EDIA Project Officer

The University of Manchester; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate EDIA Project Officers to foster an inclusive environment within their engineering and natural sciences departments. This role focuses on supporting diverse students and staff, promoting equality, and driving impactful change through collaboration and strategic initiatives. Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of EDIA principles and the ability to engage various stakeholders. Enjoy flexible working arrangements and a supportive environment that values diversity and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Generous holidays

Pension enrolment

Lifestyle discounts

Professional development support

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Well-developed understanding of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility in higher education.
• Experience in engaging diverse stakeholders and promoting inclusive practices.

Responsibilities

• Support EDIA initiatives and ensure progress aligns with strategic goals.
• Collaborate with EDIA Managers to drive meaningful change and organize events.

Skills

Understanding of EDIA

Collaboration across projects

Engaging diverse stakeholders

Data analysis and reporting

Job description

The University of Manchester is seeking to appoint two Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility (EDIA) Project Officers to support the School of Engineering and the School of Natural Sciences in fostering a consciously inclusive and diverse working environment. This role provides proactive operational support for EDIA initiatives, ensuring tangible progress in alignment with the School, Faculty, and University’s strategic goals.

These roles will support the delivery of key targets we hold for our localised Athena Swan submissions and our commitment to the University’s Race Equality Charter. While a primary focus will be on engaging and supporting staff in their development of understanding and engaging with EDIA, these roles will also support work in ensuring diverse students have access to and success on our degree programmes.

Your day-to-day will be working alongside the EDIA Managers in both Schools. You will collaborate with our wider EDIA teams of both Academic and Professional Service colleagues, in-School and at Faculty level, to drive meaningful change in EDIA. This may involve organising events, attending strategic meetings, or moving into advisory roles on EDIA best practice. Understanding the impact of these interventions and communicating this out will also be a key responsibility.

We’re looking for individuals with;

• A well developed, intersectional understanding of EDIA, especially within an HE context.
• The ability and knowledge to collaborate across projects for racial equity, gender equality, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and disability accessibility.
• Experience in engaging diverse stakeholders and hold space for diverse views with an inclusive and curious approach.
• The ability to analyse trends in data and report on what these might mean.

When applying for this role, please ensure you list and expressly evidence how you meet each criteria listed in the Person Specification. More guidance on how you might do this can be found here.

Timeline:

• Applications close Tuesday 20th May 11.59pm
• Shortlisting aims to be completed by Thursday 22nd May
• Interview invites aim to be sent by Thursday 22nd May
• Interviews will be held on Thursday 29th May and Friday 30th May

If you are successful in receiving an interview, we will send questions in advance to all candidates to allow you time to consider your responses to these. These will be sent 2 days in advance.

University of Manchester is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We actively encourage applicants from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation and trans identity. We also support applications from those returning from a career break, and offer flexible working and carers peer support networks.

Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here. As a member of staff at the University of Manchester the successful candidate will enjoy the benefits of working at Manchester; flexible working including hybrid working and flexible hours; a package of staff benefits including pension enrolment, generous holidays and a range of lifestyle discounts; support from the learning and development team to support professional development; and wellbeing support to enable colleagues to realise their potential and achieve success. Benefits of working at Manchester

If you are passionate about driving positive change in EDIA, we encourage you to apply!

For any enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting, and interviews please contact the EDIA Managers: Nathan Belgrave [e-mail] and Ophélie Hue [e-mail]

General enquiries:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.