Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Engagement Lead Stockton-on-Tees, England
Job description
Are you an experienced HR Practitioner with a passion for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion? Can you engage with colleagues across the organisation to inspire others on a range of equalities and human rights related subjects? Are you committed to raising the profile of our EDI programme of work, to make a real difference for our employees? If this sounds like you, we would love to speak to you about our newly created EDI Engagement Lead role.
As a key member of the Workforce Planning, Quality and Projects team, the EDI Engagement Lead will also work as part of the newly developed Faculty of Learning, Leadership and Improvement and you will play a key part in supporting the delivery of the Trust’s EDI Strategy.
The focus of this role will be to plan, design, deliver and evaluate specialist learning and development courses, seminars, and networks, using the combined experiences of diverse staff groups to enhance and deliver effective learning.
The EDI Engagement Lead will support our commitment to create more inclusive workplace cultures, where difference is welcomed and celebrated through embedding equality and diversity into all relevant activity.
The EDI Engagement Lead will report in to the Employee Relations Manager from a line management perspective, but will equally take direction from the Faculty of Learning, Leadership and Improvement.
They will lead on various work streams and projects, which deliver a range of national and local initiatives, specific to the Trust’s EDI agenda and wider strategies. They will also work as part of the Trust’s Faculty of Learning, Leadership and Improvement to support quality improvement (QI) initiatives from an EDI perspective.
The post holder will provide managers with information, guidance, resources and sources of good practices to help them be at the forefront of equality and diversity initiatives and celebrating good practice.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
Facilitate individual and group sessions, using highly developed persuasive and motivational skills to encourage participation and the sharing of experiences to understand the true impact of policies and procedures on individuals from differing backgrounds.
Facilitate sessions for colleagues as an outcome to employee relations cases, encouraging individuals to undertake self-reflection and overcoming resistance where there is need to encourage behavioural change to support the creation of inclusive workplaces.
Support and advise colleagues within the People Directorate and the wider organisation, on the legislative requirements related to equality and diversity, helping them to translate this into action under the support of the Head of Workforce Planning, Quality and Projects.
Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders and with other partners to build the organisation’s competence and reputation in the field of equality and inclusion, and share good practice and learning.
Engage with senior managers to respond to new challenges and national policy changes. This includes gathering examples of good practice and understanding the challenges that managers and staff are facing that may act as barriers.
Ensure that effective and timely communications are issued across the organisation, sharing the latest developments in relation to our EDI work. This includes drafting and uploading web content and co-ordinating newsletters.
Be responsible for supporting the development, co-ordination and championing of the Trust’s staff networks and ensuring that network meetings are accessible, inclusive and run smoothly.
Organise and facilitate the delivery and implementation of Trust-wide equality campaigns and events to raise awareness and foster good relations between people from different backgrounds, with differing protected characteristics.
Organise the annual EDS assessment process, ensuring engagement events are scheduled with key stakeholders to facilitate discussions and agree the Trust’s workforce EDS ratings.
Provide advice, support and facilitation to Care Groups and corporate areas on the implementation, performance monitoring and assessment of impact of EDI objectives and actions as identified in the various actions plans (WRES, WDES, EDS, Gender Pay Gap).
Work with service leads to enhance Equality Impact Assessments to ensure that managers are aware of the legal duty to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations in decision making and practice.
