Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Staff Experience Department at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in an influential and dynamic role supporting the Trust's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) agenda. A successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to drive forwards our EDI people strategy.
You will play a lead role in not only shaping how EDI is delivered at WWL. You will also lead on key EDI projects, including supporting our staff inclusion networks and ensuring our colleagues have a positive experience at work and have equal opportunities to flourish in their roles.
This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager's agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis due to funding and will end 12 months from start date. Whilst this post is advertised on an acting / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
Main duties of the job
To be successful in the role, you will need to:
- Have a strong understanding and knowledge of EDI theory and practice
- Experience of leading EDI programmes
- Ability to build close relationships with a diverse range of staff
- Ability to influence key stakeholders around the benefits and ethical implications of EDI, and our EDI priorities
- A strong passion for EDI and embedding best practice processes and policies
In this role, you will be:
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- Reporting into the Head of Staff Experience and working closely with the EDI Lead for Service and Patients.
- Have line management responsibility for an EDI administrator
- Working within the Staff Experience Team consisting of the Wellbeing and Psychological Support Services, Organisational Development and Learning and Development Teams
About us
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working as part of the Staff Experience Team, the post holder will take the lead in reviewing, developing and implementing the Trusts Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, focussing on: improving the diversity of our workforce, improving the experience of work for people in protected groups and eliminating inequality in employment. They will also act as a specialist advisor for EDI on aspects of organisational development and culture, ensuring our deliverables and practices are inclusive and support our EDI objectives.
They will also support the HR Lead for EDI to review and respond to workforce equality campaigns and related work streams, including the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES), Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), Gender Pay Gap (GPG), EDS2022 and the NHS equality, diversity, and inclusion improvement plan, alongside other equality benchmarking/improvement frameworks, ensuring the Trust complies with its statutory duties and contractual obligations.
See the job description attached for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working as part of the Staff Experience Team, the post holder will take the lead in reviewing, developing and implementing the Trusts Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, focussing on: improving the diversity of our workforce, improving the experience of work for people in protected groups and eliminating inequality in employment. They will also act as a specialist advisor for EDI on aspects of organisational development and culture, ensuring our deliverables and practices are inclusive and support our EDI objectives.
They will also support the HR Lead for EDI to review and respond to workforce equality campaigns and related work streams, including the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES), Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), Gender Pay Gap (GPG), EDS2022 and the NHS equality, diversity, and inclusion improvement plan, alongside other equality benchmarking/improvement frameworks, ensuring the Trust complies with its statutory duties and contractual obligations.
See the job description attached for further information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree qualifications or equivalent experience in a specialist area relevant to EDI
Desirable
- Professional qualification in HR/OD/Organisational Psychology
- Further post graduate qualifications/certificates relating to EDI
- Professional Registration (e.g. CIPD)
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of embedding EDI evidence based best practice, process and policies within everyday business and specific projects.
- Demonstrable experience of designing and delivering good quality EDI awareness raising, education and training to all levels of staff.
- Produce high quality strategies, policies, reports and related communications.
- Excellent project and programme management to deliver to agreed deadlines
- Supporting staff to complete equality analyses and carrying out equality analyses.
- Experience of leading improvement programmes for staff
- Demonstrable experience of proactively promoting inclusion among colleagues.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a specialist EDI role within the public sector
- NHS experience
Skills
Essential
- Advanced analytical and excel skills, and drawing conclusions from qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources.
- Ability to write in a clear and concise manner to write business reports
- Developing learning and culture improvement programmes and initiatives.
- Collaborate effectively with teams across the organisation, including executive leads, staff networks, senior managers and frontline staff.
- Actively participate in sub-regional, and national forums and networks to share learning and good practice.
- Ability to develop trusting relationships with a diverse range of colleagues.
- Proactive, flexible, well-organised and resourceful
- Excellent facilitation/training skills to support OD and Culture work on EDI
- Excellent communication & influencing skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- Strong knowledge and understanding of EDI theories and research relating to organisational culture, staff engagement.
- Strong understanding of cultural differences and cultural integration.
- Significant understanding of promoting EDI within the workforce.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of equalities legislation, public sector duties and tools and frameworks to meet them.
Desirable
- Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in the NHS and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Knowledge of NHS-specific frameworks such as WRES/WDES/EDS
Additional
Essential
- Ability and flexibility to travel occasionally
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree qualifications or equivalent experience in a specialist area relevant to EDI
Desirable
- Professional qualification in HR/OD/Organisational Psychology
- Further post graduate qualifications/certificates relating to EDI
- Professional Registration (e.g. CIPD)
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of embedding EDI evidence based best practice, process and policies within everyday business and specific projects.
- Demonstrable experience of designing and delivering good quality EDI awareness raising, education and training to all levels of staff.
- Produce high quality strategies, policies, reports and related communications.
- Excellent project and programme management to deliver to agreed deadlines
- Supporting staff to complete equality analyses and carrying out equality analyses.
- Experience of leading improvement programmes for staff
- Demonstrable experience of proactively promoting inclusion among colleagues.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a specialist EDI role within the public sector
- NHS experience
Skills
Essential
- Advanced analytical and excel skills, and drawing conclusions from qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources.
- Ability to write in a clear and concise manner to write business reports
- Developing learning and culture improvement programmes and initiatives.
- Collaborate effectively with teams across the organisation, including executive leads, staff networks, senior managers and frontline staff.
- Actively participate in sub-regional, and national forums and networks to share learning and good practice.
- Ability to develop trusting relationships with a diverse range of colleagues.
- Proactive, flexible, well-organised and resourceful
- Excellent facilitation/training skills to support OD and Culture work on EDI
- Excellent communication & influencing skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- Strong knowledge and understanding of EDI theories and research relating to organisational culture, staff engagement.
- Strong understanding of cultural differences and cultural integration.
- Significant understanding of promoting EDI within the workforce.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of equalities legislation, public sector duties and tools and frameworks to meet them.
Desirable
- Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in the NHS and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Knowledge of NHS-specific frameworks such as WRES/WDES/EDS
Additional
Essential
- Ability and flexibility to travel occasionally
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).
