Fundraising Officer

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. You’ll report directly to our Partnerships & Development Manager and work as part of our small income generation team to support our charity’s growth.

Key Info:

• Full time (37.5 hours per week)
• Permanent contract
• Salary: £33,280 annually with 4% employer pension contribution
• Hybrid (London), 3 days a week in-person with the team at GoodWork HQ, Warren Street
• 25 days holiday per year (pro rated), plus Bank Holidays and additional leave during our annual Winter Break between Christmas and New Year
• Appointment is subject to Enhanced DBS Check

About GoodWork:

GoodWork is a youth employment and social mobility charity, creating fairer opportunities for young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Founded in 2022, we’re a fast-growing organisation with real impact and big ambitions to drive systemic change for the community we serve. We partner with progressive businesses to bring diverse talent into entry-level roles, giving young people the opportunity to prove themselves without requiring unpaid internships or elite degrees to get ahead.

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join GoodWork at a pivotal moment in our growth. As our first dedicated Fundraising Officer, you'll work closely with our Partnerships & Development Manager and small income generation team, helping to grow and diversify the funding that sustains and scales our mission. This is a hands-on, varied role with real scope to develop your fundraising career in a fast-growing charity.

You’ll be:

• 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

What we're looking for:

We're looking for an ambitious, motivated fundraiser who is driven by GoodWork's mission and ready to take ownership of a varied and impactful role. For this role, we’re looking for someone with at least a year's experience in a charity fundraising team, with exposure to trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, high net worth, or community fundraising.

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.

Ways of working:

We’re a small but fast-growing team. You’ll join our staff team working day-to-day in the business, but will also engage with young people, our funders and partners, our Board, and many of the amazing volunteers who help us deliver our programme. Our team works together in-person at least three days a week at GoodWork HQ, our beautiful space on Warren Street in central London where we host events, deliver training and work with our community.

Life at GoodWork:

Making GoodWork a great place to work is hugely important to us, and as a small charity we’re continuously working to improve our offer. For now, our team benefits from:

• Personal training budget to invest as you’d like, as well as access to more in-person and online training through our membership of London Youth and the Charity Learning Consortium
• Access to individual coaching to support professional development with qualified coaches, through our corporate partners
• Quarterly official team socials and ad hoc team social activities
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme with Health Assured
• Enhanced Maternity and Shared Parental Leave, after a year’s service
• A dog-friendly office
• The option to work up to two weeks a year ‘super remote’ (from anywhere)
• A values and mission driven team

Application process:

Apply here by 9am on 27 July 2026. You’ll need to submit a CV of no more than two pages and answer the following questions in no more than 1,700 characters (about 250 words) each:

• Why are you a good fit for this role? Please tell us about your relevant professional experience.
• Why do you want to work for GoodWork?

Please note: answers that have obviously been AI generated, with little personalisation to relevant skills, experience and motivations, will be immediately screened out. You’re welcome to use AI to support your application, but we want to hear your answers in your voice.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 30 minute online interview. The final stage will involve a task and in-person interview at our offices. An offer will be made subject to referencing and satisfactory completion of an Enhanced DBS check. The successful candidate will start w/c 21 September 2026, dependent on any notice periods in their existing role.