Job summary
The Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team are looking for an experienced Senior Diversity and Inclusion Officer to support communities who face inequality in health outcomes.
Specific objectives and areas of work can be found in the Job Description, but the role will mainly focus around:
Strategy and policy advice
Training, communication and engagement activities
The role requires experienced, appropriately qualified and competent professionals with broad experience in EDI work and a sound understanding of the policy and legislative context. The ability to negotiate and influence at all levels is essential.
You will work collaboratively with EDI Teams across Wales and key stakeholders. You must be a team player but with the ability to work autonomously and prioritise own workload to meat deadlines.
You will advise and support staff to complete complex equality and health impact assessment procedures for large-scale planning projects and service redesign as part of the Health Board's long-term plans for a Healthier Mid and West Wales. Experience in undertaking equality impact assessments is essential for this post.
This is a full-time post working hours per week with occasional evening and weekend work to support community engagement activities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work alongside the EDI Manager and have strong connections both to internal and external partners.
You will work with the EDI Manager and the wider team to implement the Health Board's Strategic Equality Objectives. This will include working on a range of projects, ensuring that they are inclusive of the needs of our service users and staff, and that they are compliant with relevant EDI legislation.
Other duties include developing and delivering general awareness training, facilitating staff networks, attending community events, and monitoring activity to ensure that the Health Board remains on target to achieve national and local equality objectives.
The post holder will be responsible for providing clear, articulate reports and specialist advice based on evidence and performance information and best practice in relation to EDI, in order to provide assurance on the Health Board's compliance with relevant legislation and progress against the its stated equality objectives.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 28/06/2022.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 28/06/2022.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to degree level or evidence of equivalent level of relevant work experience.
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
- Evidence of higher or further education with the appropriate postgraduate diploma level professional/management qualifications.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of work methods and processes relating to Equalities legislation, policy formation and engagement mechanisms.
- Extensive practical knowledge and experience of the national and strategic priorities in relation to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights, in particular the Equality Act 2010
- Knowledge and understanding of complementary legislation relevant to the role and partnership working context e.g. Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
Desirable
- Certificate of Professional Development / Membership of a professional body
- Understanding of NHS guidance on engagement and consultation.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing equality advice in the planning, developing and modernising services in conjunction with other partners/agencies.
- Experience of joint working with other statutory, voluntary or private sector organisations and the ability to negotiate and influence in partnership settings.
- Evidence of developing and delivering presentations to a variety of audiences.
- Evidenced ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries in an atmosphere of change/ complex structures and partnership working
- Experience of working to deliver to strict deadlines, and working flexibly to meet changing requirements.
- Experience of providing equalities advice in a large NHS or public sector organisation.
Desirable
- Experience of co-ordinating and delivery of engagement sessions with staff or external stakeholders.
- Evidenced experience at developing equalities policy in a large public sector organisation
Other
Essential
- Proactive, self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and motivate others.
- Flexible and adaptable and able to work effectively against a background of change and uncertainty
- Commitment to integrated and multi-agency working in order to achieve improvements in patient experience and care.
- Ability to travel around the threecounties of the Health Board area as well as regionally and nationally as required in a timely manner.
- Flexible approach to responding to the needs of the Team/service.
Desirable
- Ability to communicate in alternative prevalent languages.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to degree level or evidence of equivalent level of relevant work experience.
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
- Evidence of higher or further education with the appropriate postgraduate diploma level professional/management qualifications.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of work methods and processes relating to Equalities legislation, policy formation and engagement mechanisms.
- Extensive practical knowledge and experience of the national and strategic priorities in relation to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights, in particular the Equality Act 2010
- Knowledge and understanding of complementary legislation relevant to the role and partnership working context e.g. Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
Desirable
- Certificate of Professional Development / Membership of a professional body
- Understanding of NHS guidance on engagement and consultation.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing equality advice in the planning, developing and modernising services in conjunction with other partners/agencies.
- Experience of joint working with other statutory, voluntary or private sector organisations and the ability to negotiate and influence in partnership settings.
- Evidence of developing and delivering presentations to a variety of audiences.
- Evidenced ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries in an atmosphere of change/ complex structures and partnership working
- Experience of working to deliver to strict deadlines, and working flexibly to meet changing requirements.
- Experience of providing equalities advice in a large NHS or public sector organisation.
Desirable
- Experience of co-ordinating and delivery of engagement sessions with staff or external stakeholders.
- Evidenced experience at developing equalities policy in a large public sector organisation
Other
Essential
- Proactive, self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and motivate others.
- Flexible and adaptable and able to work effectively against a background of change and uncertainty
- Commitment to integrated and multi-agency working in order to achieve improvements in patient experience and care.
- Ability to travel around the threecounties of the Health Board area as well as regionally and nationally as required in a timely manner.
- Flexible approach to responding to the needs of the Team/service.
Desirable
- Ability to communicate in alternative prevalent languages.
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
