Engagement/ Communications Officer

Skills for Care; Greater London; Remote; GBP 18.000 - 36.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Skills for Care is seeking an Engagement/Communications Officer to join a small team delivering strategic initiatives for the Greater London Authority Sector Talent Board. The role focuses on communication and marketing activities, engaging employers and stakeholders across London.

You will develop and promote products and services, coordinate marketing plans, and ensure brand consistency while working closely with colleagues to meet objectives for targeted audiences.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in engagement or communications roles.
• Ability to develop marketing plans and content.
• Experience with stakeholder engagement.

Aufgaben

• creating and delivering marketing plans
• supporting cross-sector projects and stakeholder relationships
• developing content and products
• providing guidance on sub-brand application and consistency.

Jobbeschreibung

Job Title: Engagement / Communications Officer

Hours: Part Time 0.5FTE

Job Status: Fixed Term, funding available until 31 March 2029

Location: Home-based, with expectation of travel to London/Surrounding areas as required

Salary: £35,998.04 per annum (FTE)/ £17,999.02 (0.5 FTE)

Closing Date: Friday 13 November 2026 at 11:59 pm (Applications will be reviewed regularly and the advert may close early if sufficient applications are received, therefore candidates are encouraged to apply early!)

Interview Date(s): expected Monday 23 November 2026 onwards

Job title used for advertising purposes only; the internal job title for this post is “Social Care Sector Talent Board Hub Engagement Officer”.

Skills for Care is the only national charity focussed on building a stronger workforce for the quality care we all need. 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.

Find out more by taking a look at www.skillsforcare.org.uk.

Skills for Care have been awarded the contract to support the new Greater London Authority Sector Talent Board to deliver a new Sector Talent Hub. This is a key part of the Mayor of London’s Growth Plan and Inclusive Talent Strategy and the priority is to play a central role in delivering the Local Skills Improvement Plan across London. The Hub’s role will be to support the Sector Talent Board and serve as a central point for employers seeking to engage in the talent system, coordinate delivery of recruitment, retention and skills projects and to coordinate strategic level talent pipeline opportunities. The aim is that an employer-driven ecosystem develops which enables employers to access the skilled workforce they need and create high quality career-pathways for Londoners in adult social care.

This role is part of a small team delivering this contract over the next three years. As the Hub Engagement Officer your role is pivotal in supporting the team to promote the work of the Sector Talent Board and drive engagement of the Talent Hub to employers and stakeholders across London. You will provide communication and marketing expertise and support across all Board and Hub activity, working closely with colleagues to ensure the Hubs needs are well-defined and aligned with agreed objectives for targeted audiences. You’ll contribute to the development and promotion of products and services of the Hub including:

• creating and delivering marketing plans
• supporting cross-sector projects and stakeholder relationships
• developing content and products
• providing guidance on sub-brand application and consistency.

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.

You will also be able to keep an eye out for any future vacancies on our careers website.

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.

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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.

Please contact our People Team via email ([e-mail]) to discuss any adjustments that you may need.