National Culture and Diversity Lead

Skills For Care; Greater London; Remote; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care organization is seeking a National Culture and Diversity Lead. This role involves managing EDI programmes and implementing the SC-WRES Improvement Programme across local authorities. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills and be a dynamic thinker committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. This position offers a salary of £52,575.15 per annum with flexible home-based working options.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing strategic EDI projects.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders in social care.
• Flexible and dynamic social justice thinker.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage delivery of EDI programmes.
• Improve SC-WRES within local authorities.
• Influence equality, diversity, and inclusion in social care.

Skills

Project management experience

Expert knowledge of EDI

Relationship building

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 taking a look at www.skillsforcare.org.uk.

Skills for Care has an exciting opportunity for a National Culture and Diversity Lead to join our Culture and Diversity Team. 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. The focus of the team is a body of work on the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme which is rolled out within local authorities and must be 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. Your expert knowledge will enable you to 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 who has a high level of project management experience and be able 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 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 (Equality, 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.

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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.