Equality and Inclusion Specialist
7 months ago
**Details**:
**Reference number**:
- 346757**Salary**:
- £40,808**Job grade**:
- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:
- Permanent**Business area**:
- DVSA - People**Type of role**:
- Business Management and Improvement
- Human Resources
- Strategy**Working pattern**:
- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:
- 1Contents
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Location
- Bristol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, SwanseaAbout the job
**Job summary**:
Are you passionate about making a difference?
Do you have an engaging and positive manner?
Can you drive diversity initiatives through influencing and building great relationships with colleagues?
Are you curious and keen to ask questions that will result in resolution?
If so, this is a great opportunity to join the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) as their Equality and Inclusion Specialist, we'd love to hear from you
**Job description**:
You will independently provide specialist advice, and design, develop and deliver various HR interventions to support DVSA’s strategic and business objectives in order to improve overall organisational effectiveness.
You will represent the Agency at Departmental level (DfT Inclusion Group), chairing, attending meetings and events to network, share best practice and promoting DVSA as an inclusive agency.
- Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:_
- Provide a range of consultation services to the Executive Team, Cooperate Senior Leaders, Managers and Supervisors on the development and implementation of strategies to create a culturally competent and diverse workforce which delivers our services and meets current and emerging customers.
- Owns, develops and implements DVSA’s Inclusion strategy to enable DVSA to embed a sustainable inclusive culture. Focusing on equality of opportunity, fostering good relations, elimination of unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and embedding an inclusive culture.
- Undertake horizon scanning to maintain specialist knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, case law and good practice, identify opportunities and risks and use learning to continually drive improvements to strengthen our external brand as an inclusive employer and build trust and confidence within our communities.
- Working with a team of experts, you will manage and lead the team to act as the DVSA Inclusion expert using specialist knowledge to design and implement a variety of inclusion solutions to meet DVSA needs for our current/future workforce and service offering (5 year Strategy) e.g. increased workforce diversity, education and learning initiatives, and promotion of our inclusive agenda.
- Owns, develops and implements DVSA’s Inclusion strategy to enable DVSA to embed a sustainable inclusive culture. Focusing on equality of opportunity, fostering good relations, elimination of unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and embedding an inclusive culture.
- Create, develop and implement EDI policies and procedures by engaging with a range of key stakeholders and lead on consultation with the TUS. Responsible for the implementation of policy, communications plan, measuring success against key success indicators and undertake continuous improvement activities.
- Promote national events e.g. black history month etc., working with Staff Network Groups and other stakeholders to design, coordinate and run events across DVSA.
- Act in an advisory and coaching capacity to support the continued development, capability and growth of the Staff Network Groups to enable achievable objectives, as well as setting Direction for them to be strategically aligned to DVSA’s organisational goals.
- Lead and develop the approach to meaningful data insights and create robust performance measures of diversity and inclusion across the agency to monitor progress against strategic priorities /Inclusion strategy and to inform and drive change.
- Represent the Agency externally, where requested/required, (e.g. at networking events, conferences and exhibitions) to enhance and strengthen the Agency’s profile.
**Person specification**:
- To succeed in this role, you have experience of developing and implementing solutions focused organisation wide inclusion strategies.
- You have experience of developing and implementing people policies and procedures to drive organisational change and improvement.
- You have experience of and are comfortable advising, coaching and supporting managers on HR policies and processes to enable compliance.
- You can analyse and interpret management information to identify trends, patterns and metrics in the organisation, and identify obstacles and risks, and translate them into human resources plans.
- You have a good understanding of relevant, current Employment law (Equality Legislation), plus proposed changes.
- We are seeking an individual who has exceptional communication skil
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