Senior Equality and Inclusion Practitioner

Job summary

The Senior Equality and Inclusion Practitioner will work with the Group EDI Programme Manager to ensure that equality issues are embedded into the daily functions and activities of the Northern Care Alliance. The post holder will provide high levels of expertise and specialist knowledge to ensure that the Trust is compliant with its statutory duties in accordance with its EDI Strategy, including the corporate objectives.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who will join a very diverse and vibrant team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will project lead and manage work across all Directorates to assist and support staff to carry out equality analyses, staff survey, improve patient outcomes and to develop action plans based on these findings. They will therefore manage a variety of work streams that underpin the Equality analysis process and influence and guide corporate strategy developments to ensure the Trust meets its Equality and Human Rights responsibilities, in line with national priorities, legislative duties and local need.

The role will ensure alignment of the EDI approach to becoming the best provider for delivering services to patients and employment practices.

The postholder is expected to use their initiative to develop projects and have resilience to ensure equality progress is made across the organisation.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.