Skills for Care

Job Title: Senior Strategy Project Manager Location: Home-based with occasional travel Hours: 36 hours (full-time) Job Status: Fixed Term for 24 months Salary: £50,311.15 per annum Closing Date: Monday 10 March 2025 at 11:59 pm Interview Date(s): Week commencing 17 March 2025 Skills for Care the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England. We work with employers, Government and partners to ensure social care has the right people, skills and support required to deliver the highest quality care and support now and in the future. Find out more by taking a look at . The Strategy Team is looking to appoint a Senior Strategy Project Manager to lead and manage an organisational transformation programme, ensuring the successful delivery of key strategic and back-office change initiatives in support of Skills for Care's strategy. This role will be instrumental in driving organisational change and strengthening our operating model to maximise our impact for the Adult Social Care sector. The Senior Strategy Project Manager will be responsible for leading the implementation phase of our transformation programme, translating high-level design into structured, actionable work packages and ensuring they are effectively delivered. You will coordinate and oversee the full lifecycle of projects within the programme, working across multiple functions to embed sustainable change. Bringing excellent strategic thinking, strong facilitation skills, and a balance of diplomacy and challenge, you will play a pivotal role in delivering an improved, future-fit operating model. Your role extends beyond project management; it's about driving complex transformation and embedding new ways of working. You will work across multiple functions, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, overcoming challenges, and adapting to an evolving market context. Central to your role will be defining projects with precision. With a high degree of financial acumen, you'll craft compelling business cases that justify investment and clarify paths to success, analysing benefits, costs, and risks. Your ability to engage and influence stakeholders will be crucial. Working closely with senior leadership, internal teams, and external partners, you'll ensure alignment, consensus, and understanding. This role presents an excellent opportunity for an experienced programme or project manager with first-hand experience in delivering organisational change and operating model transformation to play a key role in helping to shape the next phase of Skills for Care's development. The post is home-based, with occasional travel and flexible working available. If you are interested in this role, please access the full job description for further information and we look forward to receiving your application. At Skills for Care, we are committed to creating a culture of Belonging, where all of our People are able to contribute to their full potential. All our People are expected to contribute towards the achievement of our aspirations for equality, equity, diversity and inclusion. To find out more please check our website (). At Skills for Care, we want our People to be representative of the society we support, this includes all equality characteristics such as age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief. This lived experience from a diverse group of people helps us with all the work that we do and ultimately supports the social care sector to provide the best quality care. We encourage applications from, but not limited to, people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities. Candidates will always be selected based on experience and potential. - Information about reasonable adjustments We want all applicants to be able to fully participate in our selection processes. We welcome requests for adjustments to our recruitment and selection processes from applicants with disabilities, impairments, or health conditions, and will always consider support available in the recruitment process. Please contact our People Team via email () to discuss any adjustments that you may need.

