Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Duration: Permanent
Location: Gloucester
Job Ref: 205078
About the role
Ecclesiastical Planning Services, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for a Marketing Manager - Campaigns to join our Gloucester office.
As a Campaigns Marketing Manager you will lead a team of three Marketing Campaign Specialists, set campaign strategy and prioritise ‘focus firms’, own the associated campaign budgets and drive a continual test and learn approach to improve performance across digital (including social and performance marketing platforms) and offline channels.
Why join us?
Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes.
What you'll be doing
Develop campaign strategy & plans: Partner with Sales to identify priority firms and create tailored, insight-led campaign calendars aligned to market trends and growth opportunities
Own multi-channel campaign delivery: Select, manage and optimise channels (digital, paid social, offline) to drive high-quality leads and maximise performance
Ensure compliance & governance: Oversee all campaign activity to meet regulatory standards, embedding compliance, approvals and audit processes from the outset
Lead and develop team performance: Manage and coach Marketing Campaign Specialists, fostering collaboration, best practice and high-quality execution
Manage key stakeholder relationships: Build strong partnerships with funeral director firms and collaborate closely with Sales to ensure alignment and shared success
Control budgets & drive ROI: Own campaign budgets, allocating spend effectively across channels to optimise performance while maintaining commercial discipline
Measure, analyse & optimise performance: Define KPIs, track results via dashboards and analytics, and continuously improve campaigns through a test-and-learn approach
What you'll need to have
Proven experience in a marketing campaign or performance marketing role, preferably in a multi-partner, B2B2C or regulated environment
Strong understanding of social media campaign structures and experience using marketing platforms and tools such as Metta Business Suite and Google analytics
Knowledge of digital marketing best practice
Experience managing campaign budgets with a strong focus on ROI and commercial outcomes
Proven people management experience, with the ability to lead, coach and empower a small specialist team
What makes you stand out
What we offer
A competitive salary - let's discuss it
Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 6% and 24%
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
£200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
Employee Assistance Programme
Full study support to gain professional qualifications
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Hear from the hiring manager
"This is a brand-new role, giving someone a rare chance to shape the direction of our campaigns from the ground up. Partnering closely with key firms to drive growth and deliver to a clearly defined audience. It's a role with real ownership, where you can develop multi-campaign approaches, build a strong test and learn culture that will help both move our marketing and wider business forward. You'll be joining a brilliant team who are ambitious, collaborative and full of energy, but still with a close and supportive feel that makes this a great place and team to work in. It's one of the best environments I've been part of and this role offers a real opportunity for someone to make their mark and have a meaningful impact on our strategic marketing journey"
About us
Ecclesiastical Planning Services (EPS) work with a UK-wide network of funeral directors to provide pre-paid funeral plans. Our business is based on trust, so we focus on personal service, offering guidance and support to funeral directors and families when they need it most.
Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.
We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.
If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.
- Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26