Equalities Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Instructions for Applicants

We expect to receive a high number of applications for this role. Your application will not be considered unless your supporting statement is explicitly tailored to this role and you have relevant work experience. To help us identify suitable candidates, please use the following structure in your supporting statement:

A. Brief statement about why you are interested in this role

B. A short explanation with specific examples of how you meet these criteria:

1. Significant experience providing strategic direction, guidance, support, and advice on a range of service equality areas

2. Ability to interpret legislation and EDI-related law, regulations, policies and good practice to provide specialist advice for the Trust and partner organisations

3. Ability to develop strategic plans, and to lead and effect cultural change in service provision within a large public sector organisation

4. Experience of analysing data and other evidence sources and producing policy advice for senior managers

5. Excellent skills in communication across a range of audiences, including service users, patients and carers and staff at all levels of the organisation

C. Anything else you would like to add to demonstrate how you meet other criteria in the person specification.

Thepostholder will be a passionate Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) leader with proven experience of leading culture change and working in partnership to create inclusive services that provide equity of access, experience and outcomes for service users. Drawing on your experience of leading EDI improvements, excellent analytical skills and encouraging learning and curiosity, you will play a key role in engaging, influencing and inspiring others to create a culture of inclusion and equity. You will help to drive sustainable improvements in our services to deliver inclusive care.

TheEqualities Manager provides operational and strategic direction across all service delivery aspects of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). The postholder will lead on mandatory and statutory reporting and ensure progress of EDI initiatives and projects, through the use of analytics and performance measures. As lead and subject matter expert, the postholder will work closely with the Board to set the strategic direction for the Trust. They will provide advice and support culture change to embed EDI thinking into service delivery.

The postholder will ensure the Trust meets its legislative and regulatory requirements laid out in the Equality Act 2010, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the associated obligations relating to the NHS Equality Delivery System 2, the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF) and national, regional and local initiatives.

They will ensure systems, policies and procedures support and reflect the Trusts commitment to providing excellent care for its patients and to recognising the diversity of its patients and communities. The postholder will work alongside the workforce EDI lead who holds responsibility for workforce equalities.

Key duties will include:

• Lead on the delivery of EDI activities, plans, interventions and strategies in support of the Trusts overall strategic plans, providing information, advice and support as required around operational plans
• Provide seniorand specialist expertiseonequality, diversity, inclusion and human rights acrossthe organisation,supporting the Operational Directorates to take an evidence-based approach to working towards equity of access, experience, and outcomes for service users.
• Actively seek out opportunities to promote the EDI agenda and actions
• Using root cause analysis, advance positive change in behaviours, policies and practice to create systems which embed EDI including use of Equality Impact Assessments, culture change, training, education, recruitment and leadership
• Be knowledgeable about and responsive to the experience of groups with protected characteristics
• Ensure compliance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and public sector reporting duties
• Identify areas for improvement and developandimplementprojects and programmes to improveservice user equity of access, experience and outcomes and to reduce health inequalities. This will include working closely with the Patient and Carer Race Equity Framework (PCREF) team, and supporting the delivery of the Trusts Anti-Racism plan.
• Together with the workforce EDI lead, coordinate the Trust-wide EDI Group, including representatives from all key teams, and ensuring there is a regular focus on learning and improvement.
• Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of service delivery sections of the Trusts Integrated Equalities Action Plan.
• Actively engage with and represent the Trust at London and national EDI forums, networks and meetings.

Person Specification

Shortlisting

Essential

• Educatedtomastersdegreeorequivalent experience
• Significant experience of leadership and providing strategic direction, guidance, support, and advice on a range of equality areas
• Ability to interpret legislation and EDI-related law, regulations and policies to provide specialist authoritative advice for the Trust and partner organisations
• Excellent skills in communication across a range of audiences, including service users, patients and carers and staff at all levels of the organisation, fostering powerful, inclusive and productive working relationships
• Ability to develop strategic plans, and to lead and effect cultural change in service provision within a large public sector organisation
• Experience of analysing data and other evidence sources and producing policy advice to make recommendations for senior managers

Desirable

• Experience of working in a relevant role within the NHS

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust HQ, Maudsley Hospital

Denmark Hill

SE5 8AZ

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)