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.

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise, manage and deliver specified programmes of work across all aspects of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
• Contribute to programmes such as the SC-WRES Improvement Programme and ensure ongoing maintenance, implementation and improvement within local authorities and the wider sector.
• Build and maintain relationships within the sector; engage confidently with care providers, local authorities and national stakeholders.
• Lead on developing strategic EDI projects for the social care sector; demonstrate high levels of project management capability.

Qualifications and attributes

• Flexible and dynamic social justice thinker with a high level of project management experience.
• Ability to develop strategic EDI projects for the social care sector.

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. 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.

Reasonable adjustments

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 () to discuss any adjustments that you may need.

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