Job summary
Are
you passionate about embedding equality, diversity, inclusion, and equity
(EDIE) within healthcare? Join us and make a difference!
We are seeking
a proactive and dedicated EDIE Lead to join the Herefordshire and
Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust for 18 months. In this pivotal role,
you will contribute to fostering an inclusive culture where all staff and
service users feel valued, respected, and empowered.
Hybrid working at Kings Court 2, Worcester, home and across Trust sites.
Virtual interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 6th January 2025.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the role:
- Support the implementation of the EDIE agenda, ensuring alignment with the NHS People Promise and national priorities.
- Lead projects, facilitate training, and monitor progress against EDIE objectives.
- Collaborate with staff networks, HR, and external organisations to enhance equity and inclusion.
- Act as a subject matter expert, providing advice and championing best practices.
- Develop, deliver, and evaluate EDIE-related programmes and initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Provide
leadership and support for EDIE projects and services.
- Analyse workforce
data to inform strategic decision-making.
- Coordinate
and deliver training to all staff levels.
- Manage
staff networks, supervise team members, and oversee EDIE-related activities.
- Produce
and present mandatory reports, including those related to the Workforce Race
Equality Standard, Workforce disability Equality Standard for example.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
-
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
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Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
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Flexible and agile working opportunities
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Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
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Wide range of supportive staff networks
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Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
Sharing
your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to
pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from
you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed specialist and in depth knowledge of Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion matters
- Specialist knowledge of relevant EDIE legislative and policy framework
- Ability to work autonomously guided by principles, broad policies and regulations and initiate, devise and lead EDIE improvements that contribute to meeting local and regional people and
- EDIE strategies.
- Ability to provide information, advice and guidance to division, heads of service and wider colleagues.
Additional criteria
Essential
- Ability to travel across locations
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience gained through alternative routes.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of applying equalities knowledge in a complex organisation, where there was requirement to demonstrate strong leadership and management skills.
- Extensive experience of working collaboratively with wider team members to deliver projects, initiatives and change.
- Facilitation of learning and training sessions
- Experience of managing projects
- Experience of delivering positive and practical outcomes across a range of conflicting priorities
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to provide leadership and support to teams within the workplace
- Excellent communication and listening skills, ability to communicate effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds ensuring positive and constructive relationships with staff at all levels.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and compare workforce data to derive insights and generate action plans
- Ability to communicate, present and facilitate complex information trust wide in a variety of context and levels
- Effectively communicates in formal report writing to provide clarity and purpose
- Confident and well developed negotiating and influencing skills Competent in the use of all Microsoft IT packages produce spreadsheets and reports on EDIE activity for boards and governance meetings
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed specialist and in depth knowledge of Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion matters
- Specialist knowledge of relevant EDIE legislative and policy framework
- Ability to work autonomously guided by principles, broad policies and regulations and initiate, devise and lead EDIE improvements that contribute to meeting local and regional people and
- EDIE strategies.
- Ability to provide information, advice and guidance to division, heads of service and wider colleagues.
Additional criteria
Essential
- Ability to travel across locations
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience gained through alternative routes.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of applying equalities knowledge in a complex organisation, where there was requirement to demonstrate strong leadership and management skills.
- Extensive experience of working collaboratively with wider team members to deliver projects, initiatives and change.
- Facilitation of learning and training sessions
- Experience of managing projects
- Experience of delivering positive and practical outcomes across a range of conflicting priorities
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to provide leadership and support to teams within the workplace
- Excellent communication and listening skills, ability to communicate effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds ensuring positive and constructive relationships with staff at all levels.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and compare workforce data to derive insights and generate action plans
- Ability to communicate, present and facilitate complex information trust wide in a variety of context and levels
- Effectively communicates in formal report writing to provide clarity and purpose
- Confident and well developed negotiating and influencing skills Competent in the use of all Microsoft IT packages produce spreadsheets and reports on EDIE activity for boards and governance meetings
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).
