Impact Consultant

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Job title:              Impact Consultant                   

Reference:          SRR164

Contract:             Permanent, full time, 35 hours per week

Location:             London based with hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Salary:                 Up to £46,000 per annum (depending on experience)

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as an Impact Consultant within Charities Aid Foundation’s Impact Accelerator.  You will be an integral part of our team of experts providing high-value, bespoke advice and consultancy to individuals, corporates, foundations, public sector organisations and charities.

What you will do

At CAF, every one of us contributes to our impact and as our Impact Consultant you too will play an integral part in what we do.

As an Impact Consultant, your role will be to deliver high-value consultancy work that enables philanthropists, corporates, charities, trusts/foundations and public bodies to maximise their social impact. You will lead projects end-to-end, produce clear and compelling strategic deliverables and cultivate strong, trusted client relationships. You will help grow CAF’s Impact Accelerator offering by identifying opportunities, strengthening long-term partnerships, and supporting multi-service work that combines consultancy, grantmaking and social investment. You will also champion best practice, share expertise across teams and contribute to CAF’s thought leadership through collaboration, knowledge exchange and external engagement.

As our Impact Consultant you will:

• Deliver CAF’s strategic consultancy ensuring high-quality consultancy support for private clients, corporates, public sector bodies, charities and trusts/foundations
• Act as a trusted adviser to philanthropists, corporate leaders and charity executives, shaping and strengthening their giving and impact strategies, impact measurement frameworks, evaluation approaches, fundraising effectiveness and governance practices as well as other relevant areas
• Maintain deep expertise of philanthropic trends and sector developments, monitoring best practice, innovations and applying these insights to strengthen client recommendations
• Own end-to-end project management, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to a consistently high standard, while cultivating exceptional client relationships and service experiences
• Drive collaboration across the Impact Accelerator, contributing to the development of an integrated client offering and proactively identifying opportunities for cross-team synergies and growth
• Contribute to the development of the Consultancy team’s pipeline and ensuring a proactive approach to identifying and advancing opportunities
• Drive client retention and expansion, strengthening long-term relationships and leading efforts to secure multi-year, multi-service agreements that integrate consultancy, grantmaking and social investment capabilities
• Serve as a key source of expertise for colleagues across the Private Client and Corporate Client teams
• Facilitate knowledge sharing across CAF’s UK and global network, promoting the exchange of learnings, best practice and innovations to enhance CAF’s consultancy capabilities and client offering
• Position CAF as a thought leader in the sector, contributing to the organisation’s public profile and ensuring it is recognised as a partner of choice for funders and charities alike
• Represent CAF externally by participating in sector events, contributing to campaigns and thought leadership content and actively building networks that raise CAF’s profile among private clients, corporates, charities, and trusts/foundations. Promote CAF’s integrated end-to-end offering through the Impact Accelerator

Who we are looking for

This role is for you if you have experience of working in an Impact Consultancy environment especially for private and corporate clients or have relevant transferable skills and are keen to make a difference to society. We are looking for an Impact Consultant that has:

• Experience advising foundations, individual philanthropists, charities, corporates and/or the public sector
• Experience of advising clients on philanthropy, grantmaking, sustainability, fundraising, strategy, research, governance, impact measurement and evaluation, programmatic design and/or practice
• Experience in analysing complex systems and producing workable strategies and proposals, presentations, research, recommendations, etc
• Ability to build and consolidate strong relationships with current and potential clients
• Ability to facilitate workshops and discussions with very clear outputs and outcomes

What CAF offers as an employer

At CAF you will receive:

• Permanent hybrid ways of working where roles allow
• Six weeks holiday plus bank holidays
• A wide range of development opportunities to support personal and professional growth
• Pension scheme with better-than-market employer contribution options
• Social impact benefit schemes.

For all our employer benefits and to gain an insight into our culture and values, please visit cafonline.org/careers.

Who we are

The Charities Aid Foundation exists to accelerate progress in society towards a fair and sustainable future for all. Over the last 100 years, we have led the way in developing innovative approaches to giving. Annually, we distribute over £1 billion to social purpose organisations around the globe. 

As a leading charity operating from the UK, US and Canada, alongside an international network of partners, CAF works at the centre of the giving world. We collaborate with corporate and individual donors to enable them to give more effectively, strategically and impactfully. This includes connecting them to charities globally and providing access to our in-depth sector knowledge, governance expertise and innovative giving solutions. 

We help social purpose organisations to strengthen their resilience and do more of their life changing work, through strategic advisory services from our Impact Accelerator, tools to support charities’ fundraising activities, and charity financial services from CAF Bank Limited and CAF Financial Solutions Limited. Using our research, policy and campaigns work, we understand and influence the wider environment for charities and donors. 

Diversity and inclusion

We know that the more diverse and inclusive our organisation becomes, the more creative, effective and impactful we will be. Our aim is for our workforce to represent the society we serve, and we have embarked upon an ambitious pathway to achieve this.

We want to attract, retain and develop the best of talent at all levels, and provide a leading and great place to work, where every voice matters.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 13^th March 2026.

Interview date: week commencing 23^rd March 2026

Please complete the form below, attach your CV and Cover letter, then click ‘Submit Application’ if applying via our website or send your CV to recruitment@cafonline.org quoting reference number SRR164.

We welcome applications from everyone who feels they meet the criteria, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital, veteran or parental status.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please indicate on the application form if you would like to be considered as part of the Disability Confident Scheme.

To apply for this role you must be able to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@cafonline.org or 03000 123 566 to request assistance or reasonable adjustments.

Job Reference: SRR164