Racial Justice and Equity Manager Abbey Wood, England
Job description
Here at Rethink Mental illness, we have been working hard to become an anti-racist charity. Working collaboratively with people across the charity sector internally and externally, we have been addressing racial equity for Black, Asian and minority ethnic people living with severe mental illness, their family and carers. We are now in our second year of delivering our Race Equality Action plan which is part of our 5-year strategy. We are seeking someone to be part of the team in the continued management of the projects we will be delivering.
The Racial Justice and Equity Manager reports to the Head of Equity and Racial Justice to support the delivery of our strategic projects across the Policy and Practice department. We want every person severely affected by mental illness to be at the center of a community that cares so they receive the right help at the right time in the right place. Policy and Practice do this by elevating the voice of lived experience within diverse communities to influence systemic change and ensuring it is then delivered on the ground.
The Racial Justice and Equity Manager will liaise with internal and external stakeholders to develop and deliver projects that improve support and care for Black, Asian and minority ethnic people, and identify evidence and learnings that can be fed into our influencing activity.
The role has no direct line management but will have responsibility for leading and directing projects.
We are looking for an individual who can balance the key skills required for the role with empathy, compassion and drive to inspire growth.
You must be able to demonstrate.
- Project and programme management experience or qualifications
- Knowledge or understanding of mental health policy and practice and their unequal impact on Black and other minoritised communities or the ability to build this knowledge.
- An awareness of EDI or other protected characteristics as the projects will be cross-cutting.
- Excellent written and communication skills.
- Excellent collaborative and stakeholder management skills as you will be interacting with people at all levels.
- Strong experience of project implementation, time management (working to deadlines) and reporting throughout project lifecycle
- Fresh knowledge, understanding and a passion for racial justice, equity and diversity within project work
- An approach which is culturally sensitive and non-exclusionary
- A brilliant listener, communicator and natural collaborator who works with accountability
- Proven ability to design and facilitate group dialogue in multicultural, complex and sometimes ambiguous situations
The role is homebased, but you must be able to commute into our head office monthly, for team meetings and collaborative working, some additional travel will be required to support project work.
This is a permanent role working Monday to Friday 9:00 – 17:00, but we are happy to discuss flexible working.
The Hiring Manager Nisa Chisipochinyi welcomes informal discussions about the role, please contact - / 07483 301 232.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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Don’t meet all requirements?
If the role sounds exciting to you but your experience, skills or qualifications don’t exactly match every single requirement, we would still encourage you to apply, you may be just the right person for our position!
Caring for our people.
We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:
PULSE – your rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc.
Wellbeing support: Our Wellbeing hub that gives physical, and mental health support. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments
Taking time for you: we work flexibly –you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off.
Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.
Structured Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
£300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
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