Equality, Diversity

2 weeks ago

Prescot, United Kingdom Alternative Futures Group Full time

Alternative Futures Group is the North West’s largest Mental Health and Learning Disability charity.

With a strong track record over 30 years, we work locally in the community and through our Treatment and Recovery Centres to provide a wide range of innovative and bespoke care services.

We have a vision to create _a world where people control their lives. _Here at AFG, we pride ourselves on helping the people we support to design, develop and ‘own’ the support they receive by planning this with them; we support people to make informed choices and increase their own independence; and we support people to maintain their own health, wellbeing and living environment. These principles are really important to us.

As a ‘values based’ employer, the people that work for us genuinely care about the people they support, and we are seeking likeminded people to join our AFG family. If you are passionate about working in Health and Social Care and have a real desire to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support then we would love to hear from you.

At AFG we also recognise the contribution and value that our staff make. We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you

In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

**Job Purpose**

As the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Lead, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that AFG is seen as a **great place to work**, and that our culture is vibrant, diverse, and inclusive - creating a sense of belonging for all our people.

You will lead in the design and support of engaging and inclusive employee experiences with a particular focus on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I).

**Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities**
- Act as a **specialist advisor for ED&I** on aspects of organisational development, culture, and practice - Ensuring our deliverables, policies and practices are inclusive and support our strategic objectives.
- Lead on the delivery of objectives within our **ED&I Strategy and Action Plan**.
- To work closely with our _‘People Managers’_ to ensure that ED&I is embedded within all our people **policies and procedures**.
- In collaboration with the Comms & Marketing Team develop and deliver **communication campaigns to celebrate, raise awareness, and educate our workforce** on all aspects of ED&I - This will include (but not limited to): Cultural Awareness; Shared Stories & Lived Experiences; Policy; Best Practice; Support & Resources; Learning Opportunities; Celebration of ED&I events.
- Create opportunities for **positive action interventions** to support under-represented groups.
- To provide expert advice to Senior Leaders on **best practice or opportunities to develop** our approach to ED&I. This will include how we can make positive behavioral changes to contribute to creating a supportive, inclusive, and trusted workplace.
- Provide **coaching and guidance to managers and staff** across the organisation on key ED&I themes or best practice - this may include the development of workshops to enhance the knowledge and skills of operation managers and staff.
- To build and maintain effective and **collaborative relationships **with internal employee staff networks, external ED&I networks/partners.
- To ensure that we have appropriate tools, resources and **communication channels** in place that provide an effective, safe, and representative route for our people to share their views, collaborate, interact, make recommendations to promote positive change or development in relation to ED&I.
- To work with the Head of HR & Payroll / HR Systems & MI Officer to create **metrics, equality monitoring reports, and Key Performance Indicators** for measuring the effectiveness of our ED&I approach.
- To analyse trends, opportunities or risks in our ED&I data, and to have an understanding of appropriate benchmarking sources, to inform our approach to ED&I. You will be required to **prepare reports / presentations to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT)** to share any insights / opportunities / risks that may exist with recommendations for action.
- As a people professional, you will be expected to maintain your professional knowledge and competence within this field. You will influence and develop AFG policy, procedure, practice, information resources and communications on ED&I related activities.

**Experience**

Essential
- Significant experience of working in an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) role / environment.
- Prior experience of providing specialist advice to senior leaders, operational managers and staff on ED&I matters.
- Experience of delivering coaching sessions, or workshops, to promote behavioral change / raise awareness of ED&I.
- Experience of

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