EDI Consultant
6 Months contract
up to £460 UMB per day
Location: EC1N or NG9
Hybrid - 3/4 days per week onsite.
Sellick Partnership are currently recruiting for an experienced EDI Consultant to join our client based in London or Nottingham on a 6 month contract. This role is offered on a hybrid basis.
The duties of the EDI Consultant includes:
- Improving the diversity data quality and disclosure rates, particularly in under‑reported areas such as Disability and Ethnicity, ensuring more accurate and representative workforce insights.
- Analysing wider diversity and inclusion datasets to identify reporting issues, trends and opportunities for targeted improvement.
- Strengthening Diversity & Inclusion governance, including developing D&I plans, frameworks and structures, and establishing an active D&I community with leads across key areas (Gender, Ethnicity, Disability and LGBTQ+).
- Embedding diversity and inclusion into core HR processes, ensuring inclusive practice across recruitment, training, development and the broader employee lifecycle.
- Leading and delivering Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs) in line with public sector requirements, ensuring compliance and informed decision‑making.
- Introducing innovative tools and approaches to enhance D&I effectiveness, reporting and employee experience.
- Collaborating closely with HR and Senior Leadership Teams, influencing decision‑making and fostering strong, productive relationships with key stakeholders.
- Establishing credibility quickly, providing expert guidance that enables the organisation to progress at pace.
- Designing and implementing “fit for the future” processes, ensuring D&I interventions are scalable, sustainable and aligned with organisational goals.
- Driving measurable progress in diversity and inclusion, helping the organisation “shift the dial” through evidence‑based recommendations and practical delivery.
The EDI Consultant will ideally have:
- Previous experience in diversity and inclusion
- Previous experience improving the quality and accuracy of diversity data
- Strong analytical capability, and interpret complex diversity and inclusion datasets, identifying gaps, trends and areas of improvement
- Experience and ability to embed D&I principles into core HR processes, including recruitment and learning & development
- Influencing senior leadership teams and HR colleagues
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to establish credibility quickly at all levels of the organisation
The EDI Consultant will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to be able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressure environment.
Our client is hoping to have the EDI Consultant in the role as soon as possible, therefore if you believe your experience meets the criteria above, please contact Charlotte Broomfield by Monday 30th April by calling the Derby office for Sellick Partnership or by submitted your CV directly.
