Job summary
Are you passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion? Do you want to drive real change and help shape a culture where everyone can thrive? Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior EDI Practitioner to join our Organisational Effectiveness team.
You'll play a pivotal role in making Mersey Care a truly inclusive place to work and receive care. In return, we offer a supportive environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to make a lasting impact.
What we're looking for:
Substantial experience in leading EDI initiatives within a complex organisation.
Strong knowledge of EDI legislation, best practice and workforce data analysis.
Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
Commitment to promoting a positive, inclusive and just culture.
Main duties of the job
What you'll do:
Lead the Trust's EDI programmes, championing a culture of inclusion and continuous improvement.
Provide expert advice and guidance on all EDI matters to leaders, managers and staff.
Develop, implement and review the Trust's EDI strategy, ensuring we deliver on our People Strategy and statutory obligations.
Oversee EDI data and reporting systems, ensuring data quality, security and compliance.
Engage and empower staff through Trust-wide inclusion networks and events.
Design and deliver impactful EDI training, workshops and leadership development programmes.
Collaborate with senior leaders, staff networks and external partners to promote best practice and innovation.
Support the development of inclusive policies and procedures across the organisation.
Manage EDI budgets and resources effectively.
Role model the Trust's values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description for detailed information regarding the role, the teams, and the wider organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description for detailed information regarding the role, the teams, and the wider organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum 2:1 Bachelor's Degree in related subject
- Evidence of recent and on-going continuous professional and personal development.
- Masters degree or equivalent experience in a specialist area relevant to EDI
Desirable
- Specialist qualification in relevant field
- Chartered Member of the CIPD
- Leadership development CPD
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Good experience of implementing EDI and evidence based best practice, process and strategies, including involvement in the ongoing development, delivery and measurement of plans.
- Demonstrable experience of proactively promoting inclusion among colleagues.
- Demonstrable experience of designing and delivering good quality EDI awareness raising, education and training to all levels of staff.
- Ability to produce high quality strategies, policies, reports and related communications.
- Excellent project and programme management to deliver to agreed deadlines.
- Experience of leading improvement programmes for staff.
- Experience of supporting staff to complete equality analyses and carrying out equality analyses.
- Evidence of adopting problem solving approaches to complex issues and situations.
Desirable
- Exposure to close working with Leadership Teams (or equivalent)
- Working collaboratively across organisations (through effective networks)
- Consultancy skills (internal or external)
- Ability to write Board-level reports
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Ability to develop trusting relationships with a diverse range of colleagues.
- Proactive, flexible, well organised and resourceful.
- Excellent facilitation/training skills to support OE and Culture work on EDI.
- Collaborate effectively with teams across the organisation, including executive leads, staff networks, senior managers and frontline staff.
- Excellent communication & influencing skills.
- Actively participate in sub-regional, and national forums and networks to share learning and good practice.
- Is credible to internal and external stakeholders, specifically senior operational leaders, staff networks and trade unions.
- Demonstrates resilience, confidence and self-belief when under pressure.
- Demonstrates self-awareness which includes awareness of impact on others.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum 2:1 Bachelor's Degree in related subject
- Evidence of recent and on-going continuous professional and personal development.
- Masters degree or equivalent experience in a specialist area relevant to EDI
Desirable
- Specialist qualification in relevant field
- Chartered Member of the CIPD
- Leadership development CPD
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Good experience of implementing EDI and evidence based best practice, process and strategies, including involvement in the ongoing development, delivery and measurement of plans.
- Demonstrable experience of proactively promoting inclusion among colleagues.
- Demonstrable experience of designing and delivering good quality EDI awareness raising, education and training to all levels of staff.
- Ability to produce high quality strategies, policies, reports and related communications.
- Excellent project and programme management to deliver to agreed deadlines.
- Experience of leading improvement programmes for staff.
- Experience of supporting staff to complete equality analyses and carrying out equality analyses.
- Evidence of adopting problem solving approaches to complex issues and situations.
Desirable
- Exposure to close working with Leadership Teams (or equivalent)
- Working collaboratively across organisations (through effective networks)
- Consultancy skills (internal or external)
- Ability to write Board-level reports
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Ability to develop trusting relationships with a diverse range of colleagues.
- Proactive, flexible, well organised and resourceful.
- Excellent facilitation/training skills to support OE and Culture work on EDI.
- Collaborate effectively with teams across the organisation, including executive leads, staff networks, senior managers and frontline staff.
- Excellent communication & influencing skills.
- Actively participate in sub-regional, and national forums and networks to share learning and good practice.
- Is credible to internal and external stakeholders, specifically senior operational leaders, staff networks and trade unions.
- Demonstrates resilience, confidence and self-belief when under pressure.
- Demonstrates self-awareness which includes awareness of impact on others.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
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.
