Grade D - £25,733 (National Framework) or £30,902 (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £529 per annum for those working from home.

Contracted Hours: Full time 37 hours per week, a job share arrangement would also be considered for this role.

Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity

Closing date: Thursday 30th March 2023 at 11.59pm

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This is a home working role, however flexible working options can also be considered. There may be limited, occasional travel to our Birmingham, London, or Newcastle offices. Our Homeworkers are provided with the tools and equipment they need to comfortably work from home.

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities.

Why this could be a great role for you….

-The role of the Diversity and Inclusion (D and I) Officer will be of critical support to develop and deliver the new Diversity and Inclusion strategy, as well as existing key projects within the Diversity and Inclusion team.

• This work is core delivery within the Human Resources (HR) Business Plan and People plan, and will enable colleagues to effectively deliver the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) strategic priorities.

What we can offer you...

• This role will provide experience in organisational change, Human Resources, and working with senior colleagues. We want to support you to succeed and be your absolute best, with opportunities for training and development, along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.
• Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through generous annual leave (starting at 27 days and rising with service to 32.5days, plus 8 Bank Holidays), a cycle to work scheme, discounted gym vouchers and access to a free employee assistance service 24 hours a day.
• We understand the importance of financial health and offer membership of the NHS pension scheme, contributing about 14% of basic salary. You will also have access to discounts for supermarkets, high street stores, electronics, fleet cars, plus an internal reward scheme with vouchers!
• We aim to make working at the CQC a positive experience and we role model a representative culture of the communities we serve. We therefore support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their best self to work, with a variety of staff networks that facilitate this; the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.

Accountabilities:

• Continually develop technical and soft skills whilst maintaining understanding of Equalities related legislation/updates which impact People in the workplace.
• Lead on project managing and supporting delivery of the Workplace Race Equality Standard and Workplace Disability Equality Standard activity. This will include, but not be limited to, secretariat activity for regular meetings.
• Design and create bespoke evaluations to learn and improve. Analyse qualitative and quantitative data, produce evaluation reports and present management information to senior colleagues. This will support existing and upcoming Diversity and Inclusion strategy activity.
• Lead on communications activity alongside the Internal Engagement team and wider, for corporate Equality Network and HR Diversity and Inclusion.
• Lead on improving our organizational memory for Freedom of Information requests, handovers, memberships, benchmarking, financial governance.
• Lead on refreshing and maintain intranet pages, and team guidance/Terms of References, working alongside wider CQC colleagues.
• Lead on mailbox management and financial administration, to support budgeting.
• Support with any business cases, such as reviews for memberships or externally commissioned work.
• Support stakeholder management and work with the D and I Coordinators, Equality Networks and HR to embed Diversity and Inclusion activity across the CQC.
• Support with coordination of papers for meetings and consultation, e.g. People Committee, Executive Team, Board and the Equality Networks.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Committed to learning and development for themselves and the team.
• Project management, problem solving and prioritisation skills to plan, review, and monitor progress, as well as escalate risks and propose mitigations.
• Communication (both written and verbal) skills. For example, to engage and present to key, internal and external stakeholders, such as the Executive Team and NHS colleagues.
• Competent to use and/or learn how to effectively apply Microsoft Office applications, particularly MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This will include making sure any correspondence and/or documents are accessible to stakeholders and the wider team.
• Ability to analyse people-based and wider data sets/evidence to identify and explain issues, trends or changes to a wide range of audiences.

Desirable qualifications/skills/experience/interest related to any of the below:

• Project management methodologies. Risk, Assurance, Governance.
• Policy/Strategy development and/or delivery.
• User research/Behavioural Insights/Social research/Statistical analysis.
• Legal, Employee engagement, HR, Digital.
• Freedom of Information requests.
• Administration; secretariat, finance.

Application process:

• As part of the online application form, you will be asked to complete a 750 word personal statement.
• This will be assessed using your evidence for the Essential and Desirable skills/experience in the advert.

• Layout is your preference; you may choose narrative, bullets, etc.
• You may choose to address each criterion from the Essential and Desirable skills/experience in the advert separately. Alternatively, one narrative example may cover and evidence several criteria.
• You don’t have to explain the whole process of an example you provide as evidence, please share what you have done and the skills and experience you have used.

Timeline:

• Closing date: Thursday 30th March 2023 at 11.59pm
• Shortlisting of applications: Week commencing 3rd April 2023
• Potential Interview Dates: Week commencing 17th and 24th April 2023.

We will update candidates if there are delays in this timeline

Interviews will take place via MS Teams and are usually 45 minutes in duration and invitations will be sent 7 days in advance. Candidates will be asked 5 or 6 behaviour and strength questions – further details will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

Contact point for job applicants:

• If you have any queries around the recruitment process please contact us at [email protected]
• For further information or an informal discussion about this role, please contact [email protected].

We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: [email protected]

Note for external candidates:
CQC are currently working through an organisational transformation programme which includes the creation of a new target operating model. This role is offered as a fixed term contract as part of the transition process to that new model. For further information on this please visit https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/jobs/information-applicants

CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

Our Values

Excellence – Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation
Caring – Treating everyone with dignity and respect
Integrity – Demonstrating our passion for ‘doing the right thing’
Teamwork – Enabling us to be the best we can