Head of Impact

The role

Our exclusive client runs a charitable fund alongside its core organisation - one that's already put real money behind disadvantaged young people, and is now looking for someone to take it from “well-run” to “genuinely ambitious.” That's this role.

You'll set strategy directly with the CEO and the trustee board, then go and build the funding relationships - banks, consultancies, foundations, major donors - that make that strategy fundable. You'll also design what the impact actually looks like on the ground, including new AI-enabled delivery models for under-resourced schools. And underneath all of it, you're the person keeping governance and the books airtight enough that none of the above is at risk.

It's an unusual mix: part strategist, part fundraiser, part governance lead. Most people are strong at one of those. This role needs someone credible at all three.

What you'll actually be doing

• Setting the Fund's strategy with the CEO and Trustees
• Designing how impact actually gets delivered, including new AI-enabled programmes
• Building and managing funder relationships - banks, consultancies, foundations, major donors
• Writing and pitching funding propositions that land real money
• Owning charity governance: trustee board packs, regulatory compliance, the lot
• Running financial controls, treasury, and audit prep
• Building and leading a small team

Where you'll be

Central London, 3-5 days/week in the office.

Requirements

Who we're looking for

Non-negotiable

• Currently based in the UK, with the right to work here without sponsorship - the in-office schedule makes this a hard requirement, not a preference
• Comfortable owning genuinely ambiguous work with no existing playbook
• Can build a relationship with a senior funder from a cold start
• Can write and pitch a funding proposition that actually gets money moving, not just a well-formatted deck
• Real strategic chops - you can build a theory of change, not just recite the phrase
• Governance and financial discipline - you won't let the ambition outrun the paperwork
• Real, hands-on fluency with AI tools, applied to actual problems rather than as a buzzword on a CV

Strong signal, not a requirement

• Experience scaling partnerships from inside a tech company
• A corporate fundraising or partnerships background
• People management experience
• Startup-stage experience (roughly 20-100 people)

Benefits

• £50,000–£60,000, depending on experience
• Central London, hybrid (3-5 days/week in office)
• Direct strategic input into a fund that's already moving meaningful money to the people it's meant to help — not a junior seat several steps removed from the mission