EDI Manager: Race Equity and Intersectionality Initiatives ( Internal Only )

We are renewing our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and have formed a new Office for Institutional Equity and Inclusion (OIEI), which plays a critical role in helping us to prioritise staff and student development, engagement, accreditation, monitoring and integrated practice improvement needs. Led by the Assistant Vice-President (EDI) who reports to the President, and the Head of EDI, the Office for Institutional Equity and Inclusion is a single University-wide unit actively and passionately transforming our organisational culture and supporting the progression and success of our staff and students. This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring we deliver our EDI ambitions and enable the pursuit of excellence in all that we do. This role will form part of the Office for Institutional Equity and Inclusion and is essential to enable the University to drive the change needed to embed race and gender equity. The role holder will help create positive, tangible culture change and raise awareness of race and gender equity for staff and students and ensure an intersectional approach is applied in all aspects of work. Responsibilities include

• To lead and raise the profile of institutional-level race and gender equity activity and ensure intersectionality is considered in all aspects of EDI initiatives.
• To lead the development and implementation of the race and gender equity action plans and support with implementation of the actions.
• To lead on the prioritisation and delivery of City St George's Vision and Strategy 2030 and focusing on minimising differential outcomes in student satisfaction, progression, attainment, and employability., The selection process will involve an interview and an exercise/presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage. [If the selection process will include a presentation or test, please provide details and be prepared to accommodate any reasonable requests for candidates with a declared disability or who are making an application under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme].
  
  An undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject and/or demonstrable experience in a comparable setting
• Experience of working in the equality, diversity and inclusion field with a particular focus on race equality in Higher Education or other large, complex organisation
• Experience of successfully delivering a Charter Mark or similar accreditation (e.g., Race Equality Charter, Athena SWAN, Stonewall or Investors in People (IIP) resulting in successful award)
  
  City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution.
The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students. Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a 'health powerhouse' for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK's largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities. The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development. City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors. We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. At City St George's, subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way, involving a mixture of working on campus and at home each week. Where a hybrid working arrangement can be accommodated, it is expected that colleagues will spend the majority (at least 60%) of their usual working time on campus each week. Specific details will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate. A hybrid working arrangement will not detract from any comprehensive induction, that will include relevant on-site activities. Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George's, University of London's premises will be their primary and contractual place of work. The University of business, practice and the professions.