Digital Innovation and Development Manager, Community Action Redbridge

Guardian Jobs; Ilford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days' annual leave

Employee helpline

Counselling services

Travel loan

Cycle to work

Job summary

Community Action Redbridge is recruiting a Digital Innovation and Development Manager to lead the next stage of its digital journey and shape how technology supports diverse communities in Redbridge. You'll implement the Digital Innovation and Development Strategy and build systems that reduce duplication and improve collaboration across the organisation.

You'll champion a data-driven culture, turning information into insight to monitor impact and inform decisions.

Job description

Are you excited by the potential of digital technology and data to make a real difference in people's lives?

Community Action Redbridge is looking for a creative, forward-thinking Digital Innovation and Development Manager to lead the next stage of our digital journey and help shape how technology supports communities across one of London's most diverse boroughs.

Redbridge is home to vibrant communities and a dynamic voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. We want to harness the power of digital technology and data to strengthen communities, support local VCSE organisations and help create a fairer Redbridge.

Working across the organisation, you'll lead the implementation of our ambitious Digital Innovation and Development Strategy. You'll help create more consistent and effective systems that reduce duplication, improve collaboration and enable our team to focus on what matters most: supporting our communities and member organisations. You'll champion a data-driven culture, helping us turn information into insight, better understand our impact, and make informed decisions that respond to emerging needs.

You'll play a key role in building digital confidence across the organisation, empowering staff to embrace new technologies, develop their skills and use digital tools effectively in their everyday work. Beyond Community Action Redbridge, you'll work directly with local charities and community groups to strengthen their digital capacity, improve access to data and insight, and foster stronger connections across Redbridge's VCSE sector.

If you're excited by the power of digital technology to connect people, improve services and create lasting social impact, we'd love to hear from you.

About Community Action Redbridge

Community Action Redbridge is a local infrastructure organisation dedicated to building a fairer Redbridge where everyone and every community has an equal opportunity to thrive.

Our work supports the development of strong and resilient communities where people lead happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives. At the heart of our work is a commitment to social justice and to tackling the root causes of inequality. We’re passionate about shifting power, amplifying community voices and working collaboratively to create social change. We do this by:

• Strengthening and championing the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector with tools and support to grow and thrive.
• Supporting local people to drive change in their own communities, through social action, volunteering and active participation.
• Bringing people and organisations from the VCSE sector, public services, and local businesses together to collaborate on shared ambitions for Redbridge.

What it’s like to work at Community Action Redbridge

We’re committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace culture that embraces and celebrates difference. Building a team that reflects the diversity of our communities and brings together a range of experiences, backgrounds and perspectives is essential to the work we do.

We want Community Action Redbridge to be a safe space for everyone to bring their whole selves to work, where all our employees have the opportunity to thrive and feel recognised and valued for the work they do.

We offer some great benefits including 28 days’ annual leave (including the festive closure period) plus public holidays, a free and confidential employee helpline, face-to-face and telephone counselling, and a travel loan and cycle to work scheme.