Job Title: Director of Workforce Development

Location: Remote within England, with expectation of some travel

Hours: Full Time (36 per week)

Job Status: Permanent

Salary: £102,393.80 per annum

Closing Date: 11.59pm on Monday 27 July 2026 for written applications. If invited to the next stage, closing date for video responses is 5pm on Monday 3 August 2026.

Interview Date(s): Monday 21st September, in person (location to be confirmed).

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.

Shape the future workforce of adult social care in England

This is one of the most influential workforce leadership roles in adult social care.

As Director of Workforce Development and member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will help shape how England develops, supports and values its care workforce over the coming decade.

Working with government, employers, people who draw on care and support, and national partners, you will lead Skills for Care's workforce development agenda across learning and development, skills and standards, culture and diversity, professional development and workforce transformation.

Joining us at a pivotal moment, you will play a leading role in implementing the Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy, influencing national workforce priorities, developing innovative learning and leadership offers and helping Skills for Care expand its impact and reach. Alongside our national leadership role, we are investing in new products, services and commercial opportunities that help us increase our impact for the sector. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping this future offer and ensuring Skills for Care remains influential, innovative and sustainable.

This role combines national influence, organisational leadership and sector transformation. It is an opportunity to shape not only the future of Skills for Care, but the future capability and leadership of the adult social care workforce itself.

You will bring:

Experience of leading complex, multidisciplinary teams through change.
The ability to operate confidently at system level, influencing senior stakeholders across government, public services and partner organisations.
A track record of building capability, developing innovative offers and turning strategic ambition into measurable impact.
Strong commercial awareness and an ability to identify opportunities to extend both impact and income.
A collaborative leadership style that inspires trust, builds partnerships and creates high-performing teams.

We are entering a significant period of opportunity, with a new long-term contract with the Department of Health and Social Care, implementation of the Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy and the continued development of new learning, leadership and workforce solutions for the sector.

We are looking for an experienced executive leader will deep credibility across Adult Social Care, Workforce Development, professional leadership or a related field. If you are excited by complexity, motivated by public impact and looking for an opportunity to leave a lasting mark on the future of adult social care, we would love to hear from you.

For further information, please download the Recruitment pack attached to this advert.

We hope you will consider making an application. If you have questions about the appointment and would find it helpful to have an informal conversation, please contact recruitment@skillsforcare.org.uk and we will be happy to arrange a call.

The application process will consist of three stages: written application, video response, and in-person panel interview. In your written application, please provide your full work history in the Previous Employment section of the form. We won’t be accepting CVs on this occasion.

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.

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 (recruitment@skillsforcare.org.uk) to discuss any adjustments that you may need.

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