Job Title: Programme Head for Engagement
Job Reference: PS1263580LeePHFE
Location: Home Based
Hours: Full Time 36 hours per week
Job Status: Permanent
Closing Date: 28 March 2025
Interview Date(s): w/c 7 April 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.
It is an exciting time to join our growing National Engagement Team, part of a wider Engagement Directorate.
We are recruiting to two Programme Head’s for Engagement, covering the following programmes of activity:
1. Integration and Skills: Working in partnership with Skills for Care Leads and subject matter experts, you will set and implement a vision for our role in integrated care systems (ICSs) and the local skills agenda. You will design, develop, deliver and maintain multiple evidence based engagement initiatives, with a focus on Skills for Care’s ability at local, regional and national levels, to effect change across the integration and skills agendas. You will work collaboratively with colleagues to translate organisational vision and objectives to develop strategies for stakeholder and employer engagement, driving Skills for Care’s position in terms of efficiency, reach, coherency and impact.
2. Care Workforce Pathway: As Programme Head for Engagement (Care Workforce Pathway), you will be responsible for working in partnership with Skills for Care Leads and subject matter experts, leading the definition, design, development and delivery of a whole programme of engagement and direct interventions supporting the implementation of the Care Workforce Pathway (CWP). You will maintain evidence-based initiatives to support the next cohort of “early adopters” (i.e. adult social care (ASC) employers) testing the tools developed with earlier cohorts.
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.
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 (recruitment@skillsforcare.org.uk) to discuss any adjustments that you may need.
#J-18808-Ljbffr