Locality Manager (South West)

Skills for Care; Gloucester; Remote; GBP 48,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Skills for Care in the South West is seeking a Locality Manager to support Gloucestershire, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The role is home-based with travel within the locality and occasional national travel, requiring strong leadership and data-driven workforce planning.

You will work across sectors to respond to emerging care needs, using our data sets and sector insight to drive improvements. The position is permanent, full-time, 36 hours per week.

Job description

Job Title: Locality Manager South West – Gloucestershire, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.

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: £53,626.65 per annum

Closing Date: 15 November 2026 at 11:59 pm

Interview Date(s): 30th November onwards

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.

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

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 South West regional team covering Gloucestershire, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset Local Authority areas. Candidates will need to live within reasonable commutable distance of these areas.

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.

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.