Job Title: Business Support Officer Location: Leeds (with the option of agile/hybrid working) Hours: Full-time Job Status: Fixed term until March 31 2026 Salary: £32,849.84 Closing Date: Monday 19 May 2025 Interview Date(s): Wednesday 28 May 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. Find out more by taking a look at (url removed). Skills for Care has multiple exciting opportunities for Business Support Officers across the organisation. Our Business Support Officers support successful planning and delivery of business-as-usual projects and programmes. Bringing strong organisational and facilitation skills along with excellent communication, you will play a key role in supporting Skills for Care to fulfil our role of supporting people working in social care. The Business Support Officer role is often the link between our National Leads and the rest of the organisation and plays a vital role in ensuring that projects are planned, communicated, and delivered successfully. The post holders will support the successful delivery of a range of projects by providing professional project support to National Leads, Programme Heads and Heads of Departments to ensure project deliverables are achieved. The Workforce Delivery Team leads a broad and evolving portfolio of work that supports key areas across adult social care. This includes delegated healthcare activities, commissioning and workforce planning, prevention, and reform related to the Mental Health Act. The team also provides oversight for individual employers and personal assistants, including the management of the Individual Employer and User-Led Organisation Development Fund. Candidates will be able to demonstrate experience of working in a similar role and provide examples to evidence effective organisational and communication skills. Attention to detail as well as the ability to see the bigger picture is vital, as Business Support Officers are in the best place to highlight cross-cutting themes and make recommendations about efficient cross-organisational working. The role also requires strong negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to build relationships quickly with team members as well as a range of stakeholders. 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 (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. 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