Digital Manager

WHO WE ARE

Chefs in Schools is a young, ambitious charity that's growing fast. Our mission is to improve kids' health through better school food and food education.

We focus on areas of high deprivation, where more than a third of children are entitled to free school meals and diet-related disease is deepening inequality. We train and support school kitchen teams to serve the freshest, tastiest food possible, alongside meaningful food education — and we share what we learn so others can follow.

Better is possible in school food. Kids are the future — let's feed them like it.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As our Digital Manager, you'll be the strategic anchor and driving force behind our online presence. You'll own the performance of our two flagship websites — the main Chefs in Schools platform and the national School Food Project resource and coalition hub — driving traffic, mastering SEO, and ensuring a secure, high-quality user experience against clear targets.

This is a leadership role that bridges technical execution and creative strategy. You'll be the confident link between our external tech agencies and our internal content and programme teams, and you'll line-manage a small digital sub-team of 1–2 direct reports.

We're looking for someone solutions-focused, collaborative and deeply analytical, who takes pride in helping a mission-driven organisation run at its best.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own the strategy and performance of our two websites — UX, SEO, accessibility, uptime and security
• Set, monitor and report against clear targets for traffic, engagement, downloads and search rankings, using GA4 and Microsoft Clarity
• Act as the primary interface with our external web agencies, holding them to high-quality delivery on time and budget
• Line-manage, mentor and support 1–2 direct reports
• Work closely with our Comms, External Relations and Programme teams to align digital work with wider campaigns
• Oversee data integrity across our website, e-learning platform (LMS) and CRM, ensuring full GDPR compliance
• Build clear dashboards and reports for our Senior Leadership Team

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Proven experience managing digital products, websites or platforms, ideally at manager level in a charity, agency or fast-paced setting
• Confidence managing integrated CMS, CRM and LMS environments and multi-layered user permissions
• Foundational HTML and CSS to troubleshoot layout issues and brief developers
• Experience briefing and managing external technical partners to deliver on time and budget
• Experience managing and developing direct reports
• Strong data fluency (Google Analytics, CRM reporting, spreadsheets)
• Outstanding communication skills — able to translate "technical speak" for non-experts and write brand-aligned content
• A genuine commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, and to our mission

Desirable: experience with online community moderation, and prior experience in the charity sector.

BENEFITS

You'll join a friendly, supportive team that works hard but believes in a healthy work/life balance — we were voted one of CODE Hospitality's happiest places to work in 2024.

• 33 days' holiday (incl. bank holidays), plus 3 Christmas closure days and summer wellbeing days
• Hybrid working, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced parental leave
• £250 towards elective training of your choice
• Bupa Dental Insurance, Income Protection, and the Aviva Smart Health platform (free online GP, counselling and wellbeing support)
• Free CODE app access for discounted restaurants and hospitality venues

HOW TO APPLY

To keep our process fair and unbiased, we ask candidates to answer a few questions about the day-to-day job, submitted with your CV. Answers are anonymised, randomised and reviewed by a panel.

Closing: 11:59pm, 26th August 2026.