Senior Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Practitioner | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	19 September 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£46,148 - £52,809 per annum (pro rata)
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	19 October 2025
Location:	Manchester, M13 9WL
Company:	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7493892/349-COR-7493892-RL4

Summary

If you understand the challenges diverse communities face, either in the workplace or when accessing health and care services, PLUS have the experience of doing something about it, then this could be your perfect job!

The Senior Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Practitioner will help to create a fair and inclusive culture at MFT, which respects difference, advocates for human rights and actively supports improving the lived experiences of our patients, service users and workforce. You will contribute to achieving the aims within the Diversity Matters Strategy, which are to have improved patient access, safety and experience, a representative and supportive workforce and inclusive leadership.

Working in partnership with internal and external EDI stakeholders, you will develop, manage and report on EDI interventions for managers and staff, to help promote equitable and effective ways of working. You will seek opportunities to strengthen and integrate EDI into our Trust policies, plans and principles. Data is our evidence for change, but data isn’t everything – it’s what we do next that counts, so you will support teams to be creative in developing their own EDI projects and plans.

This advert is open to all applicants and we would particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled people, to increase our diversity at these pay bands.

If you think you can make a positive impact, then please apply and look forward to hearing from you.

Contribution to achieving the aims of the Diversity Matters Strategy, is central and at the heart of everything we do. Alongside providing expert advice to the Trust to meet statutory obligations, national and key policy requirements.

Working in partnership with various managers, teams and stakeholders, internally and externally, will be essential, in order to provide advice and support, enabling them to embed EDI into their business objectives and service delivery.

Promoting the importance of an EDI approach in all forums will enable the reinforcement of an equitable and supportive Trust culture, consistent with the Trust’s Vision and strategic objectives.

You will line manage the EDI Practitioner and support them in carrying out their duties and encouraging their development.

You will create, manage, oversee and report on projects and interventions, across our hospitals and community services, ensuring that work is managed and delivered within budgetary constraints and agreed timescales.

You will develop, manage and oversee community group engagement, to identify needs, provide support and promote services that are effective, efficient and appropriate for our diverse communities.

You will facilitate and deliver EDI training and interventions, when necessary, to help educate raise awareness and improve inclusive practice.

You will carry out research and benchmarking, to address changes in EDI & Human Rights legislation, policies and guidance as a measure of good practice.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Friday 3 Oct 2025

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