National Culture and Diversity Lead

Skills for Care; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care organisation is seeking a National Culture and Diversity Lead. This role involves planning and managing EDI programmes, especially focusing on the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard. The candidate will engage with care providers and stakeholders to enhance equality, diversity, and inclusion in the social care sector. Strong project management skills are essential. This position is home-based with required travel nationally.

Qualifications

• High level of project management experience.
• Ability to develop strategic EDI projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise, and manage specified programmes related to EDI.
• Engage care providers, local authorities, and stakeholders.

Job description

Overview

Job Title: National Culture and Diversity Lead

Hours: 36 per week
Job Status: Permanent
Location: Home based – with some expectation of travel nationally where required.
Salary: £52,575.15 per annum
Closing Date: Midnight 26th September 2025
Interview Date(s): Thursday 9th & Monday 13th October 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 visiting www.skillsforcare.org.uk.

The purpose of this role is to plan, organise, manage and ensure the successful delivery of specified programmes of work across all aspects of EDI, with a focus on the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme, rolled out within local authorities and maintained, implemented and improved upon.

Through your work you will positively influence equality, diversity and inclusion within the social care sector through your contributions to programmes such as SC-WRES. You will build and maintain relationships within the sector and confidently engage care providers, local authorities and national stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be a flexible and dynamic social justice thinker with a high level of project management experience and the ability to develop strategic EDI projects for the social care sector.

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 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, including 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 the support available in the recruitment process. Please contact our People Team via email () to discuss any adjustments that you may need.

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