ED&I Lead

Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and advisory services for businesses of all shapes and sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

This role will be responsible for devising and developing strategies and initiatives across this confidential client, to drive equality, diversity and inclusion. Working as a specialist, advisor, and advocate, the role will be a catalyst to drive change internally across the team, working with the Recruitment Partners, HR and Senior Business Stakeholders to ensure programs and activities are embedded.

Client Drivers & Initiatives

• Actively contribute to the design & implementation of strategic D&I initiatives to improve recruitment outcomes for the client
• Partner with the client to ensure diversity and inclusion is embedded in recruitment, hiring, performance management, retention, leadership development and all other aspects of the service
• Identify, partner, and leverage relationships with key internal stakeholders to enhance diversity and inclusion outcomes
• Provide consultative advice to the client on all D&I activities, strategies and processes
• Identifying and implementing initiatives to drive D&I improvements for the client, where appropriate
• Provide innovative and creative D&I solutions in response to requirements and market conditions

Projects & Initiatives

• Support and lead D&I social media and branding projects both internally and externally (i.e. Websites, Social Networks, Wikis and blogs) for employees, candidates and stakeholders
• General knowledge of tools and processes to integrate diversity/inclusiveness programs and strategies into the business
• Maintain project plans, manage communications, proactively identify and address project risks and opportunities as well as determine alternative ways to achieve project/program goals
• Lead diversity initiatives with reporting metrics and mechanisms to monitor and assess effectiveness
• Leverage data to make recommendations to D&I initiatives, processes and procedures
• Develop and measure success criteria to assess value impact to include but not limited to: diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition, development, engagement, and retention.
• Apply judgment in tailoring methodologies, processes and practices to specific requirements of programs/projects and business units.
• Manage and partner with employee organisations and any diversity-related councils or employee diversity groups
• Advise managers and work groups how employee engagement and work-life balance tools are related to diversity and inclusion

Training & Communication

• Serve as subject-matter expert providing consultative services and guidance in developing and managing diversity and inclusion programs across the organisation
• Coordinate with consultant and development staff on the design and delivery of diversity and inclusion education and training
• Create, facilitate, and implement training sessions to improve the understanding of diversity and inclusion

Line Manager Relationship management:

• Providing consultative D&I advice, ensuring hiring managers have relevant market information from both internal (e.g. MI) and external sources.
• Ensure recruitment team are producing jobs specs in line with D&I requirements.
• Partnering in recruitment activity and offering added value services

Local requirements

• Previous experience of working in Diversity & Inclusion and/or Human Resources (e.g. employee relations, HR business partner, learning & development, organisation development, change management, and/or recruitment) or related field experience
• Proven experience in HR or Diversity & Inclusion focus with consulting, strategy development, change management and project management
• Ability to manage multiple projects with strong prioritisation skills
• Experience in developing and executing diversity programs in an organisation and working with external organisations and consultants focused on diversity and inclusion.
• Proven experience in creating solutions and implementing HR strategies
• Work collaboratively with senior management across the organisation to drive change and commitment to D&I programs and initiatives.
• Proven ability to take charge, take unpopular stands if necessary and face challenging situations

Benefits:

• A unique opportunity to drive projects such as Employer Branding, Talent pipelining, Recruitment Innovation, Candidate Experience
• A track record of high performance and an ability to deliver excellent results consistently is key. In return for your hard work, you’ll be offered a competitive top salary and benefits package with bonuses/commission and fantastic incentives programme
• Private medical insurance
• A fantastic training and development programme
• Volunteer time off
• The opportunity to partake / qualify for our Global incentive weekend
• Employee wellbeing through various programmes
• You’ll have plenty of opportunities to progress your career, both in your country and other locations around the world. That’s the benefit of working for a large global organisation. One that is at the forefront of recruitment innovation, and a specialist in RPO and MSP

As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.

This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

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