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Charity People is delighted to be partnering with Freedom from Torture to recruit an interim Head of Digital and Campaigns.
London based Freedom from Torture is dedicated to supporting survivors of torture to rebuild their lives. Through the provision of specialist therapeutic care, legal and welfare support, the organisation works directly with survivors to support recovery, helping them to heal and to feel safe and strong again.
Freedom from Torture is also a powerful campaigning voice, working tirelessly to expose torture globally and influence policy to secure justice, accountability, and lasting change.
Interim Head of Digital and Campaigns
Start date: ASAP, ideally mid-June
Contract: Part time role working four days per week, for a period of four to six months
Salary: FTE salary is £ 57,766 per annum, with the pro rata salary for four days per week being £46,212 per annum
Location: Hybrid role between home and London office, with two days per week at the organisation's office in Finsbury Park
Closing date for applications: Applications are being reviewed on an ongoing basis
This is a pivotal role within the organisation and the postholder will work closely with colleagues across Fundraising & Communications, Survivor Leadership & Influencing and Clinical Services. As interim Head of Digital and Campaigns you will be responsible for the strategic development, delivery, and analysis of campaigning and engagement activities.
Core responsibilities within your role will be:
- To deliver Freedom from Torture's digital engagement work to support wider organisational goals
- Using insights and analysis, set and measure appropriate campaign KPIs to monitor success of strategy and drive testing and innovation
- To work with senior colleagues to implement integrated anti-torture campaign strategy, ensuring lived experience is rooted in campaign strategy and delivery.
- To work closely with Survivor Leadership & Influencing colleagues to lead the development of public campaigns aligned to the organisation's influencing theory of change
- Managing external consultants to support the delivery of Freedom from Torture's digital programme
- Lead a team of 5 media and digital specialists
- Overall responsibility for Freedom from Torture's social media strategy to support movement building, campaign engagement and fundraising success.
- Support colleagues to ensure online community moderation is consistently and safely managed
- Responsible for generating insights from digital activity and refining and developing activities to optimise success
- Work with the Web Editor to ensure Freedom from Torture's website and other digital fundraising, campaigning and communications platforms are optimised, robust and support the delivery of the organisational strategy
We'd love to hear from individuals with the following core skills and experience:
- Extensive knowledge of digital marketing, mobilisation, social media and website development
- Proven experience in delivering campaign success through digital engagement
- Experience of leading digital campaigning and digital fundraising campaign work
- Substantial experience of successfully leading and managing staff, including managers, with expertise in overseeing others' development around digital mobilisation and engagement, and proven ability to coach people to success
- Significant digital skills and expertise including of leading and managing integrated multi-channel strategies (email, social, PPC, offline) to mobilise the public, win campaigns, grow income, and engage broad audiences
- Excellent understanding of lived experience collaborations and leadership
- Ability to rapidly respond to emerging and developing news moments through digital activity
- Effective communicator with excellent written ability as well as the ability to communicate complex issues clearly to non-specialist audiences
- Knowledge of data protection regulations, particularly GDPR and PECR
We're particularly interested to receive applications from candidates who have the below, although this is not essential:
- Knowledge of human rights and issues affecting refugees and torture survivors
- Knowledge of movement building
If you're interested in hearing more about this opportunity, please send your CV to Alice at Charity People in the first instance. Alice can be reached at .
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
This is an exciting new opportunity to shape the future of technology and digital capability across five South West charities. We are seeking an exceptional Regional Chief Technology Officer who is motivated by both challenge and purpose; someone who can harness technology to make a tangible difference to how our faith-based charities support church communities.
Working across Bath & Wells, Bristol, Exeter, Salisbury and Truro, this role offers a rare platform to influence at scale. The successful candidate will lead a region-wide programme of digital transformation and process optimisation, helping modernise systems, strengthen cyber resilience and unlock efficiencies that release resources for mission and ministry.
This is not technology for its own sake. We are looking for someone who combines strategic insight with practical delivery; a leader who can translate complex technical possibilities into real-world improvements for staff, clergy and volunteers. You will play a key role in shaping the responsible adoption of emerging technologies, including AI, while ensuring strong governance, security and compliance.
Please note that, whilst the role will be primarily home-based, the post-holder will be required to travel regularly across the Southwest region, with an onsite presence in each organisation at least once per month.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership:
- Develop, articulate, and implement a shared digital transformation and technology strategy that is directly aligned with the overarching mission and strategic goals of the five dioceses.
- Act as the principal technology advisor to the Diocesan Secretaries and their senior leadership teams.
Process Mapping & Optimisation:
- Lead a comprehensive, collaborative review of key administrative and operational processes within the Diocesan Boards of Finance (DBFs) and in parishes where appropriate.
- Use process mapping techniques to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement, and then design and implement optimised workflows.
AI & Responsible Innovation:
- Actively research, evaluate, pilot, and implement appropriate AI and automation tools to enhance efficiency, support fundraising, and improve service delivery.
- Ensure all innovation is undertaken responsibly, ethically, and with a clear focus on tangible benefits.
Stakeholder Management & Engagement:
- Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across all five dioceses, including clergy, staff, and volunteers.
- Foster a culture of digital literacy and champion the benefits of change in a clear, accessible, and empathetic manner.
Project & Change Management:
- Oversee the full lifecycle of technology and process improvement projects, from initial conception and business case development through to delivery, user training, and final handover.
- Employ robust project management methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Qualifications, Training & Experience:
- Proven and extensive senior technology leadership experience (e.g., CTO, Head of IT, Director of Digital Transformation) with clear evidence of strategic impact.
- Relevant degree (or equivalent) in a technology-related discipline, with appropriate professional certifications in technology, architecture, project or change management, and membership of a relevant professional body.
- Strong track record in business process mapping, analysis and re-engineering delivering measurable efficiency gains.
- Practical experience evaluating, procuring and implementing modern technology solutions, including cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft 365), CRM systems and data analytics tools.
- Experience in the charity, non-profit or similarly complex, values-driven sector is highly desirable. Demonstrable experience of, or well-informed and practical interest in, the responsible and ethical application of AI and automation in an organisational context.
- Significant experience in technology strategy, budget management, vendor negotiation and delivery of complex, multi-stakeholder programmes.
Competencies & Behavioural requirements:
- Exceptional communicator and translator: Able to convey complex technical concepts in clear, accessible language and influence a wide range of non-technical stakeholders with confidence.
- Strategic yet pragmatic thinker: Sees the big picture and aligns technology with organisational priorities, while remaining hands-on and focused on practical, value adding solutions.
- Collaborative and emotionally intelligent leader: Builds trust and consensus across diverse stakeholders and cultures, leading change with empathy, credibility and sensitivity.
- Resilient and delivery-focused: Proactive and self-motivated, with the drive and discipline to deliver complex, multi-year programmes and achieve measurable outcomes.
- Culturally astute and values-aware: Demonstrates understanding of, and respect for, the Church of England’s context, governance and ethos, navigating the environment with diplomacy and good judgement.
Our benefits include:
- Generous company pension
- A comprehensive health & wellbeing programme, inlcuding an Employee Assistance Programme
- Paid volunteering & study leave allowace
- Company events
- Home working
The Diocese of Salisbury is a Christian community of churches, schools and chaplaincies serving one million people over 2000 square miles.