Equalities & Inclusion Officer
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Job Description
Equalities and Inclusion Officer
Permanent
Grade
Consultation grade subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
Location Hybrid / Council House
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Equalities & Inclusion Officer to work with colleagues from the Cohesion Prevent and Community Safety Teams. This is an opportunity for a skilled and experienced officer to lead work that contributes to our work on Cohesion in Birmingham. So do you want to help us make our cohesion approach a success
Our vision is of an ambitious and inclusive city where everyone can fully contribute and play their part in building strong resilient communities. We want Birmingham to be a city of equal opportunity where everyone can achieve their aspirations regardless of where they live or grow up. Everyone should have the same chance to succeed and flourish in life regardless of their background and this should apply equally to all of Birminghams residents including new arrivals and migrant communities.
The Role & What We Are Looking For
The role will provide support to team colleagues in development of and progression of cohesion focussed work across the city. An ideal opportunity for an ambitious and decisive individual who has:
- Experience of working collaboratively (and leading) with colleagues from across a range of organisations to develop joint solutions to complex issues
- Our ideal candidate will also demonstrate different types of communication skills and empathy as well as being selfsufficient and flexible in addressing equally important priorities at pace
- A working understanding and experience in project development principles and management data monitoring community engagement with diverse communities along with effective IT skills
- Experience of at least one from the following: writing briefing notes report writing bid submissions procurement or equality impact assessments
- Is a good team player and can also own and drive their own performance with minimal supervision
You will be part of the City Operations Directorate which works with a wide range of stakeholders including internal Directorates other statutory and the third sector organisations including Faith based or faith inspired organisations and most importantly members of the public and local communities providing residents with services 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year including:
- Community safety & resilience criminal justice and cohesion
- Public protection and licensing
- Highways and parking
- Waste services.
- Coroners and registration services
- Parks culture sport and leisure services
- Events and community engagement and participation including business improvement and ward forums.
Additional Information
As well as working within an exciting fastpaced and dedicated team that are committed to advancing cohesion and safety across the city.
We offer great benefits for you too for your hard work and contribution we will provide an employee benefits package including.
- Flexible working arrangements
- Generous annual leave allowance starting at 30 days.
- Pay progression through increments.
- A local government pension scheme
- Vibrant and useful employee networks
- Learning & Development with access to training workshops to own and drive your performance as a 21st century public servant.
- The council also offers all employees access to the four pillars of employee health and wellbeing support:
- An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA)
- Occupational health services
- Chaplains
For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact: Surinder Jassi Cohesion Manager for more information at: or Prevent Manager
Please upload your uptodate CV via the attachments part of your application this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer andwe arecommitted to employing retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments additional support accessibility needs or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.
We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance withUK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Job Description and PersonSpecification
We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
