Head of Engagement and Partnerships - Equalities

Head of Engagement and Partnerships – Equalities

• Permanent
• Salary £60,571 per annum
• Full time
• Flexible working options will be supported.
• Central London Office and Hybrid working

We offer a pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%, in addition you’ll receive 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, 24‑hour access to a comprehensive employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan scheme and other benefits.

We’re looking for an exceptional leader to drive our mission to reduce inequalities in ageing and ensure the experiences of disadvantaged and marginalised older people sit at the heart of everything we do.

• Lead the development and delivery of our inequalities in ageing programme – shaping strategy, managing collaborative research and influencing projects.
• Build powerful partnerships with equalities, community and faith‑based organisations.
• Champion best practice in accessibility and involvement, ensuring experts by experience inform all aspects of our work.
• Provide organisation‑wide leadership on equalities, supporting advisory groups and strengthening meaningful involvement.
• Represent Ageing Better externally, contribute to policy development, and support funding bids.

• You’re a strategic, collaborative leader with deep expertise in equalities issues, theories and approaches and a passion for tackling inequalities in ageing.
• You excel at building trusted partnerships, especially with community and faith‑based organisations, and you’re confident working with people with lived‑experience to shape meaningful, inclusive practice.
• You are skilled at managing complex programmes, guiding teams, and bringing clarity and direction to evolving work.
• You are comfortable representing an organisation externally and communicating with credibility and influence across senior stakeholders.
• Above all, you’re committed to amplifying marginalised voices, challenging inequalities, driving systemic change, and ensuring our work reflects the full diversity of later life.

The Centre for Ageing Better is a charitable foundation funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and part of the government’s What Works Network. We are pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone, challenging ageism and building a nationwide Age‑friendly Movement, creating Age‑friendly Employment and Age‑friendly Homes.

We are striving to create an organisation that reflects our society and the communities we serve. A workplace where everyone feels empowered and where diversity of background and thought is celebrated. We welcome applications from minority groups and those under‑represented in our workforce, especially people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, and Disabled people.

We are a Positive Action employer. Where two candidates are ‘as qualified as’ each other, we will favour a candidate from any group identified as currently under‑represented in our team based on protected characteristics as outlined in the Equality Act 2010.

To apply please follow the link to complete an application and EDI form.

Please address in your supporting statement how you meet the person specification for the role as fully as possible to demonstrate why you should be shortlisted for interview for this post. Failure to do so will result in your application being automatically rejected.

The closing date for this role is 9am Monday 9th March with in‑person interviews to take place 19th March.