Business Development freelancer

About us

Data Activists is a nonprofit organisation that empowers smaller charitable organisations with data/tech and conducts data-driven advocacy for social change.

Our mission is twofold:

Provide data/tech/AI services to charities that may not have the budget for dedicated staff or external IT support, as the lack of technical expertise and robust infrastructure severely limits the ability of nonprofit organisations in their pursuit of social impact.
Conduct and disseminate data-driven research for policy advocacy, in collaboration with aligned organisations or on our own.

Our clients and collaborators include organisations across the UK and the EU, working on refugee rights, the Gaza genocide, and armed conflict.

What you’ll be doing

The main job is finding organisations that could benefit from our services, or who would allow us to increase our impact, and getting them into a conversation with us.

Concretely:

Researching and identifying potential clients (nonprofits and NGOs in the refugee, migration, and human rights space)
Communicating our training offer to relevant contacts
Identifying aligned organisations for research collaboration (depending on workload and mission focus)

What we’re looking for

Experience in business development, partnerships, or outreach, ideally in the nonprofit or NGO sector
Familiarity with the refugee, migration, or human rights sector
Enough understanding of data/tech/AI to explain what we do without needing a script for every conversation

Terms

Freelance contract
Fully remote
Temporary engagement: the role runs until we’ve built a healthy pipeline — roughly several signed projects, or a few projects plus a retainer client
~10 hours per month
£40/h, plus 10-15% commission on each signed project contract, or 10% of the first quarter’s fees for any retainer client secured

How to Apply

If the mission fits and the terms work for you, send your CV and a few lines on how you’d approach the first month to join@dataactivists.org.