Locality Manager (South West)
| Posting date: | 14 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £52,575.15 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 August 2025 |
| Location: | Dorset, BH1 |
| Company: | Skills For Care |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | ORG1882-MH1353174BouLMW |
Summary
Job Title: Locality Manager (South West)
Hours: Up to Full Time (36 hours) – we welcome part and full time applications. Please clearly state the number of hours you are able to work.
Job Status: Fixed Term/ Secondment up to 31st March 2026
Location: Home-based, with expectation of travel within locality and region, and occasional national travel where required
Salary: £52,575.15 per annum (FTE)
Closing Date: 11.59pm Sunday 27 July 2025. (We encourage candidates to apply early as we will close the vacancy early if suitable applications are received).
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 Locality Manager. This role is an ideal opportunity for passionate and dynamic individuals looking to help shape the future of the social care workforce.
As a Locality Manager, your role is pivotal to support the sector to respond and adapt to the emerging trends and needs within social care, using our Adult Social Care – Workforce Data Set data, sector insight and engagement work to drive forward our ambitions for widescale change.
This vacancy is based in our South West region, predominantly covering Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, but with flexibility to work across the South West Region.
We are happy to discuss secondment opportunities; if you would like to discuss what this would mean please contact recruitment@skillsforcare.org.uk.
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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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.
Hours: Up to Full Time (36 hours) – we welcome part and full time applications. Please clearly state the number of hours you are able to work.
Job Status: Fixed Term/ Secondment up to 31st March 2026
Location: Home-based, with expectation of travel within locality and region, and occasional national travel where required
Salary: £52,575.15 per annum (FTE)
Closing Date: 11.59pm Sunday 27 July 2025. (We encourage candidates to apply early as we will close the vacancy early if suitable applications are received).
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 Locality Manager. This role is an ideal opportunity for passionate and dynamic individuals looking to help shape the future of the social care workforce.
As a Locality Manager, your role is pivotal to support the sector to respond and adapt to the emerging trends and needs within social care, using our Adult Social Care – Workforce Data Set data, sector insight and engagement work to drive forward our ambitions for widescale change.
This vacancy is based in our South West region, predominantly covering Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, but with flexibility to work across the South West Region.
We are happy to discuss secondment opportunities; if you would like to discuss what this would mean please contact recruitment@skillsforcare.org.uk.
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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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.