Strategic Lead - Equality Diversity and Inclusion
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Mehefin 2024 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Gorffennaf 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Portsmouth, PO1 2AL |
| Cwmni: | Portsmouth City Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 3775 |
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Salary: Band 11, £35,542 to £38,779 per annum pro-rata (£44,428 to £48,474 FTE)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time (29.6 hours a week), days to be discussed at interview
Closing date: Wednesday 3 July 2024, 09:00
Interview date: Tuesday 16 July 2024
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
Your new role:
You will help identify existing barriers to departments improving their services and how we can empower teams to overcome these. This will include developing strategic approaches to benefit the entire organisation's approach to equality, diversity and inclusion. You will play a key role in supporting work to ensure we deliver services to meet the needs of all our residents and communities, including monitoring and reporting on performance. You will be our subject-matter expert on equality, diversity and inclusion and the Public Sector Equality Duty, and keep up to date on best practice. You will maintain relationships with, and be a key point of contact for, stakeholders and key groups in the city.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have significant experience working in equality, diversity and inclusion with a genuine understanding of the role and the importance it plays in delivering positive outcomes for communities. You have the drive to make continual improvements to ensure the best outcomes for our staff and residents. You have experience developing strategic solutions to work across a large organisation. You have experience sharing best practice, delivering sessions, and developing strategic solutions and initiatives to bring about change. You have experience working with data and insight in an equalities context, and excellent facilitation and chairing skills. You also have excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, and can work independently and collaboratively. You have a degree level qualification in a relevant subject area or equivalent experience.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
This post is politically restricted under the terms of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
What you'll get in return:
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached here.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Lee Todd, Head of Marketing Communications and Engagement, Lee.Todd@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 834 086.
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Please upload a detailed cover letter/statement as well as your CV.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps.
You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement your application.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.