Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer to enhance its EDI objectives. This role involves advising on equality legislation, supporting various projects, and ensuring compliance with EDI best practices. The ideal candidate will have a Master's Level education and significant experience in EDI, with strong expertise in data analysis and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Experience advising on equality legislation and policies.
• Demonstrable experience in training and development.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of EDI in implementing the Trust's equality agenda.
• Project manage EDI programmes and workstreams.
• Advise on Equality Impact Assessments.

Skills

Expert knowledge of EDI models

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Project management

Negotiation skills

Education

Master's Level education or equivalent work experience

Job description

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer

Based within the EDI team, the appointed EDI Officer would be responsible for supporting and providing expert in-depth EDI expertise and advice and contributing to the delivery of the Trust's EDI objectives.

Main duties of the job

Support the Head of EDI with the Trust's equality, diversity and human rights agenda to mainstream equality and diversity throughout the organisation's culture, workforce practices and healthcare provision.

Project manage programmes and work streams using project management tools and quality improvement methodology

Analyse and interpret data and complex information, and present contentious data where required

Provide expertise on reasonable adjustments and manage allocated workstreams

Support the Trust's Inclusion Board agenda setting and continuous engagement activity

Work with key stakeholders to implement and review effective processes, e.g. Oversee Equality Impact Assessments, to ensure that service developments reflect the needs and priorities of different groups.

About us

Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:

• Our care- delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation- being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London- using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.

To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.

Job responsibilities

Expert knowledge and experience to ensure the Trust meets its legal duties and responds to equality and diversity legislation, frameworks and best practice.

Ensure the implementation of the Equality Act, public sector duties and other equality and discrimination legislation and policy requirements as required by emerging equalities legislation.

Produce and evaluate equality and diversity objectives and action plans in consultation with staff and other stakeholders. These plans will often be highly complex and sensitive, and therefore require considerable negotiation and communication expertise.

Advise and brief the People and Culture Committee, the EDI Implementation Group and other staff on EDI issues.

Develop the Workforce Race Equality Standard, Workforce Disability Equality Standard, Public Sector Equality Duty, and Pay Gaps, with evidence of actions to improve scores.

Support the Pay Gap reporting and working with the relevant teams and staff networks to reduce the gaps.

Advise the Trust on taking action to promote equality of access and opportunity and policies that are fair and flexible to service users and staff who are affected by them.

Support and work closely with the People and Culture Directorate to mainstream diversity into employment policies and practices.

Act as the subject matter expert in relation to equality and diversity training, identifying requirements and commissioning and/or delivering briefing sessions and training programmes for managers, staff and other stakeholders as necessary. This will include the development of relevant e-learning packages and input to the design and delivery of induction and mandatory training sessions as appropriate, working with the Learning and Development team.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Accreditations, Education

• Educated to Master's Level or equivalent work experience and knowledge in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Undertaken a variety of additional short courses to develop expert specialist knowledge
• Significant experience, knowledge and expertise gained through working in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion or related field as subject matter expert
• Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

• Experience of contributing to Change and driving transformation within a complex and multi-disciplinary organisation. This includes providing support to, and influencing, business area Directors and senior leaders on highly complex change programmes and transformation initiatives
• Experience of working collaboratively with all stakeholders to deliver aims and objectives, supporting and developing the leadership and management capabilities of senior staff throughout the organisation
• Significant experience in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and expertise in workforce equality delivery and outcomes
• Experience of advising and dealing with Equality and Diversity issues with staff and managers at all levels
• Experience of leading on WRES, WDES, Pay Gaps and Model Employer
• Experience of policy development
• Experience of using information and writing reports based on analysis
• Demonstrable experience of the development and provision of training and development programmes
• Demonstrable experience of consulting and negotiating with key partners, customers and staff representatives
• Experience of supporting organisations in business and strategic planning
• Demonstrate awareness of the strategic context they are operating in and consider the strategic implications of all key decisions
• Significant experience of dealing with and providing expert advice and guidance to respond to Freedom of Information requests, risks and complaints related to equality, diversity and inclusion for staff.

Knowledge and Skills

• Relevant legislation and policies relating to equality and diversity work
• Expert knowledge of EDI models and good practice models to influence lead transformational change to improve equality for staff
• Expert knowledge of best practice HR business partnering initiatives, stakeholder management and influencing strategies with a proven ability to turn these innovative ideas into working models
• An understanding of current policy on patient and public involvement in the NHS
• Negotiates, influences and liaises at senior levels within and outside the organisation
• Ability to develop and implement plans, including coordinating the work of others not in direct line management responsibility to ensure outcomes are achieved using relevant project management techniques
• Strong business acumen to support EDI strategy development and delivery
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• Ability to analyse and interpret data and complex information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearper annum incl HCAS