Age UK has led on the development of 'We Are Undefeatable', a transformational and emotional campaign that aims to inspire those living with long term health conditions to undertake sustainable behaviour changes and become more active.

We are now recruiting for a Brand Activation Lead to join the Age UK "We Are Undefeatable" team and take this ground breaking campaign to the next level.

If successful, you will take responsibility for the overall campaign strategy evolution, building it into a strong brand in its own right. You will lead, manage and motivate a team of 5, ensuring we stay at the cutting edge of creativity and effectiveness.

You will also be involved in significant stakeholder management, managing communications and relationships with senior decision makers from the 15 charity partners involved in the campaign, as well as Sport England and Public Health England, ensuring all campaign strategy and plans have buy in from stakeholders.

About you

* You will have significant experience in senior brand marketing and communication roles, managing multi million pound consumer focussed campaigns.
* You will demonstrate exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence senior decision makers.
* You should have expert creative development, PR and media planning and digital skills.
* You will need to be a strategic and entrepreneurial thinker.
* Your experience leading a creative team in a complex planning environment will be essential.

What we offer in return

In return we can offer a part time post over 3 days / 21 hours per week, an excellent salary of between £60,000 and £63,000 (pro rata), and great benefits including 26 days annual leave (pro rata) + bank holidays, excellent pension (we contribute up to 9%), Life Assurance, Healthcare Cashback Plan, Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to work scheme, flexible working and much more.

For a full overview of responsibilities and criteria please see the attached job description.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Age UK is a charity for everyone, and our vision is a world where you and your loved ones can make the most of later life. If you are looking to use your technical expertise to make the UK a better place to grow old, then we might have the job for you.

Like any large organisation we have a complex IT infrastructure, and its optimum performance is integral to the work we do. As such, we are recruiting for an experienced IT Incident Manager to join the team and act as the primary escalation contact for major IT incidents, ensuring normal service is resumed as quickly as possible with limited impact on operations.

What will you do?

* Act as a primary escalation point for IT incidents
* Plan and manage support for incident management including tools, processes & procedures, and suppliers.
* Develop and maintain incident management systems
* Maintain relationship between service providers and customers to ensure a thorough understanding of the customer and their business drivers
* Ensure service performance reports are produced and SLA targets are monitored, and failure to achieve SLAs reported on

About you.

* Experience in a similar IT incident services role i.e Incident Manager, Major Incident Coordinator, Customer Relations Manager
* Experience of managing and supporting applications, infrastructure and networks in a complex IT environment
* Working knowledge of Azure including performance optimisation
* Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
* An efficient approach to incident management resolution
* Ability to use monitoring tools and provide analysis
* Office 365 troubleshooting and configuration

What we can offer in return

We can offer a varied and challenging role in a friendly team and collaborative environment. Initially the role is for a 12 month fixed term period.

We can also offer a competitive salary between £34,000 and £37,000 and excellent benefits, including pension (we pay up to 9%), 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, season ticket loan, life assurance, healthcare cashback plan, flexible working and much more.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Age UK and Age International are jointly recruiting for a creative Senior Media Officer to join their busy PR Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work for high profile charities dedicated to helping older people in need, both here in the UK and overseas.

The post holder will develop and implement PR strategies that build the profile of the organisations (Age UK and Age International) and their brands in the UK.

You will:

• Have experience of working in a media or PR environment and of working with journalists
• Be innovative, resourceful and persistent, with a strong track record of delivering high volume/quality media coverage, ideally for international development or aging issues or consumer PR
• Have worked collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and on cross-team initiatives
• Be highly organised with excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to write articles and high quality copy for a range of audiences.
• Have experience working with case studies and of dealing with potentially sensitive stories
• Have the ability to understand issues that affect older people
• Undertake other necessary tasks, including news desk and on-call duties within the Charity's press office

What we offer in return

* 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
* Annual leave purchase scheme
* A fantastic pension (with up to 9% employer contributions)
* Health cash plan
* Annual Season Ticket loan (spread the cost of your commute)
* Cycle to work scheme
* Shopping discounts and many more excellent benefits

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Age UK is a charity for everyone, and our vision is a world where you and your loved ones can make the most of later life. If you want to use your accounting skills to make the UK a better place to grow old, then we have the job for you.

We are recruiting for an experienced Management Accountant / Assistant Management Accountant to join our team and provide management accounting support to an experienced Finance Business Partner,

As a Management Accountant / Assistant Management Accountant at Age UK you will

* Assist with the timely production of management accounts.
* Calculate and post month end journals, including prepayments and accruals.
* Prepare accurate account reconciliations
* Investigate and explain budget variances
* Support the Finance Business Partner with budget planning and forecasting

About you

* You should have good double entry bookkeeping skills and experience with accounts reconciliation.
* You should have experience producing management accounts, and calculating and posting month end journals.
* You will need good Excel skills and experience working with financial accounting software.
* You should be AAT qualified or part qualified CIMA / ACCA with experience in an Assistant Account / Assistant Management Accountant role
* You will have a background working within a Finance team.
* Excellent communications skills both written and verbal are essential.

