Full Time, Permanent
This is a pivotal time to promote equality and inclusion in Bristol. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Equality Officer to join our Equality and Inclusion Team at Bristol City Council to support the delivery of a number of key equality and inclusion projects. The successful applicant will join a diverse and ambitious team and organisation that is striving to become an exemplar organisation in the field of Equality and Inclusion.
What will I be doing?
You’ll play a major role in promoting equality and inclusion across Council services and beyond. You will help ensure everyone delivering Council services is competent to manage equality and inclusion issues and can contribute to the building of inclusive communities and work environments.
You’ll be part of a team that promotes equality of opportunity, works to eliminate discrimination, and fosters inclusive relations by taking an active role in developing and implementing relevant policies and strategies. You will support relevant quality standards and monitoring arrangements including reviewing equality action plans and impact assessments; providing briefings and training and advising teams on improving performance.
You will facilitate communities of interest to liaise with the Council regarding equitable and responsive services and to address emerging issues, as well as facilitating external partners to achieve joint equality objectives and deliver against milestones in a timely fashion.
What do I need to have?
You’ll hold a relevant qualification or equivalent experience, and show expertise in improving equality and diversity practice, developing frameworks and managing delivery of projects, workplans and events.
You’ll have a working knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty, and a good understanding of our local equality and diversity environment and needs of people on the basis of their protected characteristics within the city and region.
We are keen to add to our understanding of disability equity so any experience or expertise in this area would be desirable.
We’re also looking for someone with great communication skills who can facilitate, influence and negotiate with a diverse range of people and organisations. You’ll be confident co-ordinating partnership work; leading public consultations and engagement; designing and producing briefings and deliver training; and undertaking research, evaluate findings and sharing recommendations.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. Hybrid working arrangements are available for these roles, providing an opportunity to work in a way that suits you, balancing service need and individual choice – mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. Where we receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet these in your application.
Additional Information
This is a full time role and is a permanent contract.
For more information on Bristol City Council’s approach to promoting equality and inclusion please see https://www.bristol.gov.uk/policies-plans-strategies/equalities-policy
If you have any further queries after reading the job advert along with the attached job paperwork then please contact Grace Biddulph, Equality & Inclusion Delivery Manager on Grace.Biddulph@bristol.gov.uk
Shortlisting will take place on week commencing 24th June.
Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 8th July.
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from young; Black, Asian and minority ethnic, and disabled candidates who are currently under-represented within the Bristol City Council workforce. Appointments will be made on merit.
