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Summary
Are you passionate about driving exemplary diversity, inclusion and belonging for all?
We are looking for an experienced Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Advisor to join our passionate People team at London Business School.
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIB) is a key pillar of London Business School's organisational strategy; we're creating and nurturing a community where all belong and thrive in line with School behaviours and policies. We're committed to making tangible and sustainable change across our school, education, and society at large.
As Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Advisor you will be responsible for managing the execution of key elements of the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy across the LBS community, (staff, faculty and students, and participants and alumni where relevant). This includes creation and production of the annual DIB report, staff network and student club management to ensure effectiveness of their impact, and support and collaboration with leadership on key priorities.
Main Responsibilities
Partner with the Associate Director, DIBEX and other key stakeholders to shape and implement a new Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy for 2026 onwards
Alongside the Associate Director - DIBEX, manage and ensure high quality delivery on key workstreams of the current DIB strategy, whilst collaborating School-wide with faculty, staff and students. These will include specific projects and policy work relating to our Equality Priorities such as an audit on neurodiversity and disability or targeted learning opportunities.
Offer subject matter expertise on DIB-related priorities and provide support and advice to our customers (students, staff and faculty) and ensure continued progress, and ensuring alignment to the overall DIB strategy
Contribute to and implement our sexual harassment action plan aligned to updates in law and guidance
Partner with and enable our staff networks (PROUD, Black Employee Network, and Parents and Carers) to deliver impact, and ensure strategic alignment across all groups. This includes providing a structured framework to enhance their effectiveness and impact, as well as attending network meetings to foster collaboration and guidance
Devise and implement a DIB comms and engagement plan and collaborate directly with our Brand & Marketing, Internal Communications team and the wider People team to create a consistent approach to our internal (intranet and email) and external (website and socials) DIB focused communications. This includes communications plans for key points throughout the year e.g. International Women's Day and Black History Month
Manage the annual reporting process for the DIB annual report in line with the Public Sector Equality of the Equality Act 2010 and support gender pay gap reporting in collaboration with the Reward team; this includes gathering content, proposing structure, liaising with designers and reporting to stakeholders
Ideal Candidate
Experience in delivering key DIB initiatives and measuring impact
Operate with an evidenced passion for driving inclusion within the workplace and a track record of creating tangible change
Able to analyse and interpret people data and business information, and use this information to inform decision making
Experience in analysing and shaping policy and consulting with necessary groups to gather feedback
Strong communication skills to influence change and inspire our community: experience sending business-wide communication is ideal
Effective stakeholder management across a range of levels
Strong personal, administration and organisational skills including minuting of meetings, event organisation and diary management
Ability to project manage and work to deadlines
Experience within higher education preferable
Start date: ASAP
Salary: Competitive
