CEO

Are you a visionary and ambitious leader, ready to guide Age UK Cheshire as it embarks on a new and exciting chapter?   

Here is an organisation undergoing significant and momentous transformation. You’ll join as the leader of a newly formed £2.5 million charity, focused on providing every older person in Cheshire the opportunity to live their best life. Through a comprehensive and collaborative merger process, Age UK Cheshire (AUKC) and Age UK Cheshire East (AUKCE) are excited to be joining forces officially in July 2024. Two charities with a clear vision of becoming stronger together and, ultimately, having greater impact for older people in Cheshire. 

Salary: £60-70k

Location: Homebased from Cheshire or surrounding counties (within 1 hour commute)

Benefits: 25 days holiday + bank (rising with length of service), 3% employer pension contribution rising to 5% after probation, generous healthcare cash plan

Contract: Full time or open to reduced hours contract

Culture: Flexible, life and family-friendly 

Age UK Cheshire is a local organisation working with older people, their families, and their carers to support them in living their best lives. They do this by helping people to combat poverty, relieve social isolation and increase their independence. They want to create a future where every older person in Cheshire can live their best life

About the role:

We’re looking for a highly skilled and galvanizing leader to help shape what the future holds as a cohesive and collaborative whole, bringing the entire team along on this exciting journey – from Board through to staff and volunteers. Your goal will be to harness shared strengths and explore new opportunities. 

There’s a strong strategic rationale for the merger, with the primary driver to enhance the support offered to older people in Cheshire, increasing impact and improving sustainability and resilience. The merger will bring synergies and operational efficiencies, as processes are integrated and streamlined, as well as increasing income generation opportunities.  

The Trustees of both Boards have been consulted about the future and are aligned in vision and values. A newly merged charity Board has now been formed with an equal number of Trustees from each charity.

About you:

You’ll need all the following skills and experiences in your toolkit to provide effective leadership for a newly formed Age UK Cheshire:  

• Motivating and person-centred leadership style  

• Robust governance knowledge 

• Financial literacy 

• Experience of successfully working with a Board of Trustees 

• Ability to build long-term strategic relationships with multiple stakeholders

• Commercial mindset, with an understanding of charity sector income generation

• Values-led and committed to leading from a place of integrity: Inclusive, Caring, Compassionate & Person-centred

There are additional layers required around change management expertise and emotional intelligence when it comes to leading an organisation through a merger. The Board is ambitious about the charity’s future with increased opportunities identified, so you’ll also need to demonstrate appetite for and evidence of growth in previous roles.   

If you’re as excited by this opportunity as we are, then we’d love hear from you. Please send a copy of your profile or CV to Amelia Lee at Charity People as the first step.

Deadline: 9am on Wednesday 17th July

Interview dates are currently being confirmed

Please get in touch as soon as possible if you are interested, we would love to begin conversations with interested candidates early.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.