Prospect Researcher

Prospect Researcher

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Mary’s Meals serves nutritious school meals to 2.4 million children living in some of the world’s poorest countries. The promise of a meal attracts these hungry children into the classroom, giving them the energy to learn and hope for a better future.

We offer more than just a career; we offer the opportunity to join our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.

Looking for a fully remote and fully flexible role?  We are seeking a Prospect Researcher to join our Major Giving and Partnerships team on a 7.5 hour contract per week, which can be worked over one or two days with fully flexible hours to suit you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative, resourceful and highly self-motivated individual to make a real impact, helping us to grow our income, and ultimately help feed more hungry children. We are very willing to consider transferable skills from those who have not previously worked in the charity sector.

Key duties:

• Provide insightful prospect research to the Major Giving and Partnerships team to help grow the donor portfolio, inform proposals, pitches, and due diligence decision-making.
• Take a proactive and creative approach to researching and identifying new prospects through a range of sources such as our internal database, the Charity Commission website, funding reports and databases, and publicly available information such as Companies House.
• Analyse large amounts of data from our database, reports, and other sources to identify major donor prospects, and make focused recommendations for team members.
• Research online directories and databases for new grant and foundation opportunities.
• Source new corporate engagement opportunities, such as charity partnerships and charity of the year opportunities through research of online announcements and databases.
• Contribute creative and innovative ideas to develop and implement our prospecting approach.
• Create briefs and reports on prospective donors and organisations for members of the Major Giving and Partnerships team.  
• Work closely with the Major Giving and Partnerships Manager to plan time and activities to maximise impact for the whole team, managing and prioritising a busy and varied workload. 
• Ensure useful, accurate and clear record keeping on the fundraising CRM to allow effective identification of connections and network building opportunities.