Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Manager

The Social Responsibility and Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (SR & EDIA) Team in the Faculty of Science and Engineering is seeking a confident expert in equality, diversity, inclusivity and accessibility (with a particular focus on accessibility as this an area that we would particularly benefit from additional expertise). An enthusiastic and self-motivated individual, you will design, deliver and co-ordinate initiatives and projects, including training toolkits, enabling us to deliver on our EDIA Strategy.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a personal commitment to EDIA as demonstrated through their hobbies, interests and work experience, as well as having worked in partnership with others to drive action and activity to really make a difference.

The Faculty’s Social Responsibility strategy, includes four strands:

Enabling Impact
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility
Environmental Sustainability
Engagement

The EDIA Manager will work on the Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility strand, operationalising it and providing a focus on the delivery of training to embed EDIA principles into work and study. They will also manage and deliver a range of initiatives and projects to support our drive to be a fully inclusive and accessible Faculty.

***Hours: Part time applicants will be considered, however there is a need for 1 FTE for this post, so it will be dependent on how we are able to make up the full post).

We are planning for the interviews to take place during the week of the 18th November, in person, in our Nancy Rothwell Building.

Please let us know any dates / times you would not be available for interview in this week, and if you would have any accessibility requirements (e.g. online interview).

What you will get in return:

Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

We are aware that there are a number of groups who are under-represented in our Professional Services, including disabled people and people from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from people in these communities. We also actively encourage applicants from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation or transgender status. Appointment will be made on merit and equal opportunities data completed by applicants will not be accessible to the Recruiting Manager and panel.

Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.