Associate Director - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Full-time, maternity cover 12 months

Reporting to the Executive Director of HR, this role carries leadership responsibility for our ambitious Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda. The agenda has both breadth and depth and embraces strategic aims on race and gender as well as compliance activity that affects our student and colleague communities.

The role has been designed to take clear responsibility by utilising resource from across the University and within HR to create multi-disciplinary and cross-University groups, develop productive relationships with all stakeholders, and provide professional advice to the senior management group and University Executive Team on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, protecting and enhancing the reputation of the University.

We are seeking an experienced Equality, Diversity and Inclusion professional to provide maternity cover. You will need to demonstrate leadership and have a track record of embedding change within large complex organisations. You will assimilate quickly and effectively into our leadership team and ensure delivery of existing projects and plans against our equality, diversity and inclusion objectives and priorities.

You will be confident applying your knowledge across a range of activity, influencing leaders and engaging with colleagues, stakeholders and students across the University. You will ideally have awareness of the Higher Education sector and its specific needs, challenges and ambitions.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our HR team and make your contribution to the University community.

Closing date: Monday 5^th January 2026 (23:59)

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Working here means you’ll have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.

Leeds Beckett University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and positively welcomes applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented at this level. We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from black and minority ethnic candidates. All appointments will be based on merit.

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