Join our team: Digital Communications Manager

Role description

Good Things Foundation is the UK’s leading digital inclusion charity, committed to a world where everyone can benefit through digital. We are mission-led and all our work helps us to deliver our ambitious goal to support 1 million people by 2025.

As we develop our new strategy alongside our high profile national partners, we aim to help even more people benefit from digital, becoming healthier, happier and better off. It is vital we harness digital comms tools creatively and effectively so we can achieve our goals. 

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Digital Communications Manager to join our incredible Communications, Campaigns and Advocacy team. This couldn’t be a better time to join Good Things - we’ve had the most exciting year raising our profile with multiple campaigns, new branding and websites and developing new partnerships.

Are you passionate about using digital communications for social impact? Can you help us get our messages across; engage and grow our network of members and supporters; and increase uptake of our resources and services? Can you be a product owner for our websites so they deliver our strategy, reflect our brand, values, and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion?

Working closely with internal teams and external partners, you will have the opportunity to lead and own key areas like our digital channels; to devise campaigns for social impact; to contribute to strategy; and work with leading communications professionals in our partner organisations.

We welcome applications from candidates whose professional and personal experience will bring new perspectives, understanding and capacity to the organisation; and who are ready to rise to the opportunities of this role.

Important details

  • Location: Combination of Home and Office working, UK. Our office is in Sheffield. Good Things Foundation operates a hybrid working model. However, you must be comfortable working in our Sheffield office at least twice per month. Travel to Sheffield to fulfil your role duties is considered normal commuting and the costs will not be reimbursed or the time given back.
  • Salary: £35,000 | Please note, we are prepared to have discussions for a candidate demonstrating exceptional skills and experience
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: 9am on Monday 11 November
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How to apply

Please return your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the position to recruitment@goodthingsfoundation.org by the closing date and time of 9am on Monday 11 November. Applications which do not include both a CV and covering letter will not be considered.

We would be grateful if you would also complete our Equality and Diversity form to help us monitor our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Information can be made available in other formats (for example, large print), so please contact us if you need to discuss what alternative format would be accessible for you.

Submit your CV and covering letter by email

Safeguarding statement and pre-employment checks

Here at Good Things Foundation, we work with vulnerable adults and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare at all times, in line with our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. All of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply with the policy and procedures. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process which for this position, will include:

  • An identity check (photo ID)
  • Receipt of two satisfactory references
  • Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK

The organisation may, in the future, carry out a Disclosure and Barring Service Standard check (DBS) if your contract requires it.