Prospect Development Advisor

About MSI

MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.

Today, our organisation has around 10,000 team members working in 36 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centred care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.

We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.

About the Role

Prospect Development drives our high-value private sector fundraising by providing the data-driven insights needed to advance donors and prospects efficiently through their giving journey. Our work secures funding, optimizes resource allocation, and protects organizational reputation through rigorous due diligence.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Prospect Development, the Prospect Development Officer sits within the Global Partnerships and Philanthropy team, playing a key role in supporting MSI’s sustainability by helping to shape team-level strategies and contributing to broader prospect research and management planning.

They are responsible for delivering advanced research and analysis, aligning research strategies with organizational goals, and providing expert strategic advice to senior staff and frontline fundraisers on primarily (but not exclusively) US and UK/Europe-based private donors. The Senior Officer takes ownership of strategic initiatives within their operational area and ensures the quality and alignment of research outputs with fundraising objectives. They will collaborate closely with frontline fundraisers to refine pipeline management, optimize portfolios, and execute proactive market scans and due diligence protocols. The right candidate will build and sustain positive relationships across internal teams and external vendors, while driving superior research and prospect management services that ultimately increase philanthropic support for our clients.

Now is an especially great time to join MSI Reproductive Choices, as this role plus two others will join the global funding and innovation team!

About You

For us, it’s vital that every MSI team member believes in and is committed to our organisational mission, vision and values.

This means that we will only accept applications from candidates who are unequivocally pro-choice.

Our values act as guiding principles, providing us with a clear direction. They set the tone for how we approach our work, interact with others and align ourselves as ‘One MSI’. It’s important that our team members truly resonate with our values and demonstrate them consistently, in all that they do.

We recruit talented, dynamic individuals with diverse backgrounds who share our mission and are focused on delivering measurable results. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can participate and contribute meaningfully. We value open-mindedness, curiosity, resilience, and a solutions-oriented mindset, alongside a commitment to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of both team members and clients.

We seek exceptional communicators who are self-motivated, solutions-driven, and aligned with MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You should be dedicated to driving social change in an environment focused on sustainable impact, both locally and globally, and comfortable working with diverse teams in an ambiguous setting.

To perform this role, you’ll need the following skills:

• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality work;
• Demonstrated knowledge of quantitative and qualitative analysis and business intelligence work in support of global non-profit fundraising; interpreting, and synthesizing data;
• Ability to develop and lead proactive prospecting methodologies and strategic research initiatives that support organizational goals, including advanced data mining, sophisticated constituent database queries, and process improvement;
• High proficiency in internet search engines and sophisticated search techniques, fundraising software, data retrieval services (e.g. LexisNexis, iWave, Foundation Directory, Relationship Science, etc.), MS Office; experience working with a relational database a necessity;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications; attention to detail a must.
• Ability to act with sensitivity and discretion while working with highly confidential information;

To perform this role, you’ll need the following experience:

• A minimum of 5+ years progressive experience in prospect development/database management
• Prior experience working at an international organization not required but would be an asset;
• Knowledge and curiosity about emerging concepts and practices in the fields of prospect development, strategic philanthropy, DAFs/Philanthropic advisors, Public/Private Partnerships, and impact investing, as it relates both U.S. and non-U.S. entities;
• Knowledge of global data-privacy regulations like GDPR;

Formal education/qualification

• Bachelor’s degree required

Please see job description here

Location: London, UK (minimum of 2 days per week in the office)

Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Contract type: 1-year fixed term contract.

Salary: £41,400 - £47,600 per annum + Benefits

Salary band: BG 7

Closing date: 17th November (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.