EDI Officer | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUST; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in London is seeking an Equality Diversity & Inclusion Officer to support the EDI Strategy. The role involves coordinating inclusion events, assisting in the delivery of initiatives, and promoting a diverse work environment. Candidates should have experience in EDI and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting EDI initiatives and strategies.
• Ability to collect and analyze data for reporting and evaluation.
• Strong communication skills to coordinate and facilitate events.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the EDI Strategy and Action Plan.
• Assist in the design and delivery of inclusion initiatives.
• Coordinate staff engagement forums and diversity events.

Job description

The Equality Diversity & Inclusion Officer will work under the supervision and guidance of the Head of Diversity, Inclusion to support the delivery of the EDI Strategy. This is with the aim of enabling all our people to have a positive experience of work, particularly those with protected characteristics as defined in the Equality Act 2010; to ensure our people are represented across all levels of the organisation; to develop a culture which is free from bullying, harassment or discrimination; to support the health and wellbeing of our people and to ensure everyone is supported to achieve their full potential at work. They will be required to support the Head of EDI and the EDI Officer to establish and implementation of a range of interventions, collecting and analysing data to support reporting and evaluation purposes. They will be required to coordinate and facilitate inclusion events and to develop resources and communications to support and promote interventions across all available media channels.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the EDI Strategy and Action Plan for the Trust.
• Work with the Head of EDI and EDI manager to assist in the design and delivery of initiatives throughout the year to support the inclusion agenda at local level.
• Support the delivery and coordination of specific events either internally, such as staff engagement forums, annual Valuing Diversity conference, and celebration of diversity events across protected characteristics throughout the year (e.g., LGBT History Month, Black History Month, Disability Awareness, International Women’s Day).
• Coordinate and facilitate inclusion events and develop resources and communications to support and promote interventions across all available media channels.

Team working and expectations

EDI is a small informal team with a big agenda. Team working is essential to the delivery of the EDI Strategy. The post holder is expected to be proactive and self-organised. The team works in a non-hierarchical way, with information and knowledge shared. Our weekly team meetings set the agenda, timetable and expectations and responsibility for our work.