Senior Student EDI Officer

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

We are renewing our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and have formed a new Office for Institutional Equity and Inclusion (OIEI), which plays a critical role in helping us to prioritise staff and student development, engagement, accreditation, monitoring and integrated practice improvement needs. Led by the Assistant Vice-President (EDI) who reports to the President, and the Head of EDI, the Office for Institutional Equity and Inclusion is a single University-wide unit actively and passionately transforming our organisational culture and supporting the progression and success of our staff and students.

Background

The role plays a pivotal role in ensuring we deliver our EDI ambitions and enable the pursuit of excellence in all that we do. This role will form part of the Office for Institutional Equity and Inclusion and is essential in ensuring the university is fulfilling external obligations and regulations whilst maintaining internal priorities in creating a fair and equitable student experience for all, giving every student the chance to achieve their potential, free from prejudice and discrimination.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include supporting the prioritisation and delivery of City St George’s Vision and Strategy 2030 to minimise differential outcomes in student satisfaction, progression, attainment, and employability. This role will require working collaboratively to ensure that internal and external reporting requirements are met and focus on creating a fair equitable student experience for all.

Person Specification

Educated to Degree level or equivalent and/or appropriate work experience

Expert knowledge of equality and diversity legislation, regulation and policy as it applies in an HE context

Up to date knowledge of current developments relating to equality and diversity, particularly with regard to legislative changes, sector research and issues affecting the HE/FE sector

Understanding of the broader student experience

Additional Information

Closing date for application: 7th November 2024 at 11:59pm

Interviews: Wednesday 20th November 2024

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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