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12 days ago
Location: Hybrid, 2 days a week expected in our London Office.
Please note that applications for this role will close on Thursday 10 July at 9am
Please note that applications for this role will close on Thursday 10 July at 9am
The role will sit in the Chief Social Worker’s directorate alongside our admissions and support, curriculum and delivery teams. These teams achieve our mission through assessing participants eligibility and suitability, ensuring they are registered with our university partner in a timely way and by designing and delivering world class social work education and training.
The EDI Lead is responsible for developing and implementing strategies, programmes, and initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organisation. This role involves collaborating across teams and functions to ensure that EDI principles are integrated into all aspects of the work. They are responsible for fostering a culture of inclusion, holding people to account through knowledge and skills and create a brave space for challenging conversations.
The EDI Lead is responsible for developing and implementing strategies, programmes, and initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organisation. This role involves collaborating across teams and functions to ensure that EDI principles are integrated into all aspects of the work. They are responsible for fostering a culture of inclusion, holding people to account through knowledge and skills and create a brave space for challenging conversations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead facilitator for reflexive spaces for colleagues running community spaces
- Provide outreach support for minoritized participants as needed
- Contribute to the review and design of our programmes in relation to EDI content
- Review and consultation on all aspects of recruitment and admissions processes to ensure fairness and reduction in bias
- To be the lead anti discrimination advocate (ADAs) and facilitate regular group meetings to check in with the other ADAs
- Work with ER on material for socials linked to relevant festivals, and attracting people from minoritised groups to our programmes
- Lead, develop and facilitate ‘lunch and learn’ sessions
- Collaborate with the people team to review and develop EDI policies
- Be the point of contact for issues relating to EDI across all programmes, providing advice, guidance and coaching
- Work with the partnerships team and meet with our local authority partners as required to support and work through issues of EDI
- Design and deliver training in conjunction with the people team
- Collaborate with the people team and evaluation as required to construct reports relating to survey data and champion subsequent changes or improvements
- Internal affinity group lead and point of contact for staff attending these groups
- Work with the coaching manager to facilitate reflexive spaces and support with debrief and issue escalation for coaches from a minority background
- Member of the racial diversity and inclusion steering group
- Represent frontline at conferences, talks and events relating to EDI
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Competitive pension employer contribution
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + office closes from 25 Dec to 1 Jan
- Buy up to five days annual leave a year
- Interest free loan for season ticket
- Personal coaching and mentoring
- Cycle loan scheme
- Deposit loan scheme
- Volunteering days
- Employee assistance programme
- Life Assurance Scheme (x3 salary)