Social Media Manager
London, N1
About Us
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is a unique membership organisation made up of 15 of the UKs leading humanitarian charities: Action Against Hunger, ActionAid UK, Age International, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide (UK), International Rescue Committee, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Oxfam GB, Plan International UK, Save the Children UK, Tearfund, and World Vision UK.
When large-scale disasters strike countries that lack the resources to respond, we bring our member charities together to raise funds quickly and efficiently. In times of crisis, our mission is to save, protect, and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian action.
Working as one, we coordinate the UK publics response to overseas disasters. Through our Rapid Response Network of media and corporate partners, we raise the alarm with the UK public and make donating as easy as possible, with most funds raised within the first two weeks of an appeal.
Since our launch in 1963, we have run 79 appeals and raised an astounding £2.5bn, helping save countless lives and rebuild communities.
We are now looking for a Social Media Manager to join us on a full-time basis for a two year fixed term contract, working 35 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £40,560 per annum
- Flexible working hours (outside of an appeal)
- 25 days' annual leave, rising with length of service (3 years: 27 days. 5 years: 30 days)
- 3% employers pension contribution, rising to 8% post probation
- HealthCare Cash Plan, providing an array of health services (~£1,660 cash value, per year)
- Wellbeing support
- Discounted access to various health club providers (via Gympass)
- Discounts schemes for various retailers and businesses
- Discounted tickets for events, via Tickets for Good
- Season ticket loan (post probation)
- Financial hardship loan (post probation)
- Cycle-to-work & Car scheme (post probation)
This is a rewarding opportunity for a social media professional with video content and design creation experience to join our humanitarian organisation and make a real impact.
By harnessing your unique skillset, youll have the chance to deliver powerful content that drives engagement and supports life-saving humanitarian efforts.
Whats more, you will have the chance to build valuable connections with top charities, influencers, and media, boosting your profile and opening doors in digital communications.
The Role
As a Social Media Manager, you will lead our organic social media strategy to support fundraising, raise awareness and communicate our mission across multiple platforms.
Specifically, you will plan, create and manage compelling social content that aligns with our brand and messaging throughout the year, including high-intensity activity during emergency appeal periods.
Youll lead social media content creation, community engagement and influencer collaboration activities, working with colleagues, agencies and member charities to create timely, accurate and impactful communications.
Additionally, you will:
- Manage and support a team of freelancers or secondees during appeal launches
- Liaise with member charities to align messaging and collaborate on content
- Produce social media analytics reports and use insights to optimise future campaigns
- Stay up to date with trends and emerging platform opportunities
About You
To be considered as a Social Media Manager, you will need:
- Proven experience managing organic social media
- Experience creating digital content including video and design assets
- In-depth knowledge of social media trends and platform developments
- Experience advising senior stakeholders on social media
- A good understanding of fundraising content in the humanitarian sector
- An understanding of GDPR, safeguarding and ethical storytelling practices
- The ability to interpret social media analytics and translate data into strategy
The closing date for this role is 21st July 2025.
Other organisations may call this role Digital Marketing Manager, Social Media Lead, Digital Content Manager, Social Engagement Manager, Online Content Manager, or Social Media and Community Manager.
Webrecruit and the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) are equal opportunities 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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