Equality Charters Manager (FTC)
Bath, Somerset

Department: Human Resources

Salary: Starting from £43,414, rising to £51,805

Closing date: Thursday 23 March 2023

Interview date: Thursday 30 March 2023

Joining our Culture and Inclusion Team you will be leading culture change initiatives which are institution-wide by progressing implementation of our equality charters.

In this dynamic role you will be collaborating with our EDI champions, Network Leads and our Students’ Union colleagues to strive for measurable impact/change. Utilise your broad EDI knowledge to provide pragmatic advice to our academic and professional services community.

About the role

As our Equality Charters Manager, you will provide a consultancy service to Athena Swan Leads as well as providing interpretation of complex management information datasets. You will be providing advice and guide on EDI matters and deal with challenging dilemmas where policy and practice conflict. A key element of the role is planning, developing, writing, and evaluating submissions linked to EDI accreditations and monitoring implementation of action plans.

About you

You will be experienced in providing expert EDI advice within a complex organisation. With a comprehensive knowledge of EDI Charters and legislation, you will also have:

- Experience of successfully delivering an EDI Charter Mark or similar accreditation and/or
Expertise in analysing, interpreting, reporting on complex data sets, including quantitative and qualitative data
- A proactive approach to help foster a positive culture of care that is inclusive
The ability to provide complex advice, guidance, and support to our community on EDI matters
- Knowledge of EDI legislative and regulatory requirements such as Equality Act 2010 and public sector equality duty (PSED)
Further details

This is a fixed-term role to cover parental leave for up to 12 months.

For more information about this role, please contact our Equality Charters Manager or Deputy Director Culture and Inclusion.

What we can offer you:

- a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
- generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
- an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
- a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Visa information

If you think you may require a visa to work in the UK, you should refer to our guidance on the Skilled Worker Visa before embarking on a job application to ensure you understand the requirements for sponsorship. You may be eligible to work in the UK via other alternative visa routes such as the Global Talent Visa or by having Settlement / Indefinite Leave to Remain - please refer to our Staff Immigration webpages for further details.
Update to our application process.

We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.

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