National Culture and Diversity Lead

Skills For Care; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A strategic workforce development body is seeking a National Culture and Diversity Lead to influence equality and diversity in the social care sector. The role involves leading the SC-WRES Improvement Programme and managing strategic EDI projects. Candidates should have significant project management experience and knowledge of EDI principles. The position is home-based with travel across the UK required.

Qualifications

• Significant project management experience.
• Strong knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) principles and practice in the social care sector.
• Ability to develop and manage strategic EDI initiatives and programmes.
• Capacity to work across multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise, manage and ensure delivery of specified programmes of work across all aspects of EDI.
• Lead the SC-WRES Improvement Programme.
• Build and maintain relationships with care providers and authorities.
• Oversee project delivery timelines and milestones.

Skills

Project management

Knowledge of EDI principles

Ability to manage strategic initiatives

Flexibility and dynamic thinking

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

Overview of the role

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 high quality care and support now and in the future. We have 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 deliver specified programmes of work across all aspects of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). The focus is 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 by contributing to programmes such as SC-WRES. You will build and maintain relationships within the sector and 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.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise, manage and ensure delivery of specified programmes of work across all aspects of EDI.
• Lead the SC-WRES Improvement Programme, ensuring it is maintained, implemented and continually improved within local authorities.
• Build and maintain relationships with care providers, local authorities and national stakeholders to influence EDI outcomes in the sector.
• Evolve strategic EDI projects for the social care sector and oversee project delivery timelines and milestones.

Qualifications and Experience

• Significant project management experience.
• Strong knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) principles and practice in the social care sector.
• Ability to develop and manage strategic EDI initiatives and programmes.
• Flexible and dynamic thinker with the capacity to work across multiple stakeholders.

About Skills for Care and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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. For more information, see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion page.

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. We encourage applications from people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities.

Candidates will always be selected based on experience and potential.

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 consider available support. Please contact our People Team via email to discuss any adjustments you may need.