Workforce Delivery - National Programme Lead

Skills for Care; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Skills for Care is seeking a Workforce Delivery National Programme Lead to oversee complex national programmes within adult social care. This role involves team leadership, stakeholder engagement, and driving impact within the sector, aimed at improving care delivery through effective programme implementation.

Qualifications

• Experience as a regulated professional or significant experience with Regulated Professionals.
• Proven experience in leadership roles, preferably in adult social care.
• Strong skills in culture change and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to support delivery of national programmes in social care.
• Guide and support national leads in programme delivery.
• Represent Skills for Care with key stakeholders in the sector.

Skills

Leadership

Culture Change

Collaboration

Job description

Job Title: Workforce Delivery National Programme Lead

Hours: Full-time, 36 hours

Job Status: Fixed Term to end of March 2026 (secondment opportunities may be available)

Location: Home-based, with expectation of travel nationally where required

Salary: £58,308.29

Closing Date: 1st June 2025, 11.59pm

Interview Date(s): from 9th June 2025 (TBC)

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 two National Programme Leads for Workforce Delivery to lead a team of skilled professionals to support delivery of a portfolio of complex national programmes of work. Examples include programmes to support the Regulated Professional Workforce in adult social care (nursing and social work ASYE), support to develop commissioner capability, lead prevention activities and to support individual employers and personal assistants.

You will be responsible for supporting the Head of Workforce Delivery to ensure effective and efficient programme delivery across a busy team, including leading on evidencing sector impact. You will act in a leadership capacity to provide guidance, support and critical decision making for a team of national leads, including Regulated Professionals. You will utilise your extensive experience of leadership and culture change to support positive, inclusive and strength-based collaborative team working.

The role is national and externally facing with opportunities to represent Skills for Care and the Workforce Delivery team with key sector stakeholders, including Government office and a range of external adult social care partner organisations.

Experience either as a regulated professional or through significant working with Regulated Professionals, ideally within adult social care, is welcomed. One of the roles will be leading senior Regulated Professionals within the team.

If you are interested in these roles, please access the full job description and person specification 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 (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

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