Senior Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Change Partner
£66,190 - £75,010 p.a. inclusive of London Weighting
35 hours
Full time
Hybrid
28 days annual leave
Generous pension scheme
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Guildhall, City of London
Workplace Attendance Category for this role is:
Hybrid – you’ll be expected to be in the office at least 3 days per week or 60% of your working time in the office.
For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guides here.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a unique organisation delivering for all those who live, work, learn and explore in and around everything the City of London has to offer locally, nationally, and globally. The City of London Corporation is constantly striving to develop its Equity, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EEDI) offering and aims to become an exemplar for best practice in this area. This post will join a developing function and portfolio. We have been working to strengthen how we deliver on the City Corporation’s ongoing commitment to this important agenda.
Working with their forward-thinking Equalities Director, you will be an integral part of this story as strategic change partner and leader for EEDI across the City of London Corporation. To quote Dionne Corradine, Chief Strategy Officer: “Getting EEDI ‘right’ is not optional; it is essential to successful delivery for the diverse communities we serve (internally and externally), the partners we engage with and through, and all those impacted directly and indirectly by the work we do.”
As Senior Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Change Partner, you will play an important role in delivering the City Corporation’s ‘fantastic five years’ programme of activity. Working in partnership with the Equalities Director together you will engage with internal and external colleagues, Members (democratically elected representatives), governance structure, and stakeholders. You will work to shape and influence the direction for the EEDI team, helping to create an inclusive, supportive City Corporation where everyone thrives. These aims are highlighted in the City Corporation’s Corporate Plan 2024-2029 and People Strategy 2024-2029. Joining the City Corporation at this stage, you’ll have the chance to positively contribute to and shape the success of these far-reaching plans, guiding the organisation in its EEDI journey and bringing this to life by embedding EEDI within everything the City Corporation does.
The successful candidate will lead in developing and maintaining EEDI policies, procedures, and strategies for the City Corporation, ensuring accountability for EEDI governance and frameworks. The ability to identify and work with a wide variety of stakeholders, building positive and productive relationships, is key to the success of this role, along with the skills to drive forward transformational change in the EEDI space.
You will be connected to and influence cross-cutting strategic development across the City Corporation – further reinforcing the importance of EEDI as an essential enabler in delivering success. You will champion, embed, and signpost EEDI initiatives. This is a lived ethos rather than a corporate wish list, and a fantastic opportunity to build a function that is seen as a real value add with an impact far beyond the employee base