Job Title: Locality Manager (Eastern) - Essex, Thurrock and Southend
Hours: Full time, 36 hours per week
Job Status: Permanent
Location: Home-based, with expectation of travel within locality and region, and occasional national travel where required
Salary: £52,575.15 per annum
Closing Date: 17 March 2026
Interview Date(s): 24 March 2026 (shortlisted candidates will be notified by 5pm on Friday 20 March 2026)
Skills for Care are 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.
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It is an exciting time to join us as a Locality Manager. This role is an ideal opportunity for passionate and dynamic individuals looking to help shape the future of the social care workforce.
As a Locality Manager, your role is pivotal to support the sector to respond and adapt to the emerging trends and needs within social care, using our Adult Social Care – Workforce Data Set data, sector insight and engagement work to drive forward our ambitions for widescale change.
This vacancy is based in our Eastern area team covering Essex, Thurrock and Southend. Candidates will need to live within reasonable commutable distance of this area.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to prepare a 10 minute presentation and will be notified of the topic on 19th March
If you are interested in this role, please access the full job description and person specification for further information and we look forward to receiving your application.
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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 (https://(url removed)/About-us/Equality-diversity-and-inclusion/Equality-diversity-and-inclusion.aspx).
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.
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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.
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