Social Media Manager

WEBRECRUIT; Folkestone; Hybrid; GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A mission-driven organization in England is seeking a Social Media Manager to lead their social media strategy. You will shape high-impact storytelling and build meaningful engagement to connect audiences with the organization’s mission. This role requires at least three years of experience in social media management, strong strategic skills, and the ability to oversee various campaigns. The position offers a salary of £41,000 along with hybrid working opportunities and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Non-contributory pension scheme

22 days annual leave plus public holidays

Flexible working policy

Qualifications

• At least three years’ experience in social media management.
• Demonstrable experience in designing effective social media strategies.
• Proven experience in organic and paid social media activity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the social media strategy.
• Manage agencies and freelancers against agreed KPIs.
• Drive insight and reporting on social campaigns.

Skills

Social media strategy design

Copywriting

Performance tracking

Agile methodologies

Ambassador/influencer programmes

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Social Media Manager

Our client is seeking a Social Media Manager to lead the delivery of their social media strategy, ensuring their message reaches and resonates with the right audiences in support of their life‑changing mission.

This is a rewarding opportunity for a strategic, creative social media professional to shape high‑impact storytelling, build meaningful engagement, and help connect more people to the work our client does in some of the world’s most remote communities.

Location

Kent or Oxford (with hybrid working)

Rewards

Salary of £41,000, plus a generous pension scheme, annual leave entitlement, and other great benefits and professional growth opportunities.

Contract

Permanent, full‑time

The Role

As a Social Media Manager, you will shape our client’s social media strategy to engage the right audiences, amplify its message, and support their mission through exceptional campaigns.

Right now is an incredible time to join our client as they start a new chapter of ambition and growth. They’re integrating what they do, bringing together services, people and systems to make sure they are operating in a unified way.

You’ll work across organic and paid channels, translating organisational priorities into platform‑specific plans, campaigns, and editorial calendars, whilst working collaboratively with other departments to support their content‑creation requirements.

Alongside this, you’ll oversee the organisation’s ambassador and influencer approach, shaping programmes that connect with audiences in authentic, credible ways. You’ll co‑ordinate inclusive, impact‑led storytelling with trusted partners and put clear briefs and frameworks in place to ensure collaborations are ethical, effective, and support engagement and donor income, across one‑off, regular, and monthly giving.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion a video‑first, mobile‑led approach across social channels
• Manage agencies, creators, and freelancers against agreed KPIs and budgets
• Lead performance tracking, insight and reporting across social campaigns
• Drive testing, learning, and optimisation to improve reach and engagement
• Monitor trends and social listening to identify relevant opportunities

About You

To be considered as a Social Media Manager, you will need:

• At least three years’ experience in a similar social media management role
• Demonstrable experience in designing and delivering social media strategies that achieve cost returns in line with industry standards
• Proven experience leading both organic and paid social media activity within a mission‑driven or charity context
• Experience working within an agile environment, with a good understanding of Scrum and sprint methodologies
• A track record of building and delivering successful ambassador or influencer programmes, including contracting, briefing, and performance measurement
• Evidence of translating insight and performance data into channel growth, supporter acquisition, and measurable donor income, including one‑off, regular and monthly giving
• Strong copywriting, storytelling and editing skills, with the ability to adapt tone across platforms
• A degree or equivalent

The Organisation

Our client is a faith‑based organisation that delivers practical support and religious awareness across the globe.

The Benefits

• Salary of £41,000 per annum
• Annual leave entitlement of 22 days per year plus 8 paid public holidays per year
• Non‑contributory pension scheme (10% of salary); employees may make voluntary additional contributions
• Death in service payment
• Flexible working policy
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

This is a fantastic opportunity for a proven social media strategist to join our client’s mission‑led organisation. You will have the chance to sharpen your expertise across exciting, high‑profile projects with real, genuine purpose, allowing you to develop your craft, whilst knowing your work is part of something truly meaningful.

What’s more, you will discover the true flexibility of hybrid working, affording you greater control over how and where you work, supporting both your professional focus and life beyond it.

Other organisations may call this role Social Media Lead, Digital Social Manager, Social Content Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, or Social Media Strategist.

Webrecruit and our clients are equal‑opportunity employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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