Prospect Researcher

The Role

We are looking for a Prospect Researcher to play a pivotal role in developing our fundraising portfolio and in driving income growth across high-value fundraising. This role will be central to building robust pipelines and unlocking new opportunities across philanthropy and partnerships.

• Undertaking detailed desk-based research into individuals and corporate foundations to identify prospective major donors and philanthropic partners for NDCS and DCW.
• Analyzing financial capacity, philanthropic interests, networks, affiliations and giving history to assess suitability and potential
• Developing and maintain accurate prospect profiles, wealth indicators and ratings to support prioritisation and portfolio management
• Producing high-quality written briefings, profiles and talking points for meetings, events and solicitations
• Support the strategy by providing insight into supporter motivations, interests and links to NDCS’s or DCW’s work
• Tracking news, trends and updates relating to high-value prospects and current donors.

• Proactive with proven experience in undertaking desk-based research to identify prospective individual and organisational donors.
• Strong analysis skills to assess donor potential and to ensure partners are aligned with NDCS values.
• Proven written communication skills and in developing written briefings for solicitations.
• Demonstrable ability to develop and maintain accurate and unbiased prospect profiles to enable prioritisation and decision making
• Proven experience in maintaining accurate records in line with current regulations on a CRM system to ensure data quality and consistency.
• Strong digital skills and a sound understanding of agile values & principles
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• A criminal record check /
  DBS disclosure (if offered the position).

• Home-based working with flexible hours
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• 25 days holiday - plus an additional 3 days at Christmas (& bank holidays).
• Pension (5.5% employer contribution).
• Healthcare Cashplan.
• Annual performance-based salary increase
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• Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programmes.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification. Please contact us at  with any accessibility or reasonable adjustment enquiries.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is a registered charity in England and Wales no. 1016532 and in Scotland no. SC040779.