The primary responsibility of this post, situated within the Trusts EDI Team, is to lead on the delivery of elements of the EDI work programme.
The EDI Team is responsible for leading, developing and delivering the Trust’s approach to equality, diversity and inclusion in terms of both the workforce and patients.
The team provides support and guidance to all Directorates and Departments across the Trust and other ODD workstreams.
This Role Will
Support the Staff Network Groups.
Collaborate with departments across the Trust on the Equality Delivery System (EDS) 2022 reports.
Support with the analysis and identification of EDI data.
Work with members of the EDI team to collaborate on staff and patient engagement. This includes consulting with communities and stakeholders to improve service delivery and addressing issues relating to health inequalities.
Research into, and report on, best practice and innovation for EDI on a national level.
Support the Trust to meet its legal obligations and annual reporting requirements including, but not limited to, the Equality Act 2010, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), Equality Delivery System (EDS2), Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and the Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), as well as inform its EDI objectives.
Equality and Diversity Transformation Planning
Develop and analyse key workforce information over a range of key metrics that identify high priority areas for intervention and transformation.
Lead on the use of EDI data, including identifying best practice that the Trust can learn from.
Work collaboratively with all Leads, Clinical Leads, Project and Programme Managers and form key relationships with stakeholders.
Supporting, Facilitating & Leading
Assist with the development, implementation and review of all EDI policies, procedures and protocols.
Provide clear direction to ensure that the parameters of EDI transformation interventions and programmes are clearly identified and documented including the identification of how the benefits will be realised.
Ensure clear lines of EDI communication and consultation with key stakeholders and members of the internal teams, ensuring interdependencies are clearly identified and proactive actions taken.
Working with other members of the EDI Team and the Communications Team, develop open and honest EDI communications with all key stakeholders including communicating information that may be highly complex and potentially controversial.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Organisational Development (OD) is about leading change, improvement initiatives, engaging and motivating staff, developing their talents and improving potential of staff. Great OD is about understanding context and culture, taking a systems approach and enabling NHS staff to design and deliver great patient care.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sally Edwards Job title: Associate Director of EDI Email address: sally.edwards7@nhs.net Telephone number: 07949050091
