Senior Equality Diversity & Inclusion Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 January 2026 |
| Location: | Warrington, WA2 8WA |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7696243/350-TWS7696243 |
Summary
Are you passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion? Do you want to drive real change and help shape a culture where everyone can thrive? Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior EDI Practitioner to join our Organisational Effectiveness team.
You’ll play a pivotal role in making Mersey Care a truly inclusive place to work and receive care. In return, we offer a supportive environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to make a lasting impact.
What we’re looking for:
Substantial experience in leading EDI initiatives within a complex organisation.
Strong knowledge of EDI legislation, best practice and workforce data analysis.
Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
Commitment to promoting a positive, inclusive and just culture.
What you’ll do:
Lead the Trust’s EDI programmes, championing a culture of inclusion and continuous improvement.
Provide expert advice and guidance on all EDI matters to leaders, managers and staff.
Develop, implement and review the Trust’s EDI strategy, ensuring we deliver on our People Strategy and statutory obligations.
Oversee EDI data and reporting systems, ensuring data quality, security and compliance.
Engage and empower staff through Trust-wide inclusion networks and events.
Design and deliver impactful EDI training, workshops and leadership development programmes.
Collaborate with senior leaders, staff networks and external partners to promote best practice and innovation.
Support the development of inclusive policies and procedures across the organisation.
Manage EDI budgets and resources effectively.
Role model the Trust’s values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please see job description for detailed information regarding the role, the teams, and the wider organisation.
This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026