Digital Fundraising Manager

Sam’s Social Media Club is helping Freedom from Torture find a Digital Fundraising Manager.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35

Location: London

Starting salary:  £39,842 – £46,217 per annum including London Weighting Allowance

Closing date: 11th January 2024

Expected date of interviews: TBC

Job ref: VA668

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Freedom from Torture is the Winner of the Overall Award for Excellence and the top prize for Campaigns and Advocacy at the 2023 Charity Awards.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Fundraising Manager.

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Would you like to join our award-winning organisation?

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Are you passionate about using your digital skills for good?

Do you believe in standing up for human rights alongside torture survivors and helping them to rebuild their lives in the UK?

Freedom from Torture is looking for a dynamic Digital Fundraising Manager to join our award-winning Digital and Campaigns team. You will have a remit to increase digital income to help us support more torture survivors than ever before, as well as develop innovative digital campaigns and supporter initiatives that bring our life-changing services to life.

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Responsibilities:

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• Digital fundraising strategy & delivery: Develop and deliver impactful digital fundraising strategies, appeals and innovative special projects. Work collaboratively across teams to ensure we have the systems, skills, people, and processes to fully maximise digital income, engagement and growth.

• Digital project management: Manage a diverse and passionate mix of stakeholders, agencies and suppliers to deliver against the digital team’s fundraising objectives.

• Management: Managing a Digital Marketing Assistant, manage digital fundraising budgets, be a thought leader for digital fundraising across the organisation.

• Analyse and improve: Oversee digital income and expenditure reports, providing timely, relevant and actionable insights through reporting and dashboards; monitor income against target and analyse results; conduct conversion rate optimisation, be data driven.

• Content development: Contribute to social media campaign management, including day-to-day posting, designing and editing graphics, images and video, developing plans to maximise income generation.

About you

• You’re a lifelong learner – you love getting to grips with latest channels, approaches and innovations
• You have experience of delivering complex digital fundraising campaigns that exceed ambitious target
• You have a strong understanding of what works to raise money online
• You’re a gifted campaign creator – especially for social media, email and website
• You’re all over best practice in email, PPC, supporter journeys, UX and integrated campaigning
• You have line management experience and thrive off developing others
• You’re able to respond quickly to emerging fundraising opportunities
• You have a strong work ethic and are willing to learn
• Experience of managing relationships with agencies and suppliers

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The big pluses

• Lived experience of torture or asylum and migration
• Experience working with and on behalf of people with lived experience
• A proven track record of running fundraising campaigns with integrated advocacy asks such as petitions or write to target actions

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How to apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter. Use your covering letter to show us why you would be a brilliant fit for our amazing Digital and Campaigns team, with examples and evidence that demonstrate the relevant skill set and experience you will bring and why you will be a fantastic addition to the team. 

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About Freedom for Torture

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution (minimum 1% employee contribution).

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Freedom from Torture is committed to showing the salary for all advertised roles and not negotiating salaries for roles, in light of evidence that this contributes to structural inequality.

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Our policy is that all appointments will be at the start of the salary range but successful candidates will have the opportunity to move up the scale over time. The progression up the salary range is reviewed on an annual basis and subject to affordability. For this role, the salary range is £39,842 – £46,217 pa including London Weighting Allowance.

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To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click here.

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Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the job description and person specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

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Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people whohave survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

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We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors’ rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

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Hear more about working at FfT from our incredible staff by clicking here.

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Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory  standard DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

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Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

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We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

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No agencies please.