About the job

Job summary

House of Commons

The House of Commons is a unique and exciting place to work right at the heart of the UK's thriving democratic system. 

Behind the scenes, the House of Commons Administration is made up of more than 3,000 employees who support and facilitate the smooth day to day running of the House. They provide professional services to Members of Parliament, their staff, and the wider parliamentary community.

Introduction 

The Office of the Executive, headed by the Clerk of the House and the Director General (Operations), exists to support the executive and drive forward strategic initiatives across the organisation. The office contains key executive functions, including the private offices of the Clerk and the Director General (Operations), Communications Office, Corporate Resilience Team, General Election Planning team and the Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) team.

Job description

The Senior Diversity and Inclusion Manager is responsible for providing strategic advice and operational support to meet corporate goals, including delivery of our Inclusion and Diversity Strategy. You will have responsibility for leading and developing our race-specific work but will be working across all diversity characteristics.

Reporting to the Director of Inclusion and Diversity, you will apply your senior-level I&D practitioner knowledge and experience  to developprojects and programmes, including learning and development interventions, for multiple stakeholders in a complex environment.

You will have experience of using the Equality Act 2010 in your work and utilising and embedding good practice models in inclusion and diversity, with a focus on race and ethnicity. You will have excellent customer service skills, building effective relationships while delivering projects or programmes. You will provide support to our Workplace Equality Networks (WENs) and work collaboratively with the Inclusion and Diversity team in the House of Lords.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• Develop and deliver action/programme plans, including monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating the whole cycle of the action/programme plan to identify, eliminate and/or reduce any risks and progress delivery.
• Assist teams to improve and embed the principles of inclusion and diversity by developing and co-designing projects and programmes, with a particular focus on race.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to ensure engagement, ownership and effective outcomes to embed sustained cultural change.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Demonstrable knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 and good practice models, with experience of applying these to improve outcomes and support cultural change.
• Experience of delivering and advising on effective learning interventions in a complex setting, with a focus on race and ethnicity.
• Experience of building and maintaining strong working relationships with senior leaders and challenging stakeholders, using good judgement and influencing skills.
• Experience of planning, managing and delivering work (your own and others’ work) to meet tight deadlines, often in ambiguous and changing circumstances.
• Ability to analyse complex information, and effectively communicate findings, to make evidence-based proposals and timely decisions.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,180, House of Commons contributes £15,168 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

• Application Form - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit an application providing evidence against criteria 1-5 in the Job Description. 

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description. 

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.