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Age UK Sheffield is a great place to work! Could you bring your skills to our team? See our latest vacancies below.
Working for Age UK Sheffield
Age UK Sheffield is a local independent charity with around 60 staff members. We help over 4,000 local older people every year, offering support, activities, events, befriending, information and more. It's a great place to work if you really want to make a difference in people's lives.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Because of the nature of our work with older people, all roles are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
We have a generous annual leave policy – 30 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata). We are an inclusive organisation who embrace and celebrate difference. We welcome and encourage applicants from people from Black, Asian and other minoritised communities, people who are LGBTQ+ and people living with disabilities. We are a Mindful and Disability Confident employer.
You may also like to look at the other ways you can get involved with us.
Chair of Trustees
Voluntary role Our Chair role is vital in leading the strategic development of the charity, working closely with the Chief Executive who will deliver that strategy on a day-to-day basis. Our trustee board also has ultimate responsibility for our trading arm, Age UK Sheffield Enterprises Ltd. This company drives the commercial side of our income generation operation, particularly focusing on our chain of charity shops and the commercial development of our Gathering Ground site in Hillsborough Park. In addition to all the regular duties of all charity Trustees in England and Wales (which can be found here), our Chair has some specific responsibilities including: • Ensuring the efficient and effective conduct of the business of the Board and of general meetings, in particular to do all that is possible to ensure that all Trustees have the opportunity to contribute to discussions. • Establishing a constructive and complementary working relationship with, and provide support for, the Chief Executive. • Representing the charity as required. For more details, download the application pack. To express your interest in becoming our Chair, simply phone us on (0114) 250 2850, or e-mail: recruitment@ageuksheffield.org.uk and ask for a confidential and informal discussion about the roles. The deadline for expressions of interest is Monday 30th December 2024 at 9.00am.
Retail Assistant Banner Cross
We are looking for a Retail Assistant to help cover the day-to-day running of our shop on Wednesday & Saturday only. You will be dynamic and passionate, committed to excellent performance, great customer service, and maximising profits which we use to provide charitable services to older people in Sheffield. Ideally with experience of charity retail, you will be motivated to working to high standards and great customer service, and have a positive, ‘can-do’ approach to working with staff and volunteers. Your innovative approach will help you to maximise sales potential. Salary: £11.78 per hour Based at :Banner Cross Flag Ship Store Closing date for applications 9am, Monday 25th November 2024
Wellbeing Centre Team Coordinator
Wellbeing Centre Team Coordinator We are looking for people passionate about providing excellence in dementia service provision to lead our team based at Norfolk Park and Hillsborough and work in our wonderful locations based in parks across the city. We are looking for people who will enjoy getting to know individual customers and their life stories, sharing joy and laughter whilst exploring new activities. 28 hours 9am - 4pm 4 days per week £18,500 per annum (Actual) We have a generous annual leave policy – 30 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata) Completed application forms should be returned, with your equal opportunities monitoring form, by 28th November 24 2024 to recruitment@ageuksheffield.org.uk Interviews will be held on Week commencing 2nd December 24.
Hospital Discharge Practical 1-1 Assistants
We are looking for experienced, flexible and passionate individuals to join our team, who are committed to supporting older people to live independently in their own home. We have recently extended our funding to expand our discharge to home support provision to provide support to patients on their return back home,this is a real opportunity to make a difference. This role will help facilitate: and work closely with Age UK Sheffield hospital discharge team to ensure Patients receive support on their discharge back home to enable them to remain safe and independent ontheir return back home. 24 hours to be worked across 4 days Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am and 5pm £11.78 per hour actual (£14,701) plus pension and 30 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata) Car drivers are essential to this role Closing date for applications: 9am Thursday the 28th November Interviews: to be held week commencing 2nd December
Interested?
If you'd like to know more about the roles and what we do to support older people living in Sheffield, we recommend checking out our YouTube channel! Here's the link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eXJ8irtClPI1VUEp8u4cA