Job summary
Joining our team as an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Officer means being at the heart of fostering an inclusive environment within Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. Working alongside the Head of EDI and the EDI Lead, you will be instrumental in facilitating the implementation of our EDI action plan. Your role will involve coordinating the day-to-day operations of the EDI team, from scheduling meetings and events to providing administrative support for various initiatives.
Main duties of the job
As the first point of contact for EDI-related inquiries, you'll deliver a high standard of service, handling communications with colleagues, managers, and external parties with professionalism and efficiency. Your responsibilities will extend to supporting the preparation of meeting materials and reports, including updating our EDI action plan to reflect our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion.
This role is diverse and extends beyond administrative duties. Your contributions encompass supporting our staff networks to excel, promoting EDI values across the Trust via communication channels, organizing and delivering training and events, analysing data for performance reporting, and sensitively addressing concerns and queries related to EDI topics and the Trust's Interpretation and Translation service. Your contributions are vital in advancing our EDI objectives and ensuring compliance with data regulations.
If you're passionate about making a real difference and championing inclusivity, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team dedicated to creating positive change within our organisation.
About us
Our values demonstrate the beliefs that underpin the way we work together and with patients. Our values drive what we do to help us deliver our ambitions, in a way that puts patient safety and care first.
Cultural diversity is one of our greatest assets at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. We are committed to ensuring staff and patients are free from discrimination regardless of their ethnicity, background, gender or sexual orientation.
Every person should be able to fulfil their potential at work, and we support people from all communities who teach us more about differences in beliefs and opinions.
We pride ourselves on using this knowledge to provide personalised care and ensure that we are a supportive environment in which to work and receive care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Principles and values of equality, diversity and inclusion and values fairness and justice
- Ability to deal with confidential and sensitive matters in a professional and discreet manner
Qualifications
Essential
- 5x GCSEs including English & Maths
- NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- EDI, HR or Business Administration qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Proven administrative experience including planning and organising tasks
- Experience of drafting communications or organising events
- Experience of writing reports and/or analysing data
- Experience of organising online and face to face events
- Experience of office based tasks including printing and scanning
- Experience of being able to manage online calendars e.g. outlook, MS Teams or similar
Desirable
- Working in an EDI, OD, training, education or similar environment
- Working in the NHS or public sector environment
- Experience of working with diverse audiences
- Experience of taking meeting minutes
Skills
Essential
- Excellent adaptable communication skills, both verbal (face to face and over the phone)and written.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and Teams
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload responding to shifting priorities and deadlines
- High level of organisational skills working on own initiative
- Ability to take accurate meeting minutes/notes.
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment
- Excellent interpersonal and networking skills to make positive connections with collagues and communities from all backgrounds
- Attention to detail
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Principles and values of equality, diversity and inclusion and values fairness and justice
- Ability to deal with confidential and sensitive matters in a professional and discreet manner
Qualifications
Essential
- 5x GCSEs including English & Maths
- NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- EDI, HR or Business Administration qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Proven administrative experience including planning and organising tasks
- Experience of drafting communications or organising events
- Experience of writing reports and/or analysing data
- Experience of organising online and face to face events
- Experience of office based tasks including printing and scanning
- Experience of being able to manage online calendars e.g. outlook, MS Teams or similar
Desirable
- Working in an EDI, OD, training, education or similar environment
- Working in the NHS or public sector environment
- Experience of working with diverse audiences
- Experience of taking meeting minutes
Skills
Essential
- Excellent adaptable communication skills, both verbal (face to face and over the phone)and written.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and Teams
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload responding to shifting priorities and deadlines
- High level of organisational skills working on own initiative
- Ability to take accurate meeting minutes/notes.
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment
- Excellent interpersonal and networking skills to make positive connections with collagues and communities from all backgrounds
- Attention to detail
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
