Action for Children
Prospect Development Manager
🇬🇧London, England, United KingdomRemote available12 hours ago
£38,100 – £38,100MidFull Time
Prospect Development Manager.
Salary: up to a maximum of £38,100 per annum, depending on experience, plus Inner London allowance of £3,333. (Inner London allowance is not applicable if working remotely in the UK).
Location: London Hybrid or Remote Working.
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.
Benefits:
29 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for 5 years continuous service
We offer a wellbeing day, buy and sell leave facility and flexibility with working pattern.
Regular supervision support with a structured and supportive induction.
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's 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 make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
We are looking for a Prospect Development Manager to lead the Prospect Development Function. The successful candidate will work with Philanthropy & Trusts, Events, Corporate and Regional fundraising teams to drive forward activity in four key areas: prospect research and identification; prospect management; due diligence; and data management. The postholder will primarily support high value fundraising teams to develop robust supporter pipelines, looking for key areas of growth and opportunities to maximise supporter lifetime value to the organisation.
How you'll help to create brighter futures, by:
Working with Fundraising Heads and Leads to develop prospecting strategies for the identification of new high value prospects.
Line management responsibility to deliver prospecting and pipeline activities to a high standard.
Identifying new prospects via data mining, press scanning, peer networks, and prospecting projects to develop and maintain a pipeline of prospects for fundraising teams.
Managing a prospect management system on Raiser's Edge to track and manage the movement of Philanthropy prospects.
Leading prospect portfolio reviews for the Philanthropy & Trusts team to assess the health of the pipeline.
Working with the Leadership Teams to manage the process involved with the Charity's Donation Acceptance and Refusal Policy from end to end.
Acting as data champion for the Philanthropy, Events, Corporate and Regional Fundraising Teams.
Let's talk about you
Experience of prospect research including identifying and prioritising prospects, network mapping, ethical screening and developing gift capacity ratings.
Excellent standard of written communication with the ability to produce accurate and concise briefings.
Experience of using and interrogating relational databases, ideally Raiser's Edge.
Ability to interpret large volumes of data, synthesise information, present findings objectively and make recommendations.
Excellent inter-personal and relationship-building skills.
A thorough understanding of the implications of the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR for prospect research and data management.
Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.
Contact: email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13107.
For further information please reach out to Beth Plessis, High Value and Corporate Operation Lead at beth.plessis@actionforchildren.org.uk
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
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Closing Date: Monday 25th May 2026.
Interviews will be week commencing 1st June 2026 by MS Teams.
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