Equality Mainstreaming & Inclusion Lead

Qualifications

• Working Pattern
• This role is a temporary position with an expected commitment of 12 months.
• This post is a full-time role, but we welcome applications from staff with different working patterns, proposed working patterns will be assessed against the business requirements for this post.
• Our standard hours are 35 hours per week and we offer a range of flexible working options depending on the needs of the role, including Flexi-leave. Scottish Government staff in hybrid-compatible roles should aim to work in-person 40% of the time, either in an office or other agreed work location. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.
• Further Information
• Further information about this opportunity is available from [email protected]
• How to Apply
• Please submit an Expression of Interest (maximum 500 words) outlining your suitability for the role, relevant skills and experience, and what you would bring to the team. Please align this to how you meet the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above.
• Vacancies close at 23:59pm on Friday 13 November.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
• Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.
• If invited for further assessment, this will consist of a light-touch interview, scheduled for w/c 23 November, however this may be subject to change.
• Recruitment Principles
• As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.
• Learning and development and D+I) - understands adult learning theory and how to design, facilitate and deliver interventions that apply different L+D approaches.
• Diversity and Inclusion - Understands the key D+I issues in the organisation
• Diverse employee voices – understands the tools and methods to give a diverse range of people the opportunity to be heard.
• Developing and evaluating learning and talent strategies
• Communicating and influencing - level 3
• Changing and improving - level 3
• Working together - level 3
• You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours, here: Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide

About us

Responsibilities

• Design, co-produce, and deliver learning solutions to expand the Diversity and Inclusion Curriculum including continuous improvement of mandatory Inclusive Culture learning. This includes working with DG Corporate to manage a programme of DG-wide diversity and inclusion events across SG.
• Deliver an Equality Impact Assessment improvement programme across DG Corporate, building capability, confidence and data driven resources
• Support delivery of the D+I Strategy and Action Plan and lead on analysis of data for the employee journey to iteratively inform areas of future focus
• Implement and embed the seven mainstreaming equality asks, providing advice and support to ET Allies, D+I local leads and corporate teams.
• Co-ordinate the Employee Insights series, expanding our database of qualitative data to help inform employer policy development and delivery
• Provide subject matter expertise across a range of protected characteristics with data led advice.
• Provide briefings and coordinate responses to ministerial correspondence and Freedom of Information requests.
• Advocate continuous learning and professional development across the team. Demonstrate the value of measuring outcomes and evaluating processes and practice to improve the team’s performance.
• If the applicant doesn’t already hold an existing CIPD qualification they would be expected to work towards qualification whilst in post
• Success Profile
• Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on. (those marked with an asterisk will be assessed in recruitment

Skills:

• Learning and development and D+I) - understands adult learning theory and how to design, facilitate and deliver interventions that apply different L+D approaches.
• Diversity and Inclusion - Understands the key D+I issues in the organisation
• Diverse employee voices – understands the tools and methods to give a diverse range of people the opportunity to be heard.

Experience:

• Behaviours: