Senior data and insights officer

Closing date: 12pm, 23 January 2026

Posted: 2 January 2026

We are seeking an ambitious and talented senior data and insights officer to join our team.

Salary: £33,000 – £35,865 per annum (subject to skills and experience)
Hours of work: 37.5 hours a week over five days
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid working – with attendance two days a week at one of our offices in Hampstead, Barnet Hospital or Chase Farm Hospital

The role

Excellent use of and understanding of our data is crucial to the success of our fundraising activity. This role will support all elements of direct marketing and campaign work for the fundraising team. Using Raiser’s Edge (RE7/RENXT), the post holder will lead on complex data selections for integrated, multi-channel supporter communications and present meaningful data analysis of fundraising activity. In addition, this role will make a significant contribution to the smooth running of our data processing, database operations, ensuring high quality data through accurate imports and data cleaning.

The senior data and insights officer will report to the database manager.

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The team

Our dynamic fundraising department generated £4.5m through donations in 2023/24, and we are now preparing for an ambitious multi-million-pound campaign in support of a ground-breaking cancer centre on the site of the Royal Free Hospital.

We pride ourselves on being a supporter focused and agile function, working at the heart of the charity to deliver impact for patients and staff across our hospitals.

Responsible for attracting and retaining donors, and delivering an outstanding supporter experience, the fundraising department comprises two teams which work closely together to achieve our shared objectives:

Our philanthropy and campaigns team builds relationships with individual philanthropists, trusts, foundations, corporate organisations and intermediaries, giving or facilitating donations of £10,000 or more to the charity each year. They lead major appeal activity for the charity, currently focused on our forthcoming cancer campaign, and special events to support these activities.
Our public fundraising team harnesses the support and energy of individuals and groups, helping them to give back in the way that works for them. This includes committed giving, in memory support, gifts in wills, and fundraising events and challenges.
Our database and supporter care colleagues underpin and support the entire department.

The organisation

The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development.

Our vision is for everyone served by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) to have access to world-leading healthcare, delivered by a thriving workforce, and driven by medical research that has a global impact. We support the 17,000 staff of the RFL and their two million patients across Barnet, Chase Farm, North Mid and Royal Free hospitals and more than 30 NHS services.

Through the services we provide, and the programmes and equipment we fund, we make a profound and immediate difference to patients’ experiences of care.

Apply for this role

To apply for this post, you will need:

your CV (please include an up-to-date CV outlining your last employer, dates of employment, your academic and any professional qualifications, and contact details).
a cover letter addressing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification

Please note, that applications submitted without a cover letter may not be considered for this role.

You must be eligible to work in the UK.

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Closing date for application: 12pm, 23 January 2026
Interview date: 5 February 2026

If you require more information regarding this vacancy, please contact our HR Team on 020 7472 6677 or email [email protected].

As an equal opportunities’ employer, the Royal Free Charity is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Royal Free Charity.