Equality and Diversity Project Lead (Part-Time, 12 month FTC)
Finchley, London (with an element of home working and flexibility)

Contract: 12 month fixed term contract / Part-time: 22.5 hours
Salary £35,000 - £40,000 per annum pro rata

This is a unique opportunity - a newly-created role - putting equality, diversity and inclusion at the very heart of everything that the hospice does.

North London Hospice exists to enable the best of life, at the end of life, for everyone. We work together with our diverse community to provide palliative care and support, when and where it’s needed most. We provide tailored, personalised care for more than 3,000 people a year who are living with a life-limiting illness in Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey. We also support their families, friends, and carers.

You’ll be passionate about equality and diversity and have the ability to ensure that our equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategy is given the leadership that it deserves. You’ll work with key stakeholders to turn the plan into a reality and improve every facet of the way that the hospice does equality and diversity.

You’ll develop reporting mechanisms and analyse data to underpin the EDI plan, working with key stakeholders including clinical teams. The post-holder is expected to deliver training to staff to ensure they understand the importance of recording data to support the EDI strategy. The role will also organise and run community events and stakeholder workshops to reach out to under-represented groups in the community.

The post holder will be based at the NLH Finchley site with an element of home working and flexibility.

Your skills, interests and what you can bring to the role:

- Evidence of implementing an equality, diversity, and inclusion strategy within a growing organisation
- Experience of translating strategy into practical operational delivery
- Experience of successfully chairing and facilitating meetings
- Project management in the area of equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Experience of working with sector-relevant local and national networks
- A confident, collaborative and outcome-focused approach
- The ability to effectively shape and execute culture change programmes that achieve sustainable results through high levels of colleague involvement and engagement
- IT literacy and the ability to analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative information to support evidence-based decision making and initiatives
- The ability to present complex issues clearly and simply in writing and verbally
- Confident influencing beliefs, opinions, behaviours and organisational ways of working
- Outstanding communication skills are essential, both written and verbal. Must be able to effectively listen, consult, collaborate and present compelling fact-based arguments for change
- Must be well informed about current events and developments in the field of EDI. Genuine empathy for the subject matter
- Must be credible, approachable, with outstanding capability in building trust-based relationships with a wide range of colleagues at all levels of the organisation
- A commitment to the hospice’s ethics and values in relation to equality, diversity, and inclusion
- A passion for the work in the field of equality, diversity, and inclusion

In return, you will receive:

- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Standard Life Pension scheme membership
- Life Assurance cover
- Ongoing professional development
- Fully funded health cash plan
- Workplace perks
- Discounted cinema scheme, etc.

If you would like to discuss the post further, please contact Liz Edwards.

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