Assistant Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

NHS England

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity to lead the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda for London's 250k employees has arisen due to the promotion of the previous role holder.

They will lead a dynamic team, and support organisations across London at an organisation, ICB and regional level to make improvements in EDI. They will also lead on all aspects of finances pertaining to EDI including budget management (forecasting and expenditure) and procurement process.

The successful candidate for this role will be skilled at building, nurturing and maintaining key stakeholder relationships across London and national teams to transform the work experience of people from all protected characteristics. They will deliver improvements either directly or in partnership with their networks.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with Equality, Diversity and Inclusion leads within the other regions and the National EDI team to influence policy. They will support the translation and adoption of best practice across the country.

Programme deliverables may include but not limited to :

o Developing and delivering presentations to EDI boards

o Analysis and interpretation of EDI data

o Evaluations of existing EDI interventions

o Anti-racism strategy with partners across the systems

o Workforce Race Equality Standard and Workforce Disability Quality Standard

o De-biasing recruitment and selection

o Core Managers- online development programme

o Profession specific strategies - Nursing and Midwifery, AHPs and Primary Care

Extensive experience in the implementation of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategies within complex organisation structures is required along with evidence of clear, demonstrable outcomes delivered in a rigorous programme management framework. In addition to leading the ongoing programme the role holder will also act as a Subject Matter Expert in Equality and Inclusion for the region providing support at a strategic level to senior leaders and EDI leads within and outside the organisation.

About us

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Date posted

16 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£91,317 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-S3-L1250-A

Job locations

Wellington House

135-155 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8UG

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Person Specification

Essential criteria

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Experience of leading and embedding workforce equality and inclusion over a wide geographical area
In-depth knowledge and understanding of implementing workforce equality and inclusion best practice
Demonstrable experience of managing and prioritising a large budget with solid working knowledge of financial process requirements
Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement

Person Specification

Essential criteria

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Experience of leading and embedding workforce equality and inclusion over a wide geographical area
In-depth knowledge and understanding of implementing workforce equality and inclusion best practice
Demonstrable experience of managing and prioritising a large budget with solid working knowledge of financial process requirements
Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement

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).

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