Salary: £52,500 FTE (£31,500 pro rata)
Location: Oldham
Hours: 22.5 hours per week (3 days)
Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover)
Hybrid Working
Help create a workplace where everyone belongs.
At First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO), we believe our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. We're looking for a passionate and experienced Colleague Engagement Lead to join our People and Culture team and help shape an inclusive, engaging workplace where people feel valued, supported and inspired to do their best work.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion, colleague wellbeing and creating meaningful engagement that makes a real difference.
The impact you'll make
As our Colleague Engagement Lead, you'll lead the development and delivery of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and colleague engagement strategies, helping to build a culture where everyone feels they belong.
Working collaboratively across the organisation, you'll influence leaders, empower colleagues and ensure colleague feedback drives positive change. From designing engagement initiatives and wellbeing campaigns to embedding inclusive practices across the employee lifecycle, you'll play a key role in creating an outstanding colleague experience.
What you'll be doing
You'll:
- Lead the development and delivery of FCHO's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and action plan.
- Design and deliver colleague engagement initiatives that strengthen culture and improve colleague experience.
- Lead colleague surveys, focus groups and listening activities, ensuring feedback is turned into meaningful action.
- Champion our "You Said, We Did" approach, demonstrating how colleague feedback shapes positive change.
- Provide expert advice and guidance to leaders and managers on EDI, inclusion and colleague engagement.
- Analyse engagement and EDI data, using insight to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Develop and deliver engaging workshops, training and resources that build inclusive leadership and awareness.
- Work closely with our People Team to embed inclusion throughout recruitment and the colleague lifecycle.
- Partner with Communications to deliver impactful engagement campaigns.
- Support and develop our Wellbeing and EDI Champions.
- Build strong relationships with internal networks and external partners to share best practice and drive innovation.
About you
You'll be an engaging, collaborative and influential professional who enjoys building relationships and creating positive organisational change.
You'll also bring:
- A qualification in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Human Resources, Organisational Development or a related discipline, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Experience leading successful EDI and/or colleague engagement initiatives within a complex organisation.
- A strong understanding of equality legislation, inclusive practice and organisational culture change.
- Experience using data and insight to develop strategies and measure impact.
- Experience designing and delivering learning and development interventions.
- Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence colleagues at all levels, including senior leaders.
- Experience working with internal networks and external partners.
- A proactive, resilient and collaborative approach with a genuine passion for improving colleague experience.
- Experience within the housing, public or not-for-profit sector is desirable.
Why join FCHO?
First Choice Homes Oldham is a housing association providing safe, affordable and high-quality homes across Oldham and the surrounding areas. We own and manage over 11,500 properties and have the highest regulatory G1/V1 governance rating.
Every day, we're proud to make a real difference in our communities. Our work is guided by our Corporate Plan, focused on quality homes, excellent services and strong communities. We care deeply about our customers, colleagues and communities and are committed to improving lives across Oldham.
What's in it for you?
We offer a fantastic range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development, including:
- A salary of £31,500 pro rata (£52,500) per annum.
- 30 days' annual leave - pro rata plus 8 bank holidays.
- Option to purchase additional annual leave.
- Defined contribution pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution and salary exchange option.
- Death in service benefit.
- Healthcare cash plan covering dental, optical and physiotherapy treatments.
- Private health insurance.
- Employee Assistance Programme offering 24-hour confidential support.
- Doctorline, giving you and your family 24/7 GP access.
- Access to our colleague benefits platform, including retail discounts and wellbeing tools.
- Discounted gym membership.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay.
- Long service awards.
Interested?
Please submit your application by 09/07/2026.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
We are committed to building an organisation that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. As an equal opportunities employer, FCHO is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.
We care that you have a great experience with us at FCHO. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience smoother, please let us know and we’ll do all we can.
