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Lead transformative global impact. Champion survivor centred change. Shape the future of a world free from slavery. Hope for Justice is seeking a bold, visionary Chief Impact Officer to spearhead our global Programmes, Policy, Training, and Survivor Inclusion work. This is an exciting executive opportunity to drive systemic change, innovate at scale, and ensure our worldwide efforts remain survivor‑centred, rights‑based, and grounded in evidence. As our CIO, you will shape and grow high‑quality programmes across the Global North and Global South, lead our policy and research agenda, strengthen our awareness & prevention, and embed MEAL‑driven insight across the organisation. You will partner at the most senior levels—internally and externally—to influence governments, donors, partners, and international stakeholders. You will also play a critical role in stewarding key donor relationships and guiding programmatic funding strategy in collaboration with our Chief Philanthropy Officer, ensuring long‑term financial sustainability across our global portfolio. Above all, you will champion survivor-empowering approaches in every area of our work, ensuring our mission translates into lasting, transformative change.
Job Responsibility:
Strategic development and innovation of Programmes in line with the 5-year Step Change Framework and Theory of Change
Creating long-term strategic planning for strengthening and scaling impact across the organisation, focusing on programmatic touchpoints
Providing direction and guidance for new work including partnerships, programme products and funding-directed work
Developing the necessary structure for global programmes management (Global North & Global South)
Ensuring the vision, values, and aims of Programmes are embedded and communicated internally and externally
Ensuring Programmes advance through technology and digitisation to strengthen innovation and collaboration
Ensuring sustainability of programme models beyond operational lifespan (e.g., transition to local ownership)
Understanding intersectionality (climate, poverty, civil war, displacement) and how this impacts programmes, partners and strategy
Building synergy with Slave-Free Alliance to inform programme responses to forced labour/child labour
Oversight of MEAL including rebuilding capacity, data consistency, digitisation rollout, and use of data to drive quality and learning
Oversight of Programme Operational Procedures, ensuring organisational policy, governance, due diligence and safeguarding
Effective management of programmatic risk and incidents, including mitigation actions
Driving efficiencies through strong monitoring and data utilisation
Serving as a standard-bearer for quality-led, human-rights-based, survivor-empowering programming
Overseeing development and implementation of Hope for Justice’s Policy strategies related to the anti-trafficking response
Participating in sector-specific committees and international opportunities to build relationships, identify opportunities for collaboration and speak on policy forums and platforms where appropriate to share about our work
Oversight of the Policy & Research function globally
Helping establish frameworks for international and local policy and advocacy
Ensuring organisational policy adapts to legislation and government approaches
Supporting reform and policy-oriented research at governmental, intergovernmental, multilateral and civil-society levels
Advancing policy understanding across Programmes to influence systemic change
Oversight of the Global Learning function
Supporting strategic development of training for prevention and awareness
Leading training product development and initiatives for Philanthropy, Programmes, and Slave-Free Alliance
Oversight of internal training product development and initiatives
Using MEAL insights and learning agendas to adapt programming and drive quality
Accountability for Programme finances and funding-related strategic decision-making
Working with finance and strategic partnerships teams on grants and funding applications and reporting
Development and management of the annual Programme budget
Accurately identifying funding needs across programmes and managing funding flow
Building and maintaining high-level relationships with funders and potential funders
Supporting development of a funding strategy for sustainable programming with country teams and fundraising experts
Communicating and presenting to donors when required
Ensuring data and impact accountability for donors through MEAL and reporting
Ensuring Hope for Justice remains a human-rights-based, survivor-empowering organisation
Ensuring systems and structures support survivor and community empowerment and long-term change
Ensuring safeguarding standards are understood and upheld, including acting with due care and reporting concerns promptly
Embedding survivor-centred principles across Programmes, Policy, Learning, and external engagement
Requirements:
Executive-level experience
Significant leadership experience at an executive or equivalent senior level in complex international organisations
International development expertise
A strong track record working in the Modern Slavery Human Trafficking sector across international development or global programme contexts, including experience working across both Global North and Global South environments
Strategic and innovative leadership
Proven ability to shape and scale strategies, drive innovation, and lead cross‑functional, multicultural teams toward shared impact goals
High‑level stakeholder influence
Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders, funders, boards, governments, and global partners
comfortable representing the organisation at the highest levels
Commitment to survivor empowerment
A deep understanding of rights‑based, survivor‑centred approaches—and a passion for embedding these principles across all aspects of organisational impact
What we offer:
Paid annual leave
Paid sick leave
Paid parental leave
Parental leave
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Wellbeing programme
Company-provided laptop
Company mobile phone
Pension scheme
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (prorata for part time employees)
1 day Marriage Leave
Birthday Day
Enhanced employer pension contributions
Company sick pay
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Access to our Employee Rewards Platform, providing discounts and offers for well-known retailers
Free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme for staff and their family