Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator

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Job description

Full time or part time

Fixed term contract for 5 months

The job of a Save the Children UK's D&I Coordinator is varied and fulfilling.

Are you passionate about creating a truly positive experience for all people and making everyone feel included and valued?
Have you contributed to supporting diversity and inclusion either in or outside of work?
Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) sits at the heart of who we are and who we aspire to be. Our approach to diversity and inclusion is connected to the way we work with children, encompassing respect, fairness, and equality. We recognise that acting on these values requires a willingness to challenge all forms of discrimination, an ability to listen deeply to others lived experiences and move decisively to action that will create positive change.

The Executive Leadership Team have recently made a series of commitments to anti-racism building on this approach. We know we still have a long way to go - but we are absolutely committed to getting there and doing it well. Getting this right is a condition for doing the best we can for children.

Achieving change will require transformative cultural and structural shifts. Changing behaviour is not just about changing rules, important as that may be in some areas. It is about people with power and privilege acknowledging their part in the problem, listening to and learning from those at the sharp end of institutionalised oppression and injustice, and acting as allies for change.

Our newly co-created Diversity and Inclusion strategy sets out our priorities of the work ahead that will help transform our culture and place equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Director of Diversity & Inclusion, the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the implementation of our D&I strategy.

The D&I Coordinator will play a pivotal role in embedding equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and creating positive change across Save the Children UK by supporting the D&II team in coordinating activity and along with providing advice and expertise on EDI.

The D&I Coordinator will work with our people from across the organisation, primarily supporting the implementation of our D&I strategy (co-created with employees) and ensuring it remains relevant and fit for purpose.

The role holder will also work closely with the D&I Specialists supporting them on projects and assisting the Director of D&I on particular workstreams.

Main Accountabilities

The D&I Coordinator's key duties will be to:

Support the D & I team on the delivery of and embed SCUK's Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) strategy into all aspects of our organisational practices and culture, drawing upon internal insight, market knowledge and external best practice to do so

Apply an intersectional lens across all D&I activity, helping us take meaningful action that prioritises effort, builds capacity and builds meaningful change

Establish and provide an administration process to support the D & I team in organising events and speakers, setting up meetings and assisting in organisation of meetings and events

Supporting the tracking/reporting of progress against the D&I strategy and key indicators to ensure progress is reviewed and fed into key reporting structures

Provide advice on of diversity and inclusion including policies, processes and workplace behaviours

Assist in the designing of mechanisms that will support the embedding of diversity and inclusion into the organisation i.e. equality impact assessment toolkits, development programmes etc

Support key stakeholders to develop and deliver D&I learning interventions and programmes

Support key pieces of work e.g. setting up meetings, chasing up actions and feedback, and remind colleagues of deadlines

Support the team and key colleagues in the development and delivery or EDI events

Person Profile

Experience

(Note: The below criteria does not necessarily have to have been in paid work, please do think about your voluntary/family experience when considering them)

Have contributed to diversity and inclusion initiatives in organisations in a positive way and be able to share experiences to demonstrate this

Be knowledgeable in concepts such as power, privilege, and inequality and how inequality can manifest in an organisation's polices, processes and practice

Have contributed to diversity & inclusion learning interventions and programmes

Have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently and also enjoy teamwork.

Abilities

Ability to take personal responsibility and holds others accountable for delivering results

Ability to actively develop self and others to help realise their full potential, and to build the organisation's capability for the future

Ability to share promote and share best practice within and outside the organisation

Ability to work effectively with others to achieve shared goals and thrives on diversity of people and perspectives

Aptitude

A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment

A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.