Organisational Manager - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced Organisational Development Manager to join our Diversity and Inclusion Team. Working alongside our Head of Inclusion and Engagement, you will be responsible for leading on specific projects to create and maintain inclusive services. You will help the Trust achieve its Strategic Equality Objectives and ensure that the Trust operates in line with its statutory requirements. This role will lead on developing and delivering training, inclusive recruitment projects, facilitating staff networks, policy development and advising on impact assessment. Extensive knowledge of equality-related legislation specific to public sector bodies and experience of applying this in the workplace are essential for this post.

You will need to be confident in challenging attitudes and behaviours that do not align with those of the Trust. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are integral to this role to manage difficult conversations and controversy within the workplace. You will also need to demonstrate a history of problem solving, critical thinking and the ability to find resolutions to complex situations to ensure fair outcomes are achieved for all.

If you have experience of working within a busy organisational development role and are looking for a new challenge within an innovative healthcare environment, we would love to hear from you. For further details on the role, please contact Kat.Cobley@wales.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead and coordinate the development of strategies and policies to support equality governance and compliance with legislation and other mandatory requirements, having particular regard to the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. They will help ensure that the Trust meets the highest standards of practice and will ensure that equality and diversity is embedded into the Trust values and behaviours framework. The post holder will work with colleagues to ensure that these strategies and policies are implemented across all divisions of the organisation and to provide 'challenge' to divisions in the application of these policies to ensure that they are consistently and routinely applied.

Acting as lead specialist for compliance with Diversity and Inclusion legislation and bringing about change initiatives to continuously develop the Diversity and Inclusion working culture, the post holder will work independently, guided by broad occupational policies and specific local and national guidelines, in order to ensure that the Trust meets and exceeds its Strategic Equality Objectives. This will include:

• Providing professional advice to managers on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion matters.
• Ensure the strategic equality objectives are part of the Trust's working culture and practices delivered through focussed OD work such as learning interventions.
• Supporting the team in delivering designated programme activity.

About us

#RemarkablePeople

Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world-class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient-facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high quality care, wherever and whenever we're needed.

The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the Trust, and would encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities and disability groups.

Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust are diverse and varied, with opportunities arising right across the service. Whatever your skills and background, you're sure to find a career with us which is fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding.