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Job Opportunities at Mission Remission

Community Manager

Location: Some days, out in the community, mostly working from home

Remuneration: £38 FTE / £22,800 per annum

Contract Type: Part-time self-employed, 24 hours/ 3 days per week. May include hosting a monthly evening meeting. Potential to increase hours during year 1 and move to an employed contract

About Mission Remission 

Mission Remission is the first & only UK charity dedicated solely to supporting people move forward after cancer.

We’re here to ensure every cancer survivor has the emotional, physical, financial and community support they need to live a happy, healthy, independent life beyond treatment. We are also a strong, outspoken voice campaigning for long-overdue change.

We focus on the often-ignored stage of cancer support: the months and years post-treatment. Trauma, long-term side effects, recurrence anxiety, financial fallout, and identity loss are common, yet NHS services often stop at this critical point in recovery. Over 90% of people say life after treatment is as difficult as the diagnosis itself. We provide a sanctuary for all, including the 52% of people who face a rarer cancer and have no large disease-specific charity to champion them.

We are a user-run organisation, everyone in the team has faced cancer. With over 19,000 people across our networks, our community borrow resilience, motivation and self-belief from others who have been in the same position. 

We believe that life after cancer can be filled with possibility, if people have the resources and support they need to thrive. Our support work includes:

  • Our online Life Beyond Cancer toolkit, sharing over 150 stories and strategies for life beyond cancer
  • Mission Possible (our fitness & walking programme)
  • Mission Thrive (our counselling and coaching programme) 
  • The Recovery Café (our monthly online meet-ups), which each help survivors connect, rebuild strength, and find hope.

But support is only half the story — we also push for bold, structural change. While past campaigns have focused on early diagnosis, our current work calls for a stronger financial safety net, dismantling the barriers preventing people from returning to work – find our manifesto here! 

Role Overview 

This is a brand new role for Mission Remission — and it’s a game-changer. You’ll lead our community fundraising strategy, increasing revenue from community and corporate giving, engaging new audiences, supporters and donors.  You will:

  • Develop a three-year community fundraising strategy
  • Recruit and support local fundraising volunteers to ensure we have a long-term presence
  • Mobilise our Changemaker community to take part in community fundraising activities
  • Build partnerships to support our mission
  • Manage our social accounts, responding to our community and scheduling posts, where needed

You’ll be empathetic, dynamic, persuasive and skilled in working with all sorts of characters.

You’ll need to be ready and eager to speak truthfully, directly, and sometimes fearlessly about the issues that matter to our community. Our lived experience allows us to shift narratives, challenge systems, and amplify survivor voices, but it can also reinforce unhealthy power dynamics. Resilience is key. 

Key Responsibilities

Community Fundraising

  • Develop a three-year community & corporate fundraising strategy with clear outcomes regarding volunteer recruitment and corporate partnerships and the aim of approx. £18k income in the first year
  • Develop a stewarding programme, improving our volunteer recruitment, donor engagement and retention through excellent stewardship and regular comms
  • Run volunteer meet-ups for fundraisers, as part of our Changemaker programme
  • Working with the Changemaker, recruit and support community fundraisers to fund our work 
  • Develop a variety of Changemaker-focused fundraising initiatives
  • Help foster relationships with supporters, donors, corporate partners, and community groups

Driving Change Through Partnerships

  • Grow our network of partner organisations, allies, leaders, influencers, and academics seeking support with our work
  • Attend conferences and networking events to build influence and visibility
  • Present at community events to share the work of Mission Remission, personal stories of life beyond cancer, growing our network of supporters
  • Bring patient voice and experience by attending meetings, where needed

Community Front of House:

  • Cultivate a welcoming community where people feel a strong sense of belonging. 
  • Respond to all comments, messages, and emails on behalf of the empathy and kindness.
  • Manage and schedule digital channels— including content for blogs, newsletters, email campaigns, and press releases, where necessary
  • Oversee and update our WordPress website for our community fundraisers to keep it fresh, informative, and engaging.

Team Working:

  • Keep solid records of the project sharing regularly with the team
  • Meet weekly with the core team to offer peer support, as well as share priorities, wins and challenges
  • Meet in-person with the CEO, Ops Director and Comms and Fundraising Manager, where needed 

Changemaker Activities

  • Help grow our changemaker volunteers and create opportunities for change.
  • Help support changemakers to make their own change.
  • Help mobilise changemakers to support our manifesto and contact their networks
  • Work with changemakers to get 25 MP pledgers
  • Collaborate with other charities to embed our calls for change within their own campaigns

How to Apply 

If you’re passionate about supporting cancer survivors and have the skills to drive Mission Remission’s communications and fundraising efforts, we’d love to hear from you! 

To apply, please submit: 

  • Your CV and a covering letter outlining your experience, skills, and why you’d be a great fit for this role.  Feel free to attach or link to any supporting documents, or examples of your work.  

Send your application to hannah@mission-remission.org.uk with the subject line: “Community Manager – [Your Name]” 

Application Deadline: 9am, Thursday 30th October 2026 

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, with the relevant skills and experience outlined above, and we encourage anyone who is passionate about our mission to apply. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please let us know.