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Age UK York is offering an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic team and support our vital work here in York.

We are looking to find our new Head of Finance, someone who can bring their experience, expertise and passion to support our local York charity, our team and those we are here to help each and every day.

Enjoy a read of our Full Job Description and Person Specification

You will manage our brilliant Finance team continuing and strengthening our financial management helping our organisation to make every penny entrusted to us count as we develop, manage and realise our financial goals. Our Finance function underpins all that we do and can ensure we can continue to offer the services on which so many rely and the difference we together make in supporting older people and those around them across York.

You would be a member of our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and work closely with our Board of Trustees including our Treasurer.

The opportunity offers an excellent benefits package and not only take forward the strong legacy from our current team though the opportunity to bring your own identity, ideas and strengths to the fore in our collective efforts to be there tomorrow and beyond.

Key Responsibilities:

• Experience and success in providing both leadership and management to a FInance function and the range of responsibilities for an organisation.
• Managed a team providing support, motivation and nurturing talent and opportunity.
• Experience in providing leadership within an organisation; an eye for detail and a driver of standards in continuously learning and strengthening working practices and outcomes.
• Experience in leading teams in successfully delivering finance and support functions.
• The ability to readily transfer your existing experiences and skills to a new challenge.
• Understanding of your strengths and areas for continuing development and proactively build your knowledge and skills.
  
  

We’re looking for someone to take forward this finance focussed role and as a member of our Senior Leadership Team who:

• Is successful in providing financial management for an organisation and effective in collaborating and supporting non-financial colleagues in our shared financial goals and successful practice.
• Demonstrates strong leadership and people management skills.
• and can contribute to realising our organisational strategic priorities.
• Skilled, including an excellent communicator, in building and maintaining successful relationships across internal teams and external partnership as an ambassador for our organisation
• Able, and experienced, in delivering in meeting outcomes and targets whilst supporting a performance and continuous improvement organisational approach.
• Highly organised, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment;
• Strong attention to detail, analytical and critical thinking qualities, and able to apply and be energised to meet organisational challenges and opportunities in continually strengthening our organisation to help us realise our vision, mission and priorities.

Key Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

• Ability to prepare, manage, monitor and report on budgets.
• Previous experience in one or more, management or financial accounting roles delivering day to day finance functions.
• Experience of line management and support, motivation and development to colleagues and collective team.
• Experience of supporting the development of high quality services through financial management and support to operational colleagues.
• Effective understanding of financial statistics and accounting principles.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Including interpreting and communicating financial information to non-finance function colleagues; a facilitative and accessible approach; ability to manage remote communications and diplomacy and conflict resolution skills.
• Passion and commitment to work within a not for profit organisation and support a team approach in working to help others.
• Decision making – ability to make decisions based on an analysis of data and insights, including financial, performance and needs based data.

Salary and Benefits:

• £17.75 per hour (£ 32,391.98 full time equivalent)

• A genuinely friendly and supportive environment

• Generous holidays – 26.5 days plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time employees). Additional leave – an extra day of long service.

• Birthday day off

• Enhanced sick pay after 6 months of service

• Flexible work schedule 

• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Potential for funding towards professional qualifications 

• Employee discounts

• Free eye test 

• Free flu jabFree DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service)  

Application Method:

• Applications: please send a CV and covering letter to recruitment@ageukyork.org.uk
• Further information: please see attached job description for further information. If you would like to discuss the role, please contact Simon Holmes on 01904 627995.
• Closing date for applications is 10am on Tuesday 8 September 2026
  
  
• You can view ouf full job and person description by clicking Full Job Description and Person Specification

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Are you looking for a career in care?

Age UK York are recruiting for dedicated care workers to provide high-quality person-centred care to people living in their own homes. Car driver essential.

Care workers provide a flexible and adaptive service which responds to the needs and wishes of the clients, enabling positive outcomes.

The Role.

Age UK York’s Bridge the Gap Care Service is a domiciliary care service that provides personal care to people living within their own homes whilst maintaining their independence.  Services are provided to adults with a wide range of health care and social care needs, including physical disabilities, mental health needs and dementia.

This could include:

Assisting in/out of bed.

