Interim Chief Executive Officer

Contract: 9 to 12 months Fixed Term Contract (Starting in March 2026 for handover with current post holder)

Hours: 35

Location: Finsbury Park, London (office based)

Starting salary: £106,474 per annum (London Weighting Allowance included)

Closing date: We will interview candidates on a rolling basis

Job ref: VA 778

Freedom from Torture is the Winner of the overall award for excellence and the top prize for Campaigns and Advocacy at the 2023 Charity Awards.

About the role

The interim CEO will be stepping in to lead a high performing senior management team through the next phase of our strategic approach to delivering services with survivors of torture, speaking out to uphold a worldwide torture ban and building internal resilience. The Trustees have designated funds to make investments supporting the changes in services and updated technology. They are looking for an interim CEO for 9 12 months to support the teams to develop robust business cases, including the skillsets needed to deliver those plans. Some investments are underway and the Trustees are keen to maintain progress while seeking a new CEO.

About you

You will be an experienced CEO, with a track record of leading organisational transformation and supporting teams through change. You will have experience of digital change programmes as well as organisational change.

Freedom from Torture is strongly committed to diversity, equality and inclusion and welcomes applications from those who also have direct experience of torture, the asylum system or overcoming personal adversity and/or who come from Black, Asian, ethnic minority and/or other under represented groups.

About the terms

We offer a competitive package, with a generous 30 day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution (minimum 1% employee contribution).

Freedom from Torture is committed to showing the salary for all advertised roles and not negotiating salaries for roles, in light of evidence that this contributes to structural inequality.

About Freedom from Torture

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Hear more about working at FfT from our incredible staff.

To apply

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please see here.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the job description and person specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Please also note that we are looking for someone who can start immediately. Please only apply if you are available to start right away, subject to references.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Due to the nature of this rolling recruitment process, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.