• Location
• Hybrid/London
• Contract Type
• Permanent
• Apply by
• 23-Jan-2026
• Salary range
• £25,752.00 - £28,462.00
• Job Category
• Brand
• Working pattern
• 5 days per week
• Weekly Hours
• 35 hours

Stories are at the heart of everything we do at Age UK. We work with storytellers, the older people who bravely share the challenges that come with later life and discuss how Age UK’s support has brought about a positive, to bring our vital services to life.

Are you a brilliant communicator with the skills to share the voices of a broad range older people, and to bring Age UK’s work to life for the broadest possible audience? Age UK is recruiting a Stories and Content Officer to join our dynamic Brand and Content Team. 

You’ll have an incredible opportunity to work directly with the people we support and turn their words into engaging and inspiring content. You’ll also work with the Age UK network to ensure we’re telling the stories of as many older people as possible, from a diverse range of backgrounds, to ensure we’re providing the fullest picture of later life in this country.

If you’re a born ‘people person’ with impeccable organisational skills, bags of enthusiasm and creativity, and love nothing more than a good chat, this could be the perfect role for you

This opportunity would also be well suited to a journalism graduate looking to further develop their interviewing and writing skills.

This role is subject to a DBS check.

We operate a hybrid-working model, a blend of home and office working. This role will include one day per week working from our London office. Your travel costs to the London office 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
•    Experience of writing features and profiles (including examples). A, I, P
•    Track record in identifying, writing and editing compelling stories about people. A, I

Skills and knowledge
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills A, I, T
•    Excellent attention to detail A
•    Database proficiency A
•    High levels of organisation and the ability to multi-task A
•    Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to conduct in depth interviews A

Personal attributes
•    Ability to handle emotionally challenging stories with sensitivity A

• 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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