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Job Title: Central Engagement Lead (Remote)
Location: Home based within England, with expectation of travel nationally where required
Hours: 36 hours per week (Full Time)
Job Status: Fixed term up to March 2029 (Secondment Cover)
Salary: £53,626.65 per annum
Closing Date: 11:59pm on 22 November 2026.
Interview Date(s): w/c 30 November 2026
Skills for Care is the only national charity focussed on building a stronger workforce for the quality care we all need.
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.
We respond and adapt to the emerging trends and needs within social care, using data and evidence to drive forward widescale change.
We provide best practice, tools, resources, and intelligence to support workforce recruitment, capabilities, and culture.
Find out more by taking a look at www.skillsforcare.org.uk.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Engagement and Delivery Directorate as Central Engagement Lead, playing a key role in shaping, coordinating and communicating engagement activity that supports Skills for Care's strategic priorities and delivery commitments.
Working with colleagues across the Engagement Directorate, the Strategy Team and the wider organisation, the Central Engagement Lead ensures communication and stakeholder activity supporting key programmes and contracts is effectively coordinated, managed and reported.
The role plays a key role in shaping and coordinating activity across the Engagement Directorate, providing strategic oversight, influencing stakeholders and ensuring effective delivery. Therefore, the Central Engagement Lead is required to:
If you are excited by this opportunity, please review the full job description for further information. We look forward to receiving your application.
This role is advertised as fixed term up until March 2029, to cover an internal secondment.
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).
We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the communities 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 particularly welcome applications from people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+, disabled people and all those whose experiences and perspectives can help us better reflect the communities we serve.
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 reasonable adjustments from applicants with disabilities, long-term health conditions or other circumstances that may require additional support during the recruitment process.
Please contact our People Team via email (recruitment@skillsforcare.org.uk) to discuss any adjustments that you may need.