Chief Impact Officer

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. We’re looking for someone who brings: ✅ 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. Requirements Programmes ·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. Policy ·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. Training and Learning ·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. Fundraising ·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. Survivor Inclusion ·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.