Digital Transformation Programme Manager

Freedom from Torture; Greater London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Employer pension 6%

Job summary

Freedom from Torture in London invites applications for a Digital Transformation Programme Manager to lead an organisation-wide technology and digital change programme. You will translate a multi-year roadmap into a practical delivery plan, ensure on-time delivery and budget alignment, and govern the programme end-to-end across multiple projects.

You will manage governance, reporting, risks, decisions and dependencies, working with staff at all levels to align technical and non-technical teams,

Qualifications

• Extensive project management experience delivering multiple projects within a programme.
• Strong change management and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide full programme and project management of the organisation's change programme.
• Manage governance and reporting framework; track risks, decisions, and dependencies across projects.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery, ensuring delivery on time and within budget.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Contract: 18 months

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Location: Finsbury Park, London

Expected date of interviews: 30th November 2026

Freedom from Torture is a powerful and passionate human rights organisation and 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 Transformation Programme Manager to join our team and play a central role in delivering an organisation wide technology and digital transformation, by turning a multi-year roadmap into a practical programme of delivery, achieved on time and in line with the budget, as one coordinated change programme.

About the role

Working with staff at all levels thought out the organisation you will provide full programme and project management of our change programme. Managing the end to end delivery with responsibility for the governance and reporting framework as well as tracking risks, decisions and dependencies across the individual projects of the programme.

About you

You will have extensive project management with a successful track record of delivering muti projects within a programme. You will have extensive change management and analytical skills together with the ability to communicate and bring technical and non-technical teams together to achieve success.

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

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. 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 £64,033 - £74,278.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have 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.

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.

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.

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.

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