Job Title: National Workforce Delivery Lead Department: Workforce Delivery Hours: Full time (36 hours per week) and part-time applicants will be considered Job Status: Permanent Location: Homebased with national travel as required Salary: £50,311.15 per annum Closing Date: 10 March 2025 Skills for Care the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England. We work with employers, Government and partners to ensure social care has the right people, skills and support required to deliver the highest quality care and support now and in the future. Find out more by taking a look at our website (url removed). Skills for Care has an exciting opportunity for a National Workforce Delivery Lead to join our Workforce Delivery team. The Workforce Delivery team is a national team supporting improvement activity across several workforce topics through collaboration and innovation. These topics range from commissioner workforce and individual employers through to delegated healthcare and the workforce supporting autistic people and people with a learning disability. This role provides the opportunity to make a real difference at a national level to support the strategic vision of the future workforce. We know we need to do things differently with ever increasingly complex care, shaping new models of care and ways of working to enable people to live good lives, connected to their communities in a place they call home. You will work with colleagues across the organisation and externally with a range of stakeholders such as government, sector bodies, individual employers, people who draw on care and support and care providers to plan, develop and deliver an agreed programme of multiple projects to support the future workforce vision, bringing social care practice specialism and expertise from across the breadth of social care. You will be flexible and dynamic bringing thought leadership, creativity, and passion to drive new and emerging innovation into tangible action for strategic workforce change, ensuring the continued profile of Skills for Care as a workforce sector lead, supporting future workforce development, new models of care and strategic direction. If you are interested in these roles, please access the full job description for further information and we look forward to receiving your application. Please note that we expect to have multiple roles available from 1st April 2025, on both a permanent and fixed term basis. Whilst all applications made up to the closing date will be considered, candidates are encouraged to apply early as we will be actively shortlisting and interviewing during the advertising period. At Skills for Care, we are committed to creating a culture of Belonging, where all of our People are able to contribute to their full potential. All our People are expected to contribute towards the achievement of our aspirations for equality, equity, diversity and inclusion. To find out more please check our website. At Skills for Care, we want our People to be representative of the society we support, this includes all equality characteristics such as age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief. This lived experience from a diverse group of people helps us with all the work that we do and ultimately supports the social care sector to provide the best quality care. We encourage applications from, but not limited to, people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities. Candidates will always be selected based on experience and potential. Information about reasonable adjustments We want all applicants to be able to fully participate in our selection processes. We welcome requests for adjustments to our recruitment and selection processes from applicants with disabilities, impairments, or health conditions, and will always consider support available in the recruitment process. Please contact our People Team via email url removed to discuss any adjustments that you may need.

Job Title: HR Officer x 2 Hours: 1 x Full time (36 hours per week), 1 x Part time (27 hours per week) Job Status: Fixed Term for 12 months to cover period of maternity Location: Leeds Office with opportunities for agile (hybrid) working Salary: £31,435.25 (full time equivalent) & £23,576.44 (pro rata for 27 hours) Closing Date: 28 February 2025 Interview Date: Week commencing 10 March 2025 Skills for Care the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England. We work with employers, Government and partners to ensure social care has the right people, skills and support required to deliver the highest quality care and support now and in the future. Find out more by taking a look at our website (url removed). Skills for Care has exciting opportunities for 2 x HR Officers to join our People Team. You will manage recruitment activity, onboarding activity including drafting contracts and offer, completing right to work checks & supporting inductions. You will contribute to payroll administration, learning and development activity and data management. Our HR Officers provide advice, guidance and support to all our internal and external customers. You will be an experienced HR generalist, with experience of recruitment & selection coordination and experience and knowledge of using HR systems, If you are interested in these roles please access the full job description for further information and we look forward to receiving your application. At Skills for Care we are committed to creating a culture of Belonging, where all of our People are able to contribute to their full potential. All our People are expected to contribute towards the achievement of our aspirations for equality, equity, diversity and inclusion. To find out more please check our website. At Skills for Care we want our People to be representative of the society we support, this includes all equality characteristics such as age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief. This lived experience from a diverse group of people helps us in all the work that we do and ultimately supports the social care sector to provide the best quality care. We encourage applications from, but not limited to, people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities. Candidates will always be selected based on experience and potential. Information about reasonable adjustments We want all applicants to be able to fully participate in our selection processes. We welcome requests for adjustments to our recruitment and selection processes from applicants with disabilities, impairments, or health conditions, and will always consider support available in the recruitment process. Please contact our People Team via email ( (url removed) ) to discuss any adjustments that you may need.

