Job summary
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System (ICS) is seeking a passionate and dedicated Inclusion and Belonging Programme Manager. This vital role is at the forefront of our cultural transformation, championing diversity, equity, and inclusion within our system. The successful candidate will leverage their lived experiences, expertise, and previous roles to build strong relationships with Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) leads across provider organisations and key partners. The aim is to advance the NHS People Plan and broader ICS objectives, ensuring that the voices of all community members are represented and respected.
Main duties of the job
Lead Cultural Transformation: Drive cultural change within the ICS by implementing evidence-based practices and fostering an inclusive work environment.
- Collaborative Engagement: Inspire and work collaboratively with stakeholders across organisational boundaries to support the transformation and maturation of the ICS.
- Diverse Workforce Advocacy: Focus on enhancing the experiences of our diverse workforce, ensuring that all initiatives contribute to positive outcomes for both our staff and the patients and citizens we serve.
- Inclusive Decision-Making: Provide professional and constructive challenge to decision-making processes, ensuring diverse perspectives are considered and integrated.
- Programme Management: Oversee multiple programmes and projects, ensuring they align with our inclusion and belonging objectives.
About us
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB)is responsible for planning functions; managing the NHS budget and arranging the provision of health services in the geographical area.
Location Home based/hybrid working (most of posts). Travel on occasions to a Hub location with at least 1 days notice
Interviews may take place via MS Teams or in person
We promote a compassionate and inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The ICB embrace the principles of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and encourages applications from all individuals regardless of their age, disability, gender re-assignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, sex or sexual orientation. It's important that our workforce reflects the diversity of communities as much as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have:
- A deep commitment to promoting inclusion, belonging, and diversity within healthcare.
- Significant experience and a proven track record in leading EDI initiatives or related programmes.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build credibility and effective partnerships with a range of stakeholders.
- Professional maturity, with the ability to navigate complex organisational dynamics and influence change.
- A creative and strategic mindset, capable of driving cultural transformation and continuous improvement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have:
- A deep commitment to promoting inclusion, belonging, and diversity within healthcare.
- Significant experience and a proven track record in leading EDI initiatives or related programmes.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build credibility and effective partnerships with a range of stakeholders.
- Professional maturity, with the ability to navigate complex organisational dynamics and influence change.
- A creative and strategic mindset, capable of driving cultural transformation and continuous improvement.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Highly specialist knowledge acquired through a combination of professional qualification and/or equivalent experience to Masters level in EDI, health inequalities or a related area.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a senior inclusion and equalities role in a large complex organisation.
- A successful track record in developing and delivering change programmes on diversity and inclusion, including the ability to think strategically.
- Experience of developing and delivering cultural change in a large complex organisation.
- Relevant lived experience of diverse / intersectional inclusion characteristics
- Proven track record of success in developing and implementing transformation changes within a complex environment in the area of EDI.
Desirable
- Proven experience of planning and delivering highly complex projects across organisations aimed at driving forward change linked to EDI.
- Experience of presenting to senior level forums, i.e. Boards. Experience of working with regional and national colleagues. Experience of collaborating across organisational boundaries to deliver interventions.
Skills / Knowledge
Essential
- In-depth knowledge of guidance and recommendations to inform key decision making at system level
- Knowledge of equality measures, frameworks and benchmarking tools.
- A comprehensive understanding of the challenges facing local population health and care in the area of EDI and health inequalities
- Demonstrable understanding of the national, regional and local EDI priorities.
- Able to analyse, interpret and utilise data to inform strategic plans, producing high quality, evidence-based reports policies and guidance to inform decision making and processes.
Desirable
- Ability to influence at all levels, including executive level to get buy in for the inclusion agenda, with the ability to negotiate at all levels
- Ability to exercise judgement where there are conflicting views and a need to make decisions on complex issues.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions to resolve problems in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Standard keyboard skills, and able to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to undertake intense concentration, for example when formulating strategy, attending and leading system wide meetings
Autonomy
Essential
- Able to make decisions under pressure and to manage conflicting priorities
Desirable
- Ability to work autonomously in a variety of settings, including remotely
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment and passion for developing greater inclusion, making a tangible and sustainable difference to the EDI and health inequalities agenda
- Demonstrable commitment and passion for developing greater inclusion, making a tangible and sustainable difference to the EDI and health inequalities agenda Visible and engaging as a collaborative EDI leader and role model, engaging professionals across the whole system in the development and delivery of the ICS EDI Plan and priorities. This includes: Providing mentoring or coaching conversation support to other colleagues as required. Supporting system leaders to understand, deliver and embed EDI as an integral part of their role. Demonstrates resilience in both making and receiving frequent professional challenge, and in reporting progress/achievement to Committees/ Boards where performance is not yet at the required level.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Highly specialist knowledge acquired through a combination of professional qualification and/or equivalent experience to Masters level in EDI, health inequalities or a related area.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a senior inclusion and equalities role in a large complex organisation.
- A successful track record in developing and delivering change programmes on diversity and inclusion, including the ability to think strategically.
- Experience of developing and delivering cultural change in a large complex organisation.
- Relevant lived experience of diverse / intersectional inclusion characteristics
- Proven track record of success in developing and implementing transformation changes within a complex environment in the area of EDI.
Desirable
- Proven experience of planning and delivering highly complex projects across organisations aimed at driving forward change linked to EDI.
- Experience of presenting to senior level forums, i.e. Boards. Experience of working with regional and national colleagues. Experience of collaborating across organisational boundaries to deliver interventions.
Skills / Knowledge
Essential
- In-depth knowledge of guidance and recommendations to inform key decision making at system level
- Knowledge of equality measures, frameworks and benchmarking tools.
- A comprehensive understanding of the challenges facing local population health and care in the area of EDI and health inequalities
- Demonstrable understanding of the national, regional and local EDI priorities.
- Able to analyse, interpret and utilise data to inform strategic plans, producing high quality, evidence-based reports policies and guidance to inform decision making and processes.
Desirable
- Ability to influence at all levels, including executive level to get buy in for the inclusion agenda, with the ability to negotiate at all levels
- Ability to exercise judgement where there are conflicting views and a need to make decisions on complex issues.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions to resolve problems in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Standard keyboard skills, and able to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to undertake intense concentration, for example when formulating strategy, attending and leading system wide meetings
Autonomy
Essential
- Able to make decisions under pressure and to manage conflicting priorities
Desirable
- Ability to work autonomously in a variety of settings, including remotely
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment and passion for developing greater inclusion, making a tangible and sustainable difference to the EDI and health inequalities agenda
- Demonstrable commitment and passion for developing greater inclusion, making a tangible and sustainable difference to the EDI and health inequalities agenda Visible and engaging as a collaborative EDI leader and role model, engaging professionals across the whole system in the development and delivery of the ICS EDI Plan and priorities. This includes: Providing mentoring or coaching conversation support to other colleagues as required. Supporting system leaders to understand, deliver and embed EDI as an integral part of their role. Demonstrates resilience in both making and receiving frequent professional challenge, and in reporting progress/achievement to Committees/ Boards where performance is not yet at the required level.
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
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Agile, with a combination of home working and office-based working
Newcastle-under-Lyme
ST5 1PG
Employer's website
https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
