Job vacancy: Head of Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds

Job summary

Main area: People and OD Directorate
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 173-15125-COR

Employer: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Marys House
Town: Leeds
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: Today at 23:59
Interview date: 15/04/2025

Head of Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Band 8a

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· To lead the development and implementation of a Trust-wide, whole systems approach to implementing an equality and diversity framework in line with legislation, NHS Guidance and good practice.

· To provide strategic leadership for equality and diversity and social inclusion across the Trust.

· To Support the Trust, implement the Messenger report in line with national guidance

· To lead the development, implementation and impact monitoring of equality and diversity training across the Trust and ensuring that this links with NHS E guidance on inclusive leadership.

· To provide expert and professional leadership to the Trust on equality and diversity and social inclusion and ensure the Trust meets its statutory and legal obligations on EDI.

· To provide support to directorates across the Trust in developing and implementing local equality and diversity and social inclusion plans.

· To manage staffing and financial resources to ensure maximum return on investment.

· To develop partnerships, both internal to and external of the organisation, to assist in maintenance and development of effective equality and diversity and social inclusion work programmes.

· To provide leadership and development of Equality Impact Assessment processes across the Trust.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

A post-graduate degree (e.g. master’s or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, or proven high performance academic ability

Experience

Essential criteria

Substantial experience of operating in a senior EDI leadership role with experience of working strategically to develop and implement key EDI strategies and associated policies and procedures.

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders – both internally and externally.
Ability to think both creatively and analytically to develop effective solutions to highly complex issues.
Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex, sensitive or contentious matters in difficult situations and influence colleagues

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

If you have not received any communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.