What we offer in return

In return we can offer an excellent salary between £31,000 and £34,000, and great benefits including 26 days annual leave + holiday purchase scheme + bank holidays, excellent pension (we contribute up to 9%), life assurance, healthcare cashback plan, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, technology purchase scheme, flexible working and much more.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Age UK. Last year, our Fundraising team raised over £50M and we are investing in an ambitious Fundraising strategy to help us deeply engage more supporters and partners in our work, so that we can be there for even more older people who need someone to turn to.

The Fundraising Innovation Manager role is pivotal to our strategy, helping create and manage the innovation and new product development process and embed it into the very fabric of the Fundraising Division. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has thorough knowledge of fundraising products and the ability to manage and deliver new product development cycles to develop their career, using their passion and ambition to make a significant difference to older people in need of our support.

This opportunity would best suit a creative and passionate team player who enjoys supporting teams to challenge their thinking and try new ways of working in order to meet organisational KPI's, developing and nurturing internal product development and innovation throughout the fundraising division.

You will be:

* Leading new fundraising product development cycles based on deep insight and analysis
* Ensuring that Age UK is actively considering and optimising opportunities in the marketplace for suitable product offerings including but not limited to: sporting, challenge, mass-participation, digital, local crowd-funding + more - either by conducting or commissioning research and insight working closely with the relevant team
* Co-ordinating our needs around consumer insight into new product development cycle themes - briefing agencies directly or working with the Head of Strategy & Innovation or Senior Insight Manager
* Analysing and evaluating qualitative and quantitative research from which new fundraising ideas can be generated
* Running insight based ideas innovation sessions, followed by rigorous filtering of ideas to identify which concepts should go on to be validated
* Determining how to validate fundraising products and propositions, identifying ways in which to test in a timely and cost-effective manner
* Ensuring the capture, management and sharing of data is in line with business and data management processes
* Working with the Head of Strategy & Innovation to help deliver excellence in planning, monitoring and evaluating across the Fundraising portfolio
* Engaging, influencing and updating stakeholders in our fundraising products, including the Fundraising Leadership team, and Heads of Departments across Brand, Comms, Media, Digital and Services
* Proactively understanding Age UK's entire portfolio of fundraising products and identify opportunities for maximising engagement and reducing product conflict
* Presenting findings to senior stakeholders and articulate the business case for your proposals

What we offer in return

* 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
* Annual leave purchase scheme
* A fantastic pension (with up to 9% employer contributions)
* Health cash plan
* Annual Season Ticket loan (spread the cost of your commute)
* Cycle to work scheme
* Shopping discounts and many more excellent benefits

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Age International is a charity focusing on age-friendly aid and development. We help older people around the world to overcome poverty, claim their rights and challenge discrimination. Age International is a subsidiary of Age UK and a member of the HelpAge global network and the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).

Age International has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic direct marketer to develop their career further and make a significant difference to vulnerable older people in need.

About you

We are looking for an excellent project manager with a good understanding of direct marketing and experience of managing a variety of campaigns through different channels to grow supporter loyalty. This will include developing best in class supporter journeys through channels such as direct mail, digital and SMS.

As a member of the DEC, you will also be involved in launching emergency campaigns as and when they arise.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a varied and collaborative role, building strong relationships with supporters, suppliers and internal teams.

What we offer in return

* A varied and challenging role
* A salary banding of £26,000 - £31,000
* A friendly team and collaborative environment
* A commitment to development and learning
* 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
* A very competitive pension (with employer contributions up to 9%)
* Annual leave purchase scheme
* Health cash back scheme
* Annual season ticket loan (spread the cost of your commute)
* Shopping discounts and many more…

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Age UK are looking to recruit a CRM Data Integration Developer to join our development team. We have complex data streams of both Charitable and Commercial data and the successful candidate will be responsible for the development of our data integration framework to accommodate our data demands.

Working with key stakeholders and alongside the CRM Data Architect you will provide technical expertise in analysis, design, development and deployment of Age UK data integration initiatives.

You will develop our framework to effortlessly load our complex data sets into MS Dynamic, Age UK CRM solution, and develop the established Age UK CRM data warehouse - ISaACC. You will build on the single customer solution and support the Age UK CRM team to deliver insightful marketing campaign selections, business intelligent insight and actionable reporting.

The role requires a highly organised individual with established knowledge and experience of Microsoft T-SQL, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and a willingness to embrace other ETL solutions.

About you

* You will have experience in database data management role and significant experience of software specification, development and testing, including profiling SQL queries and performance tuning.
* You should have advanced T-SQL and extensive ETL experience, supported with your knowledge of software development life cycle.
* You'll have demonstrable experience working with relational databases and the use of SQL, Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is essential.
* Your knowledge of bulk data manipulation and import procedures and a procedural programming language such as VB, C# or Java will be essential

What we offer in return

In return we can offer an excellent salary of £38,000 to £44,000 per annum and great benefits including 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, excellent pension (we pay in up to 9%), Life Assurance, Healthcare Cashback Plan, Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to work scheme, Shopping Discounts, flexible working and much more.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Are you an experienced learning and development professional? Age UK are currently recruiting for a passionate individual to join our established team, supporting our retail division to achieve their ambitious and forward thinking plans.

The successful applicant will be confident of designing new training programmes, tailored to our retail needs and will work closely with our retail colleagues to support growth in our stores through effective, innovative learning & development and engagement initiatives. This role is predominantly office based (in Ashburton) but will require some travel/overnight stays when necessary.

About you

* You will positively promote a learning and development culture within the retail division of Age UK, analysing training needs and working with the wider team to develop and deliver a training plan for staff and volunteers.

* You will need experience of working in a busy L&D function and demonstrable experience of designing, delivering and evaluating both technical and personal development training programmes, preferably in a retail environment.

* Working closely with the Engagement and Wellbeing team, you will be passionate about learning and development, striving for continuous improvement, whilst being flexible and keen to assist with other projects as required.

* With strong interpersonal and communication skills, you will take responsibility for your own administration and be proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

What we offer in return

* 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
* Annual leave purchase scheme
* A fantastic pension (with up to 9% employer contributions)
* Health cash plan
* Annual Season Ticket loan (spread the cost of your commute)
* Cycle to work scheme
* Shopping discounts and many more excellent benefits

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Effective governance is vital for Age UK to ensure it achieves its strategic objectives and meets the requirements of its regulators.

The Senior Governance Manager is a key role supporting, and deputising for, the Head of Governance in managing and providing all aspects of the governance and secretariat service relevant to the most senior Boards and Committees within the Age UK Group.

This is a very visible role working closely with Trustees and Directors as well as the most senior staff within the Charity, providing advice and support.

The post will suit someone who is pro-active, has excellent management, relationship and organisational skills, and enjoys applying those skills in an environment which is often fluid and can be complex.

You will be:

* Supporting the Head of Governance, Boards and the Legal and Governance departments
* Working closely with Trustees and Directors, you will ideally have an understanding of charity governance
* Proven in providing secretariat services; servicing senior level Boards and Committees
* Managing the annual programme of meetings for the Board of Trustees to facilitate the efficient conduct of business and decision-making
* An experienced line manager
* Highly organised, with excellent time management and a good understanding of corporate governance
* Experienced from working in a financial services regulated environment
* Pro-active with excellent management and communication skills
* Proficient in tailoring communications according to your audience
* An efficient team member with strong presentation and negotiation skills
* A proficient user of MS Office programmes and have a high level of written English
* A confident problem-solver, with sound judgement and a keen eye for detail
* Leading a number of projects and activities associated with a senior role in a complex charity

Please see job description for full list of duties.

What we offer in return:

* 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
* Annual leave purchase scheme
* A fantastic pension (with up to 9% employer contributions)
* Health cash plan
* Annual Season Ticket loan (spread the cost of your commute)
* Cycle to work scheme
* Shopping discounts and many more excellent benefits

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

This is a new role shared role that'll see you work across Age UK and the Age England Association (AEA), the membership association of the Age UK network in England. You'll help our respective organisations communicate and engage with our internal audiences - Age UK's staff and the 130+ independent charities that make up the Age UK network.

It's an exciting and crucial time for our future. Age UK's 3-year strategy and an ongoing 'Big Conversation' about the Age UK network's shared strategy for the next decade will shape our collective impact on the millions of older people we act together to support. A big part of your role will be to bring this work to life, explaining what we're doing, what it means, and why participating is so important for our organisations and our beneficiaries alike.

You'll also help us communicate with Age UK's staff and the AEA's members about other key projects and support both organisations with our day-to-day internal communications activity, working with a wide range of channels and tools. Acting together in partnership is very much at the heart of our future, so this role will see you work part-time for both organisations.

About you:

* You'll be well versed in designing and delivering high impact communications strategies and plans and reacting to ad-hoc communications needs.
* As an expert communicator with plenty of experience, you'll use your finely honed skills to produce clear, consistent and creative content across digital, face-to-face and print.
* Your critical thinking skills will help us keep an eye on the big picture while delivering tactical messaging that cuts through ambiguity.
* You'll be well organised, able to deftly manage and move between organisations, audiences, projects, priorities, and day-to-day activity.
* You're passionate about creating a fair and equal society for older people and uphold Age UK's values - 'we are focused', 'we act together' and 'we are bold'.

What we offer in return:

This is an exciting opportunity to make your mark in a new and unique role at a time of change. We'll offer learning and development, a competitive pay and benefits package, including 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays, an excellent pension scheme (we contribute up to 9%), life assurance, and much more.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.