Legacy Administration Team Leader

About

Marie Curie is seeking a Legacy Administration Team Leader to join their team.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support and develop three Legacy Officers, ensuring high performance, quality assurance and clear progression pathways.
• Hold oversight and accountability for 900+ legacy cases, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely administration.
• Manage a personal caseload of 50 complex and contentious matters, including litigation, disputes and reputationally sensitive issues.
• Work closely with the legal team, executors, solicitors and co-beneficiaries to protect Marie Curie's entitlement.

Requirements

No specific requirements are listed for this role.

Benefits

No specific benefits are listed for this role.

This role safeguards and maximizes one of Marie Curie's most significant income streams, directly supporting the charity's mission to provide end-of-life care, research, and support across the UK.

Required skills and experience:

• Proven line management experience, including performance management, coaching and developing staff.
• Significant experience in a large charity legacy administration team, ideally handling income of £20m+ annually.
• Demonstrable experience managing contentious and complex legacy cases, including litigation and dispute resolution.
• Advanced technical knowledge of wills, probate, trusts, tax and estate administration across multiple UK jurisdictions.

Benefits include:

• Salary: £41,000 + London Allowance (£3,500)
• Flexible working options
• 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (matching contributions up to 7.5%)
• Loan schemes for bikes, computers and season tickets
• Continuous professional development opportunities and 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