RELATIONSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENT LEAD – QUALITY ASSURANCE

£53,626.65 per annum

Full Time, Permanent

Home-based in England with the expectation of travel within area and nationally where required.

Closing Date: 11.59pm, Sunday 19 July 2026. Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the advert will close once sufficient applicants have been identified.

Interview Date(s): 28 & 29 July 2026

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. 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.

Access to quality learning and development opportunities in the adult social care sector is a significant priority, and this new role provides the opportunity to make a real difference at a national level.

We’re seeking a Relationships and Engagement Lead to expand activity to grow the Quality Assured Care Learning Service (QACLS) and develop insightful and cooperative relationships with our Quality Assured training providers.

You will be a bring innovation and improvement in our external-facing activities whilst establishing relationships with stakeholders and currently quality assured training providers to support service improvement.

We’re looking for someone creative, pragmatic and collaborative who can apply their expertise in workforce development and learning ecosystems to understand the market, identify risks and implement solutions through effective engagement and influencing.

To succeed in this role, you should be confident in building, maintaining and effectively managing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, be a charismatic and trusted presenter, and confidently manage potentially challenging discussions across stakeholder groups, using your sector credibility to enhance this - having worked in adult social care, training and development or a sector-adjacent role

In addition to delivering the quality assurance service, you will have opportunity to contribute to the wider team and organisation objectives, effecting positive change across the adult social care sector.

If you are interested in this role, please access the full job description 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

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.