Job Title: Digital Marketing Officer Hours: Full-time Job Status: Permanent Location: Leeds Office Salary: £33,772.44 Closing Date: 23 February 2025 In-person interviews will be held on 10 and 11 March 2025 . Skills for Care has an exciting opportunity for a talented and experienced Digital Marketing Officer to join our marketing and communications team. We re looking for an individual who ll bring a dynamic, forward-thinking approach to digital marketing. Working collaboratively within the team and across the organisation, you ll be responsible for providing digital marketing advice, expertise and support to the organisation. You ll be using your skills to support and develop our digital channels and marketing activity. This includes website development, monitoring and reporting; e-marketing strategy and delivery; social media management; digital advertising planning and optimisation. This post is an integral part of Skills for Care s marketing and communications team, and the successful candidate will have strong analytical skills and proven experience reporting on website activity using GA4. You ll have previous experience of CRM systems and work closely with the marketing team to develop our e-marketing strategy. You ll bring experience to maximise Google Ad and SEO opportunities. We re looking for someone who has worked in a similar role, with excellent communication skills and can hit the ground running, and you ll benefit from an excellent salary, benefits and opportunities for learning and development. This is a Leeds-based role with the expectation of a minimum of one-day in the office per week and we re looking to get the right person recruited as quickly as possible. If you re interested in this role please visit the website for the full job description. Skills for Care helps create a well-led, skilled and valued adult social care workforce. Our practical support helps leaders and managers recruit , develop and lead their staff, retaining them from entry level right through to senior leadership and management roles. Find out more by taking a look at our website (url removed). At Skills for Care we are passionate about our workforce becoming more representative of the society we support, this includes all equality characteristics such as age, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief. This lived experience from a diverse group of people helps us in all the work that we do and ultimately supports the social care sector to provide the best quality care. We recognize that sometimes an individual s impairment can mean that some adjustments to our recruitment and selection process would be welcomed. Please contact our HR team to discuss any adjustments that you may need. A DBS check is not required for these roles. Candidates will be asked to disclose any unspent criminal convictions as part of the recruitment process however this will not form part of the initial application stage.

Central Engagement Lead £50,311.15 per annum Full time, fixed-term contract (Maternity Cover) Home based with expectation of travel nationally as required. Closing Date: 24 February 2025 Interviews are expected to be held w/c 10 March 2025 Skills for Care is the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England. We work with employers, Government, and partners to ensure social care has the right people, skills, and support required to deliver the highest quality care and support, now and in the future. We respond and adapt to the emerging trends and needs within social care, using data and evidence to drive forward widescale change. We provide best practice, tools, resources, and intelligence to support workforce recruitment, capabilities, and culture. About the role . This role is an ideal opportunity for passionate and dynamic individuals looking to help shape the future of the social care workforce. You will have a broad remit which will require you to work with colleagues across Skills for Care s different teams and directorates to Lead, design, deliver and support engagement and communication projects, programmes and activity, in support of key contracts and priorities. The post holder will be responsible for: Plan, lead and manage project and programmes with a substantive engagement or communication focus; often with a reliance on effective internal and external stakeholder management. Coordinating and managing the delivery of Skills for Care's (SfC s) engagement and communication activity in support of contracts and projects. This will include Informing, influencing and directing the efforts of colleagues across the Engagement Directorate. Working with colleagues across the Engagement Directorate, as well as SfC s Strategy Team to ensure engagement and communication activity in support of government and other SfC contracts is effectively recorded and reported; allowing SfC to report effectively against contract requirement and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Developing and maintaining their knowledge of the organisation s engagement mechanisms and project subject matter, in turn providing leadership, direction and/or support to others. You will enjoy matrix working and contributing to multiple projects, requiring different levels of leadership, input and support, as well as have the proven ability to collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders, managing and working through ambiguity. This role is homebased, and can be based anywhere in England. The successful candidate will be required to travel nationally as required. At Skills for Care, we believe in looking after our staff and this includes a supportive and considerate team culture and have an excellent health and wellbeing offer. We are passionate about our workforce becoming more representative of the society we support; this includes all protected characteristics. This lived experience from a diverse group of people helps us in all the work that we do and ultimately supports the social care sector to provide the best quality care. We recognise that sometimes an individual s impairment can mean that some adjustments to our recruitment and selection process would be welcomed. Please contact our HR team to discuss any adjustments that you may need. If you are interested in applying for this role and would like to know more, please visit our website to find out more about Skills for Care. Alternatively, you can contact (url removed) to request an informal discussion with our Head of National Engagement. A DBS check is not required for these roles. Candidates will be asked to disclose any unspent criminal convictions as part of the recruitment process however this will not form part of the initial application stage. We are keen to appoint a candidate into the post to commence the role before 30 April 2025, but this should not discourage candidates with longer notice periods from applying.