Location: Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
Compensation: £42,455 / year
Application Deadline: 23 April 2026
Department: Fundraising
Overview
Are you an experienced fundraising or prospect researcher looking for your next career opportunity? Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH) is hiring for two Senior Fundraising Researchers to join the team. One position is permanent and the other is a 12-month fixed-term contract. As Senior Fundraising Researcher, you’ll deliver strategically aligned research to identify new high-value prospects, senior volunteer opportunities and work on due diligence.
Compensation & Working Arrangements
The salary for this position is £42,455 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.
Key Responsibilities
- Producing high-quality research profiles, insights and tailored briefings for our Philanthropy, Corporate Partnerships and Special Events fundraising teams.
- Leading and delivering robust due diligence casework on high-value supporters and senior volunteers, communicating findings clearly and professionally to inform decision-making around risk, reputation and compliance.
- Conducting market insight, sector analysis and horizon scanning to help shape strategy for high-value and global fundraising activity.
- Ensuring high standards of data management, governance and regulatory compliance, and supporting fundraising colleagues to maintain best practice in data handling and prospect management.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Exceptional analytical, critical thinking and research skills.
- Significant experience in a prospect or fundraising research role within the not-for-profit sector or in a directly comparable environment with highly transferable skills (e.g. corporate intelligence, financial services, consultancy, journalism or risk analysis).
- Demonstrable experience delivering structured due diligence casework, ideally within a complex or international context.
- Experience operating in, or supporting, fundraising or stakeholder engagement within a global environment, including researching international individuals, corporates and philanthropic markets.
- Proficiency with a wide range of research, risk, compliance and business intelligence tools.
- The ability to build strong internal relationships and work collaboratively with senior stakeholders.
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- A flexible approach to working arrangements.
- Access to our enhanced pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.
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