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Job Title: Senior Regional Transformation Lead – North
Hours: Full Time, 36 hours per week.
Job Status: Permanent
Location: Home based – with expectation of travel within the region (North of England), and nationally where required.
Salary: £58,308.29
Closing Date: 13 March 2026, Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible, this role may close early if we receive high levels of interest.
Interview Date(s): TBC
Skills for Care 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.
It is an exciting time to join us as a Senior Regional Transformation Lead. This role is key to ensuring we support employers and key stakeholders in the transformation and skills agenda, creating a regional approach to convening and sharing best practice that demonstrates our impact in delivering real change. If you are interested in the skills and integration agenda, then look no further!
Reporting to the Head of Region, North, and working alongside a senior team and wider team of Locality Managers, this role will be involved in influencing and delivering change within a system and leveraging inward investment into adult social care.
This is a strategic and customer facing role; you will have a full understanding of the breadth and depth of Skills for Care’s portfolio and engage with stakeholders and employers to communicate Skills for Care activity, gather employer feedback, and ensure that this is embedded within the organisation’s practice and plans, following matrix management methodology. You will be required to deliver and manage a variety of programmes, projects and initiatives to ensure we meet our business plan requirements and objectives.
Energy, ambition and motivation are key to the success of this work, alongside proven and proficient facilitation and interpersonal skills. Working with strategic partners, stakeholders and employers, the role also requires exemplary communication and commercial negotiation skills. You will work closely with your and other regional teams, the central engagement team and the wider Engagement Directorate.
If you are interested in this role, 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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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 (recruitment@skillsforcare.org.uk) to discuss any adjustments that you may need.