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Salary within a range of £44,100 - £56,228, depending on skills, knowledge, and experience.
6-month FTC
Applications to work less than full time will be considered.
Contracts are offered on an initial 6-month probationary period.
Annual Leave Allowance: 27 days per year (pro rata for part-time and contracted staff).
Employment Benefits:
- Contributory Pension Scheme with an employer’s contribution of up to 10%
- 35-hour week (office hours 9-5 Monday to Friday with one hour for lunch)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care vouchers
- Employee Discount Scheme
- Comprehensive Learning & Development provision
The College is expanding and developing the involvement of children in its work. For some roles this may in future mean direct contact with young people. The College therefore may in the future require a Disclosure Barring Service check to be undertaken.
Job Description
The College has an ambitious and widely encompassing programme to embed a culture of diversity and inclusion within its professional leadership, the wider profession and the staff body.
You will play a key role in EDI across the College and lead the implementation of our work across the breadth of EDI and paediatrics. You will champion our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for all.
You will lead in overseeing and delivering our cross College EDI activity ensuring we achieve the pledges, recommendations and actions we have made to our members. Harnessing the EDI Member Reference Group and dedicated task and finish groups of College members and staff will be critical in achieving this and you will be working closely alongside the Strategic Projects Administrator and Head of Strategic Projects.
Responsibilities
- Oversee cross College delivery of the key actions and areas of work within the ‘Making EDI everybody’s business’ strategic plan using an analytical and methodical approach to problem solving and discretion in identifying and proposing solutions to complex issues
- Produce the annual data snapshot on the College’s EDI activity
- Lead the College response to EDI related member enquiries and external stakeholder reports to support the wider profession to embed and develop EDI initiatives
- Provide Secretariat responsibility for EDI Member Reference Group, EDI Oversight Group and EDI Task and Finish Groups
- Work closely with the various internal and external staff engagement groups to establish, maintain and develop strong working relationships and regular communication with key stakeholders e.g. relevant staff networks
- Maintain a good working knowledge of current equality, diversity and inclusion best practice, keeping up to date with recent relevant publications from external stakeholders like the General Medical Council, British Medical Association and members of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and propose ways for any key learnings to be implemented into RCPCH work
- Prepare and deliver presentations and write board level papers to enable communication progress on EDI to all levels of the College and monitoring of project progress via the College’s portfolio board reporting structure
- Support strategic planning for EDI activity across the College proposing opportunities for process improvements and developing the delivery of new processes
- Provide matrix management and supervision for the Strategic Projects Administrator, including setting them tasks in consultation with the Head of Strategic Projects
- Support the Head of Strategic Projects to demonstrate impact of our EDI activity by communicating internally and externally with different audiences including College members and sector stakeholders
Skills Required
Essential
- Suitable qualification at degree level
- Demonstrable professional interest in and exposure to equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives
- Proven ability to develop, lead and manage high profile projects to time and on budget using project management methodology.
- Excellent interpersonal skills demonstrating an ability to motivate, influence and gain the support of others and to have effective collaborative working relationships.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with the ability to set out and discuss complex issues clearly for a wide audience and to give presentations as required in a fluent and persuasive manner to people at all levels.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, manage own workload and taking responsibility for achieving results.
- Experience of minute taking and preparation of board level papers for meetings
- Experience of working with and influencing a wide range of people at all levels of an organisation and strong experience of working with a variety of teams across an organisation.
- An ability to work independently and capable of taking personal responsibility for own projects.
- Excellent proven organisational skills and an ability to adopt an orderly and precise approach to work paying careful attention to detail and ability to following standard procedures and ways of working.
- Ability to prioritise to ensure delivery of multiple objectives within short time frames to high standards and multiple deadlines.
- Well-developed experience and knowledge of Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, Explorer, Outlook and PowerPoint
Desirable
- Proven experience of working on equality, diversity and inclusion
- Previous experience of working for a membership body or health organisation.
Educational Requirements
Essential
- Suitable qualification at degree level
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