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Digital Content Manager, hireful
Digital Content Manager (Mat Cover)
Closing Date: 19 July 2026 Contract Type: Fixed Term Full Time (12 months maternity cover) Salary: £43,250–£48,055 Location: London (Hybrid)
About Our Client
An international humanitarian organisation, dedicated to eliminating poverty, fear, and oppression, our client delivers life-saving and life-changing interventions to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities. Their mission is to improve lived conditions in 25 of the world’s poorest countries, supported by 4,500+ staff from over 50 nationalities.
Benefits
Key advantages of working with our client:
- 25 days’ annual leave (pro-rated for part-time staff)
- Office closure between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
- Flexible working (7am–7pm daily, hybrid model: 4 onsite sessions/month)
- Global workspace in a vegan café-equipped, eco-conscious co-working hub near Vauxhall & Oval – includes collaboration events, talent workshops, and wide networking opportunities
About the Role
As Digital Content Manager, you’ll lead our organisation’s digital content strategy, ensuring:
- Strategic direction for all digital content to foster donor engagement, awareness, and brand loyalty
- Marcus digital story best practises—writing, SEO optimization (Drupal CMS), accessibility, and stakeholder alignment
- Content quality assurance, audience insights, and performance-driven optimisation
- Cross-functional collaboration across UK, Ireland, the USA, and external partners (creators, designers, developers)
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The overarching goal: Bridge the gap between supporters and the meaningful impact of their contributions.
Responsibilities
- Maintain/upvote high-impact digital content (website, newsletters, blogs, social media) that measurably drives awareness, fundraising, and brand loyalty
- Lead digital copywriting and editing, ensuring brand alignment, tone consistency, and accessibility compliance
- Guide SEO and digital performance strategy to maximise reach and conversions
- Coordinate with project teams to deliver priority-driven, content-rich experiences
- Manage and document website and campaign workflows, tackling parallel deadlines under pressure
- Supporting the organisation’s maternity cover requirement, ensuring seamless handover
Essential & Desirable Criteria
Essential:
✔ Proven expertise in UK campaign design, fundraising strategy, and digital storytelling, including CMS platforms (Drupal preferred) ✔ Consistently tailored, engaging, and high-quality content (demonstrate editing experience across 3+ platforms, e.g. WordPress/Sanity) ✔ Organisational mastery in prioritisation workflows (immutable deadlines, cross-team delegation, complex stakeholder alignment) ✔ Confidence in brand voice befitting a globally recognised humanitarian organisation ✔ Technical fluency in SEO, digital optimisation, and accessibility best practises(W3C standards preferred) ✔ Comfort liaising with design, development, and campaign teams (global and local diversity non-negotiable)
Desirable:
🔹 Familiarity with non-profit-specific tools or CRM platforms (e.g. Mailchimp, Salesforce) 🔹 Pre-existing content governance framework (content repository, review processes) 🔹 Interest in or engagement with global development or humanitarian issues
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About You
We’re seeking a collaborative, trend-aware leader who:
- Thrives on challenging multichannel campaigns, retaining liberty while delivering
- Builds trust-based relationships and advances cross-organisational change
- Is passionate about digital equality and accessible design, with a strong critical eye for quality and impact
- Enjoys continuous learning—Keep abreast of the most cutting-edge digital solutions tailored to impact-driven organisations.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Our organisation is fully committed to gender equality, neurodiversity, accessibility, and intersectionality. We strongly encourage applications from underrepresented or disadvantaged groups—all qualified candidates are actively considered.
How to Apply
Please submit:
- Your CV highlighting essential criteria
- A covered letter aligned to the person spec (address every listed requirement with clear, actionable examples)
Application deadline: 19 July 2026
Candidates will be notified after shortlisting.
Additional notes:
- Must be legally entitled to work in the UK
- Preferred start date: end of September (Onboarding paid at band start)
Conditions:
- Pay Band GB6
- Basic DBS required
- Criminal background consideration made on a case-by-case basis
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