Project Manager – Standards, Learning, Qualifications and Apprenticeships
Skills for Care
Home based
- Expired
- Salary:
- £41,722.09 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 13 July 2015
Job overview
Skills for Care is the employer-led workforce development body for adult social care in England. We work with employers across England to make sure their people have the right skills and values to deliver high quality care.
Home of the National Skills Academy for Social Care, we offer workforce learning and development support and practical resources from entry level right through to those in leadership and management roles.
By working with employers and sharing best practice, we help raise quality and standards across the whole sector and ensure dignity and respect are at the heart of service delivery.
The purpose of this role is to actively support the organisation to drive forward the ambition around standards, qualifications, learning and apprenticeships and lead on and ensure the successful delivery of specified projects within Skills for Care.
With business acumen the post holder will be responsible for and contribute to the content, quality, development and maintenance of standards, learning, qualifications and apprenticeships that are both current and emerging in the sector.
The post holder will be actively engaging with key stakeholders across the sector to respond to employer needs and help formulate strategic and business solutions for new projects in standards, learning, qualifications and apprenticeships.
The post holder will have experience of cultivating and maintaining relationships with key strategic partners as well as working in a stakeholder environment (representative or membership organisations).
The postholder must be confident in the delivery of information to stakeholders/customers in written and oral form, and through presentations as they will be required to represent Skills for Care at national & regional meetings and at public / external events.
A working knowledge of workforce standards and how they contribute to a competent workforce as well as knowledge of the structures and functions of employment and education sectors and how they are resourced and managed is key to this role.
The postholder will support the Programme Head in national strategic development and contribute to the delivery of the workforce development strategy including deputising where necessary.
If you are interested in this role please visit the website for the full job description.
Closing Date: 13th July 2015, 9am
Interview Date: 23rd and 24th July 2015 in London
About Skills for Care
- Skills for Care
- West Gate, 6 Grace Street
- Leeds
- LS1 2RP
- United Kingdom
About us
Who we are
Skills for Care is the employer led authority on the training standards and development needs of nearly one million social care staff in England providing over £25 million in funding to support improved training and qualifications for managers and staff.
NOTE: Skills for Care is not a training provider, nor is it able to recommend or endorse any courses or training providers.
What we do
- We provide robust data about the social care workforce
Employers can use the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) Online, our Workforce and Qualification Research and reports about the workforce to improve training and qualifications of their staff to boost their business.
- We help develop new ways of working and delivering services
Our New Types of Working and Workforce Development Strategy will help employers and their staff be innovative and flexible to capitalise on future business development opportunities
- We create a flexible qualifications framework that underpins workforce development, learning and training for 1.3million social care workers
For employers to develop a highly trained workforce we produce Induction Standards, National Occupational Standards, Qualification Frameworks, Knowledge Sets and Leadership and Management tools to ensure they can make their business the best service provider in their area
- We help improve the image and status of the social care workforce
To help employers improve recruitment and retention we demonstrate social care is a long-term career, where 90% of staff are happy in their work. Our national Accolades awards celebrate the achievements of innovative social care employers every year.
- We are the employer voice on emerging Government policy
To make sure that employers have an effective voice in shaping government policy that is realistic and practical
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