Assistant Director Digital

Action for Children; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization is seeking an Assistant Director Digital to lead their digital initiatives. This role involves building digital capacity, implementing a transformation roadmap, and driving income through digital marketing. The ideal candidate has experience in digital leadership and marketing strategies, and a passion for improving outcomes for vulnerable children. This position offers a remote working option and competitive salary.

Benefits

29 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Professional qualifications and training opportunities

Flexible maternity and paternity packages

Pension with employer contribution

Staff discount portal

Qualifications

• Experience of leading digital platform and marketing teams.
• Familiarity with online marketing tools and web-based technologies.
• Knowledge of enhancing user engagement across digital platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead organisational digital teams to build a centre of digital excellence.
• Develop and implement digital transformation roadmap.
• Delivery and assessment of digital marketing and content plans.

Skills

Digital leadership experience in charity sector

Digital marketing strategies

Entrepreneurial mindset

Understanding of UX principles

Job description

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12.08.2025

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26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Action for Children

Assistant Director Digital.

Salary:c£65,000 per annum.

Location:Remote.

Contract:Permanent, 35 hours per week.

Benefits:

29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.

Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.

Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.

Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.

Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role

In this role as the Assistant Director Digital, you will build and lead Action for Children's digital capacity across digital marketing, digital service delivery and platforms. You will develop and implement an organisational digital transformation roadmap and deliver ambitious income targets from digital marketing and new income streams.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

Leading the organisational digital teams to build of a centre of digital excellence to improve business outcomes for the entire organisation and to directly provide strategic expertise in the digital & technology landscape.

Providing effective and qualitative direct line management to professional leads through an open and positive work relationships.

Crafting, delivering and to subsequently review performance of an organisational digital transformation roadmap.

Delivery and assessment of digital marketing and content plans to establish substantial income targets.

Development, implementation and monitoring of a single digital supporter engagement acquisition and loyalty plan.

Leading a transformational digital service delivery programme to reach more children and families using digital tools.

Workingwith other externally facing heads of function to utilise digital communications and brand awareness activities.

Let's talk about youas Assistant Director Digital

Experience of digital leadership in the charity sector and ideally within a commercial setting.

Experience of leading digital platform and marketing teams to deliver large-scale digital transformation, ideally from outside of the charity sector across people, process, tools & tech, marketing & innovation.

An entrepreneurial mindset with a demonstrable understanding of digital marketing strategies, including SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), SEM, content marketing, and social media.

Familiarity with online marketing tools and web-based technologies, including proficiency in using Google.

Translating business goals into effective digital strategies.

Understanding of UX principles and best practices.

Knowledge of how to enhance user engagement and satisfaction across digital platforms.

Familiarity with content creation, curation, distribution, and the ability to maintain brand consistency across digital channels.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.