Senior Equality and Partnership Adviser

4 days ago

Chelmsford, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

About the role

**Senior Equality and Partnership Adviser**

Fixed Term, 12 months

Full Time, 37 hours per week

Up to £49,343 per annum - pay award pending

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date:
Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK, serving a population of 1.5 million residents in the historic and beautiful county of Essex. ECC has an ambitious agenda for our place reflected in our strategy Everyone’s Essex, and the Future of Essex
- The Vision. As a senior Equalities and Partnerships adviser in Essex, you will work in the Council’s Equalities and Partnerships Team, working closely with the Deputy Leader of the Council, the Chief Executive and other senior politicians and officers. You will also work externally, partnering with senior leaders from across a range of public services including, Local Authorities, Police, Heath, Fire, Universities, and our Community and Voluntary Sector partners to support public service reform
- creating a more joined up public service landscape.

The Equalities and Partnerships teams’ remit is broad. It covers a range of challenging equalities and partnership issues of national as well as local importance, including, a response to violence against women and girls, PREVENT, tackling the root causes of inequality, responding to the cost of living crisis, through to ensuring we have effective Anchor organisations across Greater Essex that can support their communities at a place level. The team also provide secretariat support that connects and joins up the work of the work of the Essex Heath and Wellbeing Board, Essex Partners and Essex Chief Executives Forum.

The backbone to this work will be your desire to strive for a fairer Essex where equality of opportunity is at the heart of your thinking in order to deliver the Vision for Essex as well our wider equalities agenda. What is more, we will rely on you to build effective and sustainable relationships in order to win support from both internal and external colleagues.

The full role profile can be viewed via the following link.

**About you**:
You will be highly credible with proven leadership and relationship building skills, and able to deliver impact across a broad range of public policy areas and issues. You will be able to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team with the ability to make sound decisions and drive progress in a complex and challenging environment. You will have a background in equalities policy and partnership working, particularly in improving outcomes for residents, and an interest in at least some of the policy issues facing public services across Greater Essex. You will be able to develop system wide strategies that are evidence based and that translate into effective delivery across the organisation and the wider partnership landscape. You will be comfortable working in a politically led organisation and able to engage effectively with politicians and senior officers. You will be motivated, proactive and able to deliver high quality work at pace.

**Responsibilities**:

- Policy analysis related to protected characteristics and the wider determinants of heath in particular in relation to outcomes for our residents.
- Effective management of relationships with politicians and senior officers across the Council and with partners.
- Ensuring that equalities policy development is in line with our overall strategic ambitions and has demonstrable delivery impact.
- Ensuring that equalities policy development is based on solid evidence and insight and draws on learning and best practice from across the sector, nationally and internationally.
- Leading effective and timely secretariat support to the Essex Heath and Wellbeing Board and Essex Partners.

**Knowledge, Skills and Experience**

Essential
- Experience of tackling some areas of the wider determinants of heath to improve outcomes for residents
- Strong written and oral communication skills with an ability to present complex material clearly and concisely.
- Experience of working with a range of partners across complex disciplines.
- Strong organisational skills to ensure effective management of business and of high-level boards
- Potential to develop high influencing and negotiating skills.
- Strong inter-personal skills and the ability to effectively liaise with politicians and other senior leaders with the ability to influence relevant outcomes.
- Ability to deliver high quality interventions at pace.
- Ability to connect strategy development with delivery in a way that is operationally literate.

Desirable but not essential
- Knowledge of local government

Please note that this is a politically restricted role.

**Why Essex?** Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England

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