Deputy Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

A new opportunity has arisen for an Interim Deputy Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion within an NHS organisation in the East Midlands.
Main responsibilities:
* Leading the development and implementation of the organisation's approach to equality, diversity and inclusion especially in addressing health inequalities;
* Providing strong, impactful and professional leadership for equality, diversity and inclusion work across the organisation;
* Leading communication to the Board and other stakeholder groups providing expert advice in the area of EDI and reporting on the progress and impact of significant projects and transformative initiatives;
* Working with colleagues and teams throughout the organisation and externally, to negotiate, develop and agree shared and understood goals for the successful delivery of EDI;
* Working proactively with key community partners to positively influence wider determinants of health in the local population and deliver social value impact;
* Advising on potentially contentious and sensitive equality and inclusion information and negotiating delivery with key stakeholders;
* Analysing where investment in EDI will deliver the most significant impacts and return on investment bringing together complex data.
Key Skills/Experience:
* Masters Degree or other higher degree in cognate discipline;
* Extensive experience of leading equality and inclusion programmes and interventions in large, complex organisations and across organisational boundaries;
* Specialist knowledge of relevant EDI legislative and policy framework;
* Expert understanding of how EDI impacts workforce and service users;
* Experience of involving service users, customers or similar groups in strategic planning and in responding to EDI issues;
* Specialist knowledge of a wide range of organisational development tools, metrics and processes;
* Knowledge and understanding of case law relating to equality and human rights;
* Skilled negotiator with the ability to understand competing priorities and different points of view and work to find consensus