DBS check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from working with our client. This will depend on the nature of the position, together with the circumstances and background of your offences.
You may have experience of the following: Direct Marketing Manager, Marketing Executive, Digital Marketing Executive, Fundraising Executive, Campaigns Officer, Individual Giving Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Email Marketing Specialist, Campaign Manager, Supporter Engagement Officer
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