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AGE UK GATESHEAD LIMITED
31,939 - 35,301 per year
Hybrid/London
Full-time
12th January 2026
  • Location
  • Hybrid/London
  • Contract Type
  • Permanent
  • Apply by
  • 12-Jan-2026
  • Salary range
  • £31,939.00 - £35,301.00
  • Job Category
  • Campaigns
  • Working pattern
  • 5 days per week
  • Weekly Hours
  • 35 hours

Are you an exceptional campaigner with a track record of creating, developing and implementing innovative and successful campaigns?

Age UK is recruiting for a Campaigns Officer with fantastic organisational and project management skills, along with an understanding of advocacy and campaigning with online and offline networks.

You will also have the creativity and communication skills to help us achieve real change, working with and for older people in line with our strategy and goals.

If this sounds like you, we welcome your application to join our collaborative and passionate External Affairs Team.

This role is permanent and offered on a Hybrid / London contract. There is a requirement to be in the office at least once a month and when required to support meetings and events in London. There will also be occasional travel to support at events across the country. Travel costs to the London office are the responsibility of the postholder and are not covered by the charity.

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process: Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

Good experience of writing persuasive communications to engage a range of supporters online and offline A, I, T

Extensive experience managing a complex workload and managing workflow when tight turnarounds are required A

Experience of organising events A, I

Experience of working collaboratively with others to achieve results A, I

Experience of building relationships with those with lived experience, supporters, beneficiaries or service users A, I, T

Skills and knowledge

Excellent project management skills A, I

Excellent written and oral communication skills T, I

Understanding of political processes and key decision-making environments, including the UK Parliament A

Ability to think strategically, be proactive, and to identify new opportunities I

Understanding of advocacy and campaigning tools A, I

Understanding of how to work in a politically balanced way I

Knowledge and understanding of what equal opportunities means in relation to this post and the ability to incorporate equality practices into all aspects of the work I

Personal attributes

Strong interest in creating change and passion for social justice A,I

  • Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
  • Wellbeing days – 2 paid days per year (pro rata for our part-time colleagues)
  • Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan and EAP
  • Car Benefit scheme, Cycle to Work scheme
  • Home & Tech - apply to buy any Home & Tech items from 'Currys' & 'IKEA', up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free. (subject to affordability)
  • Blue Light Card scheme
  • You Did It Awards – recognition awards from £100-250.

Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an ‘A’ in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.

Please submit a Word version of your CV as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements and heavily formatted CVs. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
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. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

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.

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

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