Preparation and serving of meals.

Administering medication.

Personal care including bathing and showering.

Social Calls.

Requirements.

Full UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle.

Honest, caring and reliable.

Willingness to work alone and as part of a team.

Ability to communicate with people at all levels.

Understand the needs of vulnerable clients.

Must have the right to work in the UK.

Enhanced DBS Security Clearance. (Age UK York will fund this).

Hours.

ZERO hours

Salary:

£12.35 per hour increasing to £13.59 per hour after 7pm and weekends.

45p per mile paid starting from your home address, this also includes travel time.

Location.

York and the surrounding areas.

Age UK York’s Benefits.

Full training and induction.

Enrolment and support to complete NVQ’s/Diploma’s.

Generous paid holidays.

Pension Contributions.

Free DBS Check.

Free flu jab.

Discounted Age UK Insurance policies.

For more information and a discussion about the role please contact the CQC Registered Manager, Anne-Marie Miles on 01904 627995.

Alternatively, CV’s can be sent directly to: recruitment@ageukyork.org.uk

Applications are also accepted via the website: www.ageuk.org.uk/york

Full Job Description and Person Specification

Would you like to make a lasting impact on the lives of older people in York?

Are you looking for a flexible weekday role which fits around your home life?

Service: Feather Duster Cleaning

Location: York and the surrounding area. Entering customers homes

Responsible to: Feather Duster Manager

Hours: Zero Hours or 10+ hours per week contracts available (drivers only) with some flexibility.

Service hours are Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. (No weekends or evenings)

Salary: £12.71 per hour plus travel time and mileage

We are looking for friendly, reliable people to join our Help at Home team. You will be supporting older people with a range of domestic tasks, helping them to maintain a clean and tidy home,  and offering companionship.

You will need your own transport (either a full driving licence and access to vehicle or a bicycle if working in the local area.) You will receive full training and support, uniform and a generous leave allowance

If you have experience in these areas we would like to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Visit customers in their own homes
• Carry out specific tasks (which have been agreed with the customer on the first visit) whilst allowing for flexibility
• To ensure all visits are on specified times and days agreed
• contact the office immediately if the customers’ circumstances change

Contact the Feather Duster Manager on 01904 866142 during working hours for more details

Applications by CV or Letter can be sent to recruitment@ageukyork.org.uk

Full Job Description and Person Specification

Would you like to make a lasting impact on the lives of older people in York?

Age UK York is offering an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic team and support our vital work here in York.

Age UK York is a local and independent charity which exists to support the older people of York, their families, and carers. Together, our team provide a wide range of service which for over 50 years continue to make a valuable difference to the needs and lives of older people across the city.  

As part of our Finance function, you will make a vital day to day contribution in providing essential administrative support, including data inputting and transaction processing. As part of our team you will help us have the right foundations to make the positive difference we make each day to the lives of older residents across York.

This post is a part-time role of 20 hours per week.

You will need to have good IT skills and attention to detail, and the role will require you to work with a range of applications, including Charity Log and Care Planner CRMs (customer relationship management system), Eproductive and the Xero financial system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Purchase ledger – downloading and coding regular invoices onto our accounts system (Xero)
• Sales ledger – reconciling daily banked amounts and credit card sales from our shops
• Processing customer invoices and taking card payments over the phone.
• Supporting our Finance Officer with general banking and petty cash processes.
• Inputting sales information with respect to Gift Aided donations and changes to Gift aid donor information (Eproductive).
• Supporting monthly monitoring and reporting.

Salary and Benefits:

• Salary £13.10 per hour
• A genuinely friendly and supportive environment
• Generous holidays – 26.5 days plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time employees). Additional leave – an extra day of long service.
• Birthday day off
• Enhanced sick pay after 6 months of service
• Flexible work schedule 
• Potential for funding towards professional qualifications 
• Employee discounts including Blue Light Scheme eligibility
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Free eye test 
• Free flu jab 
• Free DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service)

How to Apply: please apply via CV and cover letter, stating how you fulfil the requirements of the role and email this to recruitment@ageukyork.

Application Deadline: Midday on Wednesday 21 October 2026

Interview dates: Interviews are planned to take place on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 November

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

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