EDI Manager (Membership)

The Law Society; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A professional regulatory body based in London is seeking qualified equality, diversity, and inclusion professionals to shape an inclusive future. In this role, you'll design impactful initiatives, manage projects, and engage with stakeholders to drive positive change. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in EDI, project management skills, and strong communication abilities. Flexible or alternative working patterns are welcomed, with a hybrid working model available.

Benefits

Flexible benefits package

Hybrid working model

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering impactful EDI programmes.
• Strong knowledge of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Experience managing projects with tight deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship building.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver impactful EDI programmes.
• Develop practical, evidence-based resources and guidance.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Evaluate impact and report progress on initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Data analysis

Understanding of EDI legislation

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) professional to shape a more inclusive future for the solicitor profession. In this role you will design and deliver impactful programmes, develop practical and evidence-based resources and guidance that help our members embed best practice and drive positive change across the profession. You will work collaboratively with colleagues, members, and external stakeholders to manage multiple projects, commission research where needed, and bring together diverse voices to shape outputs. From evaluating impact to reporting progress, you will ensure our initiatives deliver measurable results.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering impactful EDI programmes, using data and research to create practical, evidence-based guidance and resources that drive change.
• Strong knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion including legislation, best practice and what works to drive positive change.
• Experience managing projects – able to balance priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills – confident building relationships at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills – clear and persuasive in writing and in person.
• We are recruiting for two roles (up to 1.5 FTE) and are flexible about how they are filled. This could be one full time and one part time role, or two part time roles. We welcome applications from those seeking flexible or alternative working patterns and will consider these on a case by case basis at appointment.
• We offer hybrid working with a baseline of two days a week in our Chancery Lane office and a monthly in person team day. You will also benefit from a generous flexible benefits package, a friendly working environment and opportunities to develop your career in a professional organisation.