Contract Type: Permanent, Full time, 35 hours per week

Location: Hybrid (2-3 days per week in the London office)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Reports to: CEO

Salary and Benefits: £60-70k (Head of), £70k – 85k (Director) depending on experience, plus discretionary annual bonus, 35 days leave per annum (inclusive of bank holidays) and a 6% employer pension contribution.

Learning and Development: We want our people to flourish and grow whilst working for us, helping to contribute towards Future Advocacy’s continued success and impact. This is why we place a big emphasis on learning and development.

Why join us?

Future Advocacy is a global agency, currently based in London and Brussels, that puts cutting-edge advocacy, campaigning and communications tools into the hands of individuals and organisations working to create a better future.

We are highly skilled at:

• Designing winning advocacy strategies and delivering impactful global government relations work
• Mobilising targeted and powerful campaigns for change
• Strategic communications strategies and social media management
• Research, analysis, policy development and writing
• Training in all aspects of strategy, lobbying, campaigning, and media work

We are proud to work for some fantastic clients seeking to make the world a better place. Current and previous clients include the Jamie Oliver Group; Movember; the Elton John AIDS Foundation; WaterAid; the Brave Movement; Bite Back 2030; World Food Programme; Islamic Relief; Gates Foundation; Sarah Brown’s TheirWorld; NHS, Wellcome Trust, World Wide Web Foundation, Open Data Institute, and the Pathways for Prosperity Commission which was co-chaired by Melinda Gates. 

Our Founder/CEO previously was Director of the ONE campaign across Europe for seven years, responsible for all ONE’s policy, campaigns, digital, media, and advocacy work. He was a key architect of the Make Poverty History Campaign; Movement Director for the anti-slavery organisation Walk Free; and an Executive Director of the UK Labour Party.

The Role 

Future Advocacy is hiring for a creative Head of Digital Campaigns or Director of Digital Campaigns to play a big role in our growing team.  We are looking for a creative and bold digital nativist who is skilled at using disruptive and innovative tactics to drive political change, especially in the context of rising populist narratives. This is an exciting opportunity to lead, and contribute to, some very exciting and impactful projects.

It is an exciting time to join the organisation. The Digital Head/Director will play a key role in a major new project supported by the Gates Foundation to create a Strategic Communications and Advocacy Lab (SCAL) in the UK, Germany, EU and France.  The goal of SCAL is to shift the dominant political narratives around international “aid” and create political space for more government action in this area. You will work closely with the Founder/CEO; the Director of Advocacy and Communications in London; and the Director of our EU Office in Brussels; as part of our small, happy, and dynamic team.

Responsibilities will include: 

• Designing, delivering and evaluating digital communication strategies and activations in our key markets
• Designing, delivering and evaluating creative campaigns online
• Overseeing our social listening, gathering insights to inform online campaign strategy
• Driving content generation strategy and delivery for our clients and Future Advocacy’s own channels
• Developing tactics to counter the tactics of populist nativists seeking to undermine social justice and equality
• Overseeing the maintenance and development of Future Advocacy’s digital channels
• Expanding our digital communication offer to clients
• Contributing to business development
• Leading and contributing to client projects
• Developing materials and delivering training
• Other tasks as required

Skills and Experience

You will have all, or very nearly all, of the following:

• A confident and creative digital native who has a strong track record in using a range of innovative tactics to disrupt and drive political change
• A strong track record in designing and delivering impactful digital and communication strategies to disrupt narratives and drive change
• A strong track record of designing and delivering creative campaigns (including online)
• A strong understanding of making effective use of digital channels to disrupt narratives and drive change
• A strong track record of designing and running advertising campaigns to disrupt narratives and drive change
• A strong track recording in gathering insights from social listening platforms to inform campaign strategies
• A strong understanding of the third sector (NGOs, Think Tanks, Foundations etc) and a strong third sector network
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Enthusiasm, flexibility, and ability to manage competing priorities
• The entrepreneurial drive to develop our digital communications offer for clients
• Experience in hiring and managing agencies and sub-contractors
• Design skills and/or a good design eye would be an asset

Our Culture

Our culture and values are very important to us, allowing us to thrive in a fast changing world. The key values that drive us at Future Advocacy are:

• Always Learning: We constantly strive to improve the work we do, as a team and as individuals.
• Impactful: We define success in terms of the impact our work has on making the world more equal, sustainable and more prosperous.
• Supportive: We are open, responsive, positive and supportive to each other and to others.

Apply for this Job

Please apply here with your CV and cover letter of no more than 500 words by 5pm GMT on 24th March 2025, indicating whether you are applying for Head of or Director of Digital Campaigns.

First round interviews will be held (online) in early April.

If we’re both excited to proceed, second interviews will be held in person, where we will ask you to complete a written task.

Future Advocacy is committed to equal opportunities. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability.  We particularly encourage applications from members of groups that are currently under-represented in our organisation, including Black, Asian and minority ethnic people. 

We are happy to discuss flexible working and other adjustments on a case by case basis.