Job Introduction
Job title: Head of Corporate Equality and Improvement
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, affordable housing, stunning waterfront and our beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
The Role:
- Liverpool City Council is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and to promoting good relations through its service provision, as an employer, a commissioner and when working in partnership
- In our Council Plan, approved by Full Council in September 2023, we commit to Liverpool being a fairer, more inclusive and equal city and are designing these principles into everything we do
- This new role will be directly responsible for leading the corporate equality, diversity and inclusion agenda at Liverpool City Council and driving clear organisational improvements in this respect. The role has a corporate focus, with direct responsibility for the council’s equality policy and objectives, annual performance report, equality impact processes while also working collaboratively with other parts of the organisation who lead on different aspects of delivering against our EDI objectives such as workforce diversity, communications, governance, community engagement. This role is not directly responsible for those areas but has a key influencing role on their work
- The post has a practical and organisational change emphasis and requires someone who has a proven track record of delivery of positive change and can point to specific improvements they have made in complex organisations. The successful candidate will need to be confident in the practical steps the Council needs to take to ensure we meet the commitments we have made. We are seeking someone who can work effectively across different part of the council and who will work effectively to get things done and use all of their positive influencing skills with leaders and managers. This will involve matrix managing virtual teams of officers, at leadership and operational level, working across the Council and with partners that will focus on delivering improved equality outcomes and/or other improvement activity
Our offer to you:
- 35 hour working week with hybrid working model
- At least 34 days holiday, plus bank holidays rising to 35 days plus bank holidays after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) - option to purchase further days
- Agile working - A “Flexibility First” approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception.
- Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme
- Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
- Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme
- Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
- Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
- Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Employee Volunteering Scheme
- Medicash
Next steps:
Closing Date for this role is: Monday 23rd December 2024
Applications will be shortlisted after Christmas
Interview Date for this role is: Friday 17th January 2025
If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contact – Lisa Smith at lisa.smith@liverpool.gov.uk
Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk
Although we advertise on Jobs go public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.
We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.
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