Equality, Diversity

**About The Role**:
**EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION LEAD**:

- Fixed Term Contract (1year)**
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**DIVISION: Central**

**LOCATION: Manchester, UK**

**Benefits: Subsidised Private Medical Cover, Life Assurance Scheme, Contributory Pension, 35 Days annual leave (Including Public Holidays), Car Allowance + more**

GRAHAM is committed to being an equal opportunities employer of choice, where everyone is recognised as an individual and where the richness of a diverse workforce is embraced to maximise our business performance.
- Do you have a passion for equality, diversity & inclusion?_
- Do you want to work for an organisation that is passionate about making a difference? If yes, we would love to hear from you_

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who will champion Equality, Diversity & Inclusion across the various Divisions within the business while delivering expert advice, support, and guidance to our project teams. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Head of Equality, Diversity & FIR in the development and implementation of strategic policies, practices, and action plans in relation to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion aligned to our organisational values and pillars.

For the duration of the Fixed Term Contract, The EDI Lead will support the Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion to ensure that GRAHAM is externally recognised as the leading and preferred employer of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion within the Construction industry. The individual will liaise with internal and external partners to attract, develop, and retain a pipeline of talent for the future. Whilst engaging and supporting our existing workforce.

You will work in partnership with the business to create and implement interventions to ensure the GRAHAM FIR strategy is successful, adds value and supports an inclusive environment which benefits our people, business, external stakeholders, and wider society.

You will join an expanding team and will be encouraged to bring your ideas and experience to the table. You will be passionate about delivering authentic change and you will demonstrate role modelling behaviours to influence and engage a broad remit of internal and external stakeholders.

Above all the EDI Business Partner will actively engage with all our people - including over 100 FIR ambassadors - to ensure they are engaged and aware of their responsibility for fairness, inclusion, and respect.

Travel between regional offices and project locations will be required on a regular basis, so a driving licence and access to a vehicle is a necessity. Occasionally there may be a requirement to work outside normal working hours to attend evening meetings or events.

**Key Duties**:

- Collaborate with internal diversity experts and external providers to manage programmes and events related to inclusive outreach and recruitment
- Work with the Marketing and Internal Communications teams to raise awareness and engage our people
- Link with the HR Team to manage and support FIR initiatives
- Deliver presentations on Fairness, Inclusion and Respect to site teams on nationwide projects
- Support the Head of Equality, Diversity and FIR in developing appropriate content for FIR communication campaigns
- Implement, manage, and report on the progress of FIR initiatives
- Reporting on individual progress and programme effectiveness
- Supporting the Divisions to celebrate the success of FIR activities
- Work closely with FIR Ambassadors and other staff across the business to ensure processes and systems align with their individual strategies
- Any other duties as requested

**Essential Requirements**:

- A demonstrable commitment to promoting equality and diversity in the workplace
- Experience of developing effective working relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Experience of working in an EDI (FIR) role within a medium to large organisation
- The ability to positively engage and motivate others
- A naturally collaborative style to work with other teams such as Learning and Development to ensure there is a growing level of education of EDI for the business
- Cultural sensitivity and personal awareness and the ability to challenge thinking and perspectives
- Flexibility to work in multi-disciplinary teams and meet changing requirements
- The ability to establish relationships with external groups and other relevant third-party organisations
- The confidence to support and lead, where appropriate on diversity initiatives and a natural desire to share best practice whilst maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of equality legislation
- The ability to enable and guide existing networks and local working groups
- A data driven mindset and experience of using data and insights to inform FIR strategy and action planning
- Excellent IT, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to manage multiple workloads and resources to deliver