Sales & Commercial Operations Manager

Job Title: Sales & Commercial Operations Manager Hours: Full Time, 36 hours per week Job Status: Permanent Location: Home-based with the expectation of travel within area and nationally where required. Salary: £52,575.15 Closing Date: 11.59pm on 13 April 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): Interviews will be ongoing on a rolling basis, anticipated interviews no sooner than 2 April 2026. 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 . Skills for Care is entering an exciting new phase. As part of our new corporate strategy, we’re strengthening our commercial activity over the next five years to better support the adult social care sector. To help us do this, we’re looking for a Sales & Commercial Operations Manager to help build, run and continuously improve our sales capability in practice. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong sales experience who enjoys both delivering sales activity and making the engine behind it run well. In this role, you’ll run the day-to-day sales management process, coordinate activity across target markets and keep momentum across our commercial work. You’ll also manage day-to-day commercial operations, ensuring clear processes are in place and activity across teams stays aligned and effective. Working closely with the Head of Commercial Development & Management and the Sales & Commercial Operations Lead, you’ll help test and refine how we connect with employers. That means running sales trials, analysing results and using the insight to strengthen our sales approach, messaging and materials. You’ll work closely with colleagues across Marketing, Engagement, Delivery and Learning & Development to promote our products and services, support sales closure and help ensure a smooth journey from first contact through to delivery. This role is delivery-led and focused on testing approaches in the real world, embedding what works and helping build a stronger commercial capability across Skills for Care. If you’re excited by the chance to apply your sales experience in a purpose-driven organisation supporting the adult social care sector, we’d love to hear from you. If you are interested in this roles, 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 (https://(url removed)/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 ((url removed)) to discuss any adjustments that you may need