Prospect Development Officer

Prospect Development Officer.

Salary:c29400(depending on experience) plus Inner London Allowance of 3333. (Remote working will not include the Inner London allowance).

Location:London/Remote.

Contract:Permanent 35 hours per week.

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata with up to 5additional days for continuous service andoption to buy or sell leave.

• Excellent training/development opportunities.

• Flexible maternity adoption and paternity packages.

• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.

• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15000 national retailers discounts.

Why Action for Children

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that when we work together we can makea huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable childrens lives.

A bit about the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Fundraising team at Action for Children as a Prospect Development Officer on a Permanent Contract.

You will have responsibility forundertaking high quality sourcing and researching potential new donors looking for key areas of growth and opportunities to maximise supporter lifetime value to Action for Children. You will also work with fundraisers to regularly review their portfolio of donors and ensure that all opportunities are tracked on the Raisers Edge database.

Howyoull help to create brighter futures by

• Producing high quality written summaries of research supporting the Prospect Development Manager to inform internal teams.

• Producing top line and in-depth biographical and professional research on individuals trusts and foundations for high value fundraising.

• Producing biographies of event attendees and prospecting to allocate guests to fundraisers after events.

• Undertaking strategic network-mapping in line with Fundraising teams activity plans.

• Effective use of a prospect management system on Raisers Edge to track and manage the movement of Philanthropy and Corporate prospects.

• Contributing to preparation and follow up of prospect portfolio reviews.

• Supporting the Prospect Development Manager to conduct due diligence research on prospective supporters

• Act as data champion for fundraising teams.

Letstalk about you

• Research experience or experience of prospect research preferable.

• Experience of following established processes and templates to ensure research information is consistent

• Ability to use databases and to source and interpret large volumes of data.

• An understanding of wider economic trends and a curiosity of the fundraising landscape.

• Flexible approach to work applying initiative creatively lateral thinking whilst maintaining high levels of accuracy.

• An understanding of the implications of the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR for handling personal data.

• Excellent standard of written communication and to produce accurate and concise briefings for colleagues.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

Contact:David Simpson on or email us atquoting reference 12887.

Diversity equality andinclusion

AtActionforChildrenwerededicatedto building a diverseinclusive and authentic workplace.

Weactivelyencourageapplicationsfrom Black Asian &MinorityEthnic and disabled candidates as they areunder-representedwithinActionforChildren. We want to takedeliberateand purposefulactionto ensure equalopportunityto all groups in society and forActionforChildren.

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Closing Date:Tuesday 7th April 2026.

Interviews will be weekcommencing13^th April 2026.

Job Description

See below for further information about working with us:

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