Job Title: National Lead – Care Workforce Pathway and Qualifications & Standards Location: Home-based with some expectation of travel nationally where required. Hours: Full-time (36 hours per week) Job Status: We have a mixture of permanent and fixed-term (until 31 March 2026) roles available. Salary: £50311.15 Closing Date: 30 March 2025 Interview Dates: 22, 23, and 24 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. Find out more by taking a look at www.skillsforcare.org.uk. It is an exciting time to join our growing National Workforce Development Capability & Skills Team. We are recruiting to multiple National Lead roles, covering the following programmes of activity: National Lead (Qualifications & Standards) Focusing on our portfolio of activity relating to adult social care learning and development standards, qualifications, frameworks, and skills policy, successful post-holders will design, develop and deliver national projects that support the quality, currency, and standardisation of sector learning and development opportunities. This work includes qualification review and development, framework reviews, and assisting with a new approach to update and standardise subject-specific learning opportunities. National Lead (Care Workforce Pathway) Focusing on Care Workforce Pathway development and refinement activity. This will involve reviewing existing content, developing new content and role categories, supporting implementation of the pathway, and being involved in its evaluation. This programme will involve working with a range of stakeholders such as government, sector bodies, workforce intermediaries, and employers to promote adult social care learning and development. Successful candidates will be flexible, creative, and dynamic thinkers, and will be responsible for the planning, development and delivery of multiple projects related to the above programme areas, working closely with key strategic stakeholders and government departments, ensuring the profile of Skills for Care as a major project host organisation is maintained. 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 (https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/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 () to discuss any adjustments that you may need. ADZN1_UKTJ