Date Posted: 3rd July 2026
Pay: £33,280 per year
Job Description: GoodWork is a youth employment and social mobility charity, creating fairer opportunities for young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. We’re delighted to be recruiting a full-time Fundraising Officer to join GoodWork from September 2026 and support our income generation, with a specific focus on Trusts & Foundations fundraising.
*APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA OUR WEBSITE TO BE CONSIDERED (https://goodworkuk.notion.site/Fundraising-Officer-38fd53cd8ea780b89a76ffad98c1c6fd) - APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED VIA INDEED WILL BE DISREGARDED*
Key responsibilities:
- Preparing funding applications and grant writing: researching, developing, and submitting high-quality applications to trusts, foundations, and corporate funders, drafting compelling proposals that bring GoodWork's impact to life
- Prospect research and pipeline management: support with identifying new funding opportunities and maintaining accurate records of all fundraising contacts, applications, and deadlines, and helping to monitor income targets and reporting cycles
- Relationship management: supporting with building and maintaining strong, lasting relationships with current and prospective funders
- Funder reporting: managing reporting cycles and producing accurate, engaging impact reports that demonstrate GoodWork's value to funders
- Events and engagement: supporting the coordination of funder engagement opportunities and events
- Cross-team collaboration: working across the GoodWork team to gather impact data and programme insights that strengthen funding applications and reports
Like any growing charity, our work is constantly evolving and this is a great opportunity to join us at a key moment, as we develop our organisational strategy for the next three years and continue to grow our team and our impact.
What we're looking for:
- Excellent written communication and grant writing skills: a proven ability to write compelling, persuasive funding proposals and funder reports that translate complex information into clear, motivating narratives, with strong attention to detail
- Analytical skills: confidence working with data and numbers, including the ability to pull together impact information and basic budget figures to support funding applications and funder reports
- Strong interpersonal skills: the ability to build and maintain relationships with funders and colleagues at all levels
- Strong organisational skills: comfortable working at pace, managing multiple priorities, deadlines, and reporting cycles, and taking ownership of your own workload
We work with a diverse group of young people from underserved communities. We particularly encourage applications from minoritised ethnic candidates and those who have lived experience relevant to our programme, particularly non-graduates and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
*APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA OUR WEBSITE TO BE CONSIDERED (https://goodworkuk.notion.site/Fundraising-Officer-38fd53cd8ea780b89a76ffad98c1c6fd) - APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED VIA INDEED WILL BE DISREGARDED*
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Work Location: Hybrid in London W1T 6AD
Application deadline: 27/07/2026
Expected start date: 21/09/2026
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £33,280.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London W1T 6AD
