Due Diligence Executive

Context and Background

  The NSPCC's mission is to end cruelty to children. Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. We all share it. And it drives our Income Generation team to get out there and bring in the funds we need to protect children and prevent abuse.  

We’ve been here for children for over 100 years. From our campaigns to our services- we strive to make a difference in everything we do. Between 2016 and 2021, we’ve helped make 6.6 million children safer from abuse.  

Within the Income Generation Directorate our aim is to maximise resources for the NSPCC’s mission by raising funds, providing the best possible supporter experience, and building long-term relationships between donors and our cause.  

To continue to deliver our mission we rely on the fundraising support of people across the UK for 90% of our annual income. We are looking to significantly grow our income in new and innovative ways. To achieve this growth, we need the very best team in place to deliver to ambitious targets. 

Led by the Bid-Coordination Manager, the Prospect Research and Bid-Management team works closely with colleagues that manage our relationships with philanthropists, trusts and foundations, corporate partners, celebrities and other public representatives.

The Due Diligence Executive will be expected to gather and analyse information from a number of external sources, presenting findings clearly and accurately.

Join us at this exciting time and you’ll become part of an expanding team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You’ll discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that’ll bring the best out in you. And you’ll get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives. We want to ensure roles are accessible and inclusive of everyone, which is why the NSPCC offers a high degree of flexibility around ways of working. 

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of what we do. At the NSPCC, we understand how important it is that our workforce is representative of the people we support and who support us. We believe that every individual has the right to be their true self and to live a full life without prejudice, fear or barriers. This is the starting point for all our commitments and actions and underpins our commitment to be there for all children. 

Job purpose

Contribute to the Income Generation directorate’s purpose of maximising income from supporters by working to protect the NSPCC’s reputation. Undertake Due Diligence research on behalf of teams across Major Giving and Partnerships – in line with NSPCC policies and procedures. Deliver reports that will serve to inform senior stakeholders when making decisions on donor relationships and gifts. Ensure that research, escalations, and decision-making are communicated and recorded centrally and in line with Data Protection regulations.

Key relationships - Internal

Reports to Fundraising Due Diligence Manager Engages with fundraisers across Major Giving and Partnerships teams to deliver quality research and reporting. Engages with staff in other teams, such as Prospect Development, Compliance, and Governance, to add value to Due Diligence activities. Key relationships - External

Engages with researchers across the sector to ensure best practice.

Main duties and responsibilities

Undertake the delivery of comprehensive Due Diligence research on potential major donors, corporate partners, and public representatives, employing appropriate methodologies and resources. Present research findings objectively and clearly, through a high standard of written reporting with attention to detail and consideration of confidentiality. Identify reputational and ethical risks in line with organisational policies. Provide reliable and efficient support, ensuring that tasks are delivered to deadline and proactively communicating any issues. Interact constructively with colleagues in responding to requests for, and relaying the results of, Due Diligence. Record outcomes centrally on the Raiser’s Edge database and in compliance with Data Protection regulations. Seek opportunities to improve NSPCC’s Due Diligence policies and procedures and external resources to ensure that they are fit for purpose. Responsibilities for all Staff within Income Generation

• A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people

• To update databases and supporter information systems on a regular basis in line with Data Protection legislation and NSPCC policy and procedures.

• To actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to the Directorate and wider NSPCC activities.

• To adhere to all the NSPCC’s service standards, policies and procedures.

• To evidence an understanding of and commitment to the demonstration of the NSPCC’s values.

• To maintain an awareness of and comply with NSPPC data protection regulations and to ensure currency of changing GDPR regulations.

• To be responsible for personal learning and development, to support the learning and development of others and the whole organisation.

• To work in a manner that facilitates and encourages inclusion.

• To maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.

• To take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with NSPCC work to end cruelty to children, including securing updates on project and service developments and general NSPCC news.

Person specification

Skills and abilities

Strong personal organisation skills, with the proven ability to plan, implement and monitor own tasks to meet agreed objectives.  

Proven analytical skills, proficient in collecting and interpreting information from various sources, before presenting findings clearly and accurately.  

Well-developed written communication skills, particularly the ability to convey information succinctly to a broad range of audiences, including non-specialists.  

Knowledge and Experience

 Experience of conducting research and delivering written reports to a deadline.  

Experience of working reactively and flexibly to the deadlines and pressures of others, providing good customer service by balancing responsiveness with attention to detail.  

Experience in using databases and Microsoft Office, including word processing, spreadsheets, email and the internet to deliver tasks and projects, and to maintain administrative and information systems.  

An understanding of how risk management and compliance apply to fundraising as a discipline.
Personal characteristics

A personal commitment to ending cruelty to children.  

A commitment to high standards of service delivery and customer care.  

A commitment to apply NSPCC’s values and behaviours to all aspects of work

Safer Recruitment

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk.

Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.

Our principles:

Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills, experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation. Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for. We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their time with us. Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit. As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and appropriate. All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the GDPR legislation.