Application Deadline: 25 May 2025
Department: People Team
Location: London
Compensation: From: £42K
Description
Somerset House pursues a ‘Step Inside, Think Outside’ spirit and is born from the creative community we nurture - the experience and perspectives we host across background, age, race, and stage, and the intersections and crossovers we encourage.
This role will lead to implementing our diversity, inclusion and belonging (DI&B) roadmap and building out learning and development pathways for our people.
In addition, as part of a small team, you will bring generalist HR experience and contribute to delivering the wider objectives for the People Team as a whole.
We’re looking for someone who brings a passion for building inclusive systems that support everyone to thrive, uses data-driven insights to inform decisions and measure impact, engages and aligns effectively with stakeholders and gets things done in a busy team.
What we are looking for:
DI&B Delivery: - Lead the implementation of the agreed Somerset House Trust DI&B roadmap, ensuring strategic goals are met.
- Establish a framework for our DI&B values, ensuring they are integrated into all aspects of the organisation.
Learning and Development:- Oversee the development of focus groups, ensuring they are aligned with the Trust’s DI&B strategy.
- Deliver, evaluate and support the design of DI&B training programs, including workshops, e-learning modules, and facilitated discussions.
- Champion our new learning platform to cultivate a learning culture by effectively managing and promoting its usage
General HR Responsibilities:- Facilitate the resolution of employee relations, ensuring alignment with Trust policies and fostering a supportive workplace environment
- Support line managers across recruitment, onboarding, performance and pay
- Be a trusted first point of contact for HR queries
Ways of working:- Analyse DI&B-related data to track progress, measure impact, and identify areas for improvement.
- Develop dashboards and reports for leadership, highlighting key DI&B metrics and trends.
- Influence and engage stakeholders at all levels to gain buy-in and support for DI&B initiatives.
Skills, knowledge & expertise required for the role:
Experience:
- Strong HR generalist – Ideally Level 5 CIPD
- Experience as a Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Lead working with focus groups, employee engagement initiatives, and delivering change
Skills:
- A clear understanding of the broad DI&B agenda within and beyond the creative sector and its impact on the workforce, workplace, visitors and community and an ability to promote this to others, staying informed of the latest developments
- Ability to build relationships to achieve required outcomes and make recommendations
- Curious and proactive with a commitment to continuous improvement
- Effective engagement and presentation skills
- Strong Project Management skills
*Please see the attached job pack for a full job description
Benefits to working at Somerset House:
Mental Health & Wellbeing
- Access to our external Employee Assistance Programme (CiC) for free 24/7 confidential advice and support, including up to 6 free counselling sessions per year where needed
- Mental health support and guidance from our in-house trained Mental Health First Aiders
- Hybrid working based on having 3 days in the office per week (pro rata if part-time)
- Contribution towards eye tests and glasses
-Trust life insurance scheme
Holiday
- Enhanced annual leave – 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Birthday leave - additional day leave
- Celebration day - to celebrate anything of your choice
Other Leave
- Sick leave – 20 days full pay, followed by 20 days half pay (pro rata & following 3 months service)
- Emergency dependent care – option to use 25% of paid sick leave for emergency care of a dependent (pro rata & following 3 months service)
- Enhanced maternity pay
Benefits
- 8% employer pension contributions, no employee contribution required*
- Option for salary sacrifice
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to Work scheme
Discounts, offers and free stuff
-The list is endless and includes tickets to Somerset House events and entrance to other London Heritage sites
-Discounts in Somerset House cafes and restaurants
-Discounts with various high street retailers and restaurants
-Discounts to local leisure centres
*following 3 months of employment
