Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Project Officer - REQ002398

INTERNAL ONLY VACANCY. This post is open to existing Leeds City Council employees only. Applications will not be considered from external candidates.

Job title: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Project Officer

Salary: SO2 £37,280 - £39,152

Hours: 37

Contract: Permanent

Location: Merrion House

About the role

As an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Project Officer you’ll thrive on the promotion Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and present continuous dedication to the subject. You will contribute to the delivery of the council’s EDI agenda against the vision and action plan and support the governance of the EDI agenda through customer service, project management and administrative support.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About you

As an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Project Officer, you will bring to the role:

Ability to develop productive working relationships that command respect, trust, and confidence.
Experience of managing and contributing to a variety of projects relating to transformation and service improvement, and delivering them on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards and reporting through appropriate governance structures.
Experience of working on complicated and challenging agendas where a range of stakeholders may have competing priorities and negotiating the best way forward.
Understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion including legislation and policy.
Ability to motivate, inspire and develop staff where required on the equality agenda across the council.

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements

a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How to apply

Complete the online application form.

Read our guidancefor further advice on completing your application.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Geoff Turnbull on 07712214338 or email geoffrey.turnbull@leeds.gov.uk.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visaroute before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job purpose

To contribute to the delivery of the council’s equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) agenda against the vision and action plan.

To support the governance of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda through customer service, project management and administrative support.

To assist Elected Members deliver support to the EDI agenda.

To support the council’s external facing engagement around EDI including through the council’s Equality Assembly and Hubs and other working groups.

To build and maintain successful relationships with a range of partners on the EDI agenda.

To support the council’s performance reporting and governance processes against EDI.

To develop and support the council’s communication of the EDI agenda both internally and externally.

To support the delivery of a range of celebratory and awareness raising activities throughout the year on the EDI agenda.

To enable Safer Stronger Communities to deliver major service improvements with our partners and other Council services.

To ensure that team objectives are delivered on time, within budget and to expected levels of quality.

Responsibilities

To manage the financial monitoring of the Equality and Hate Crime Team budget.

To supervise the ordering and requisition of goods and services for the team, maintaining budgetary records, expenditure details and information relating to purchases and orders

To manage the Equality and Hate Crime Teams email inboxes and to support the teams social media accounts. To be responsible for the teams main public facing telephone number.

To ensure that all the Equality and Hate Crime Teams events, meetings and communications are accessible.

To take minutes for a range of public facing and internal meetings with partners and other council services.
To produce and monitor forward plans and action trackers for these meetings.
To ensure the administration of these meetings is organised and timely including venues and speakers.

To ensure that there is a forward plan of all meetings and events for the year ahead and manage in year diary requirements.

To ensure appropriate risk management of all team events.

To take a lead on the logistics of events management.

To assist the identification, monitoring, tracking and capturing of the outcomes and benefits of team events, projects and working groups and produce performance reports as required.

To assist in the preparation of briefings, reports, publicity and other materials, and the presentation of these in ways that meet the needs of different audiences.

To ensure appropriate support for Elected Members working on the EDI agenda.

To maintain relationships with key partners.

To take a lead on supporting one of the workstreams around the protected characteristics.

To undertake line management as required.

To manage competing priorities, ensuring consistency of approach with a key focus on delivery and quality.

To keep abreast of developments, internal and external, which have implications for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Safer Leeds, and the wider Council.

To carry out all assignments with minimum direct supervision and in accordance with specified work programmes, project briefs, and timetables.

To maintain a high level of confidentiality.

To work within all relevant policies, procedures and systems established corporately by the Council or locally by Safer Stronger Communities and, in particular, to support the Council’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policies.

To carry out duties in accordance with the Council Values and Culture.

All other duties considered commensurate with the post.

Qualifications

Essential requirements It is essential that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post. Candidates will only be shortlisted for interview if they can demonstrate that they meet all the essential requirements.

Ability to work flexibly across different work locations and areas as appropriate.

Ability to work to specified work programmes and timetables.

Ability to make swift decisions and judgements.

Ability to work on own initiative.

Ability to respond to emerging system requirements and changes

Ability to facilitate workshops, plan, and contribute to a range of meetings.

Ability to develop productive working relationships that command respect, trust, and confidence.

Ability to work effectively with other teams, services, and directorates to deliver cross-cutting projects.

Ability to motivate, inspire and develop staff where required on the equality agenda across the council.

Good understanding of the transformation agendas for Safer Stronger Communities.

Understanding of the demographics of the city of Leeds.

Understanding of public sector and local government issues generally.

Understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion including legislation and policy.

Understanding of data and analysis to help solve problems and develop processes.

Understanding of service delivery issues across Leeds City Council services.

Experience of working on or understanding of the equality agenda.

Experience of managing and contributing to a variety of projects relating to transformation and service improvement, and delivering them on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards and reporting through appropriate governance structures.

Experience of database systems, analysis and reporting.

Experience of identifying and managing risks associated with projects or programmes.

Experience of leading or contributing to multiple projects and pieces of work, maintaining a focus on delivery and quality and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.

Experience of writing reports and delivering presentations to a very high standard. And communicating clearly with diverse audiences.

Experience of delivering change through analysing current practice and recommending improvements.

Experience of working on projects that have delivered customer focused outcomes.

Experience of dealing with matters which are highly sensitive and confidential.

Experience of taking forward initiatives from development to implementation.

Experience of managing competing priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.

Experience of contributing to partnership working involving various stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.

Experience of working on complicated and challenging agendas where a range of stakeholders may have competing priorities and negotiating the best way forward.

Essential Behavioural and other Characteristics

Understand and embrace Leeds City Council Values and Behaviours and codes of conduct.
Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Best City Ambition of Health & Wellbeing, Inclusive Growth and Zero Carbon
Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council equality and diversity policies.
Carry out all duties having regard to an employee’s responsibility under Health and Safety Policies.
Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities.
Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities.
Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures.
Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding, equality & diversity policies of Leeds City Council.
Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person.
The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol and the role will be expected to work within these parameters.

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