Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager (Maternity Cover)

About the Role

The EDI Manager roles have dual responsibility:

• Leading the management, delivery and evaluation of strategic activity linked to the University’s Culture and Inclusion Enabling Plan.
• Providing leadership and management within the EDI Team.

The role holder will take responsibility for leading a priority workstream on Workforce Representation & Belonging at the institutional level, providing subject matter expertise, and maintaining an intersectional approach, to deliver aspects of our Culture & Inclusion (C&I) Enabling Plan. A key deliverable for the team over the duration of this contract is an Athena Swan Gold institutional application, for which preparation has begun.

The role holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of two EDI Officers, supporting them to be their very best at Queen Mary, and will play a key role in supporting the Associate Director to foster a culture of inclusion and continuous development within the team.

Please note: this is a 1 year fixed term opportunity whilst the incumbent takes maternity leave; the optimal start date would be early December, providing a handover period.

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll be required to build on an existing track record of planning, managing and evaluating EDI projects, including delivery through others. You'll be confident operating as a subject matter expert, providing recommendations to leaders and governance groups to shape and drive a strategic approach to change and transformation.

Whilst not essential for the role, we would welcome interest from candidates with experience leading Athena Swan applications, at Gold/Silver level, to impact gender equality.

About the Department

Queen Mary University has committed to an ambitious strategic vision – to be the most inclusive university of our kind, anywhere. The Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Team, based in the Human Resources Directorate, exist as technical experts to support and deliver this vision with specific regard for the diverse needs of our workforce.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.