GoodWork
Fundraising Officer
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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.
Apply via our website by 9am on 27 July 2026.
Key Info
- Full time (37.5 hours per week)
- Permanent contract
- Target start date: w/c 21 September 2026
- Salary: £33,280 annually with 4% employer pension contribution.
- Hybrid (London), 3 day/s 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. GoodWork operates in line with safe recruitment practices and adherence to our Safeguarding Policy is essential.
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. Farhan's story is just one example of the impact of our programme.
Our programmes support 18-25 year olds from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to build their employability skills, access tailored support and transition into sustained employment aligned with their goals. Learn more in our 2025 Impact Report.
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 support the income generation team with day-to-day fundraising activities across multiple income streams, with a focus on trusts and foundations alongside corporate partnerships, high net worth individuals and individual giving.
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
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Like any growing charity, our work is constantly evolving and this is a great opportunity to be part of shaping our organisation for the future. We’ll encourage you to share your feedback and suggestions regularly.
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 (and office dog) 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.
We use Slack, Notion and Claude day-to-day to keep in touch and support our work across the team. 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.
You’ll need to be able to attend occasional in-person events, including possible evening sessions for which time off in lieu will be given. You should also expect to attend regular in-person meetings with our London-based partners.
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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, recent highlights have included a team Iftar, pottery painting, a Monopoly Deal and Pizza Night and team crafting lunchtime
- 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 (find out more about our values here) and the opportunity to be part of shaping a rapidly growing organisation
Learn more
We have limited capacity in the team and unfortunately can’t accommodate individual requests for pre-application discussions. If you have questions that are not answered here, or requests for adjustments to the application process, please contact us via email (hello@goodwork.org.uk) and we’ll do our best to support.
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 with Sajni Dhamecha (Partnerships & Development Manager) and Yasmin Ali (Communications & Engagement Officer) between 5-6 August 2026.
The final stage will involve a task and in-person interview with Felicity Halstead (Founder & CEO) and Sajni Dhamecha (Partnerships & Development Manager) at our offices between 18-19 August 2026. If you get to this stage, you’ll be reimbursed for your time.
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.
If you require adjustments to this process, please let us know by emailing hello@goodwork.org.uk as soon as possible.
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