Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer

About the Role

The EDI Officer roles have dual responsibility:

• Supporting the delivery of specialist EDI activity linked to the University’s Culture and Inclusion Enabling Plan.
• Providing technical expertise and delivery to a partnered area of the university.

The role holder will take responsibility for a varied portfolio of specialist projects at the institutional level, working across protected characteristics and taking an intersectional approach, to deliver aspects of our Culture & Inclusion (C&I) Enabling Plan. This role works closely with the EDI Managers, taking ownership of projects and services, contributing to our priority workstreams of Representation and Behaviour & Culture Change.

About You

This role is an opportunity to build upon and broaden your existing experience around Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (in Higher Education). The dual nature of this role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to university strategic priorities at both the organisation-wide level and locally within a faculty or directorates.

Whilst not essential for success in the role, prior experience delivering behaviour/culture change, and/or working in a clinical (or allied) environment would be a source of competitive advantage and may be used by the panel to distinguish between well-qualified candidates.

About the Department

Queen Mary University has committed to an ambitious strategic vision – to be the most inclusive university of our kind, anywhere. The Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Team, based in the Human Resources Directorate, exist as technical experts to support and deliver this vision with specific regard for the diverse needs of our workforce.

The EDI Team are in the process of aligning our ways of working and work allocation more closely to the Culture & Inclusion Enabling Plan; this role will project support and delivery to one of the two transformative workstreams across the staff experience: 1) Representation, 2) Behaviour & Culture Change.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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