Prospect Research Officer

ActionAid UK; London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

ActionAid UK is seeking a Prospect Research Officer to become part of their Philanthropy & Partnerships team. In this key role, you will drive fundraising efforts by uncovering opportunities and building ethical donor pipelines. Your analytical skills will help shape engagement strategies, ensuring high standards of compliance and insightful research outputs.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-value fundraising.
• Knowledge of prospect research methods.
• Ability to produce persuasive research briefings.

Responsibilities

• Identify new funding opportunities.
• Conduct research on potential supporters.
• Maintain high standards of compliance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

Experience in prospect research

Tools

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems

Job description

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ActionAid UK is looking for a passionate and detail-driven Prospect Research Officer to help power our mission to achieve social justice, gender equality, and poverty eradication. You’ll be right at the heart of our Philanthropy & Partnerships team, uncovering opportunities that fuel transformative global change.

This is more than just a research role - it’s an exciting chance to become a vital part of how we build meaningful relationships with high-value donors, trusts, foundations, and corporate partners. Using your analytical skills and curiosity, you’ll dig into data, investigate potential supporters, and surface the insights our fundraisers need to connect with those ready to make a difference. Your work will directly shape the way we approach engagement, by identifying new avenues for support and helping to build ethically sound, carefully vetted donor pipelines. You’ll support the team in maintaining high standards of compliance and use of our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, while also contributing fresh thinking to how we use insight and intelligence across our fundraising strategies.

We are seeking someone with experience of prospect research in a high-value fundraising context, experience, knowledge and understanding of prospect research methods, standards, criteria and tools as well as producing evidenced and persuasive research briefings. Joining our Philanthropy & Partnerships team, you'll help us find new funding opportunities and improve our understanding of current supporters. The role will work across our high value funding streams, including in major gifts, trusts and foundations and companies. Candidates should able to demonstrate a proven track record of completing high quality research quickly and accurately using a variety of research resources, they will have well developed communication and presentation skills and are comfortable using databases.

Right to work in the UK required

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development

• Industries

  Non-profit Organization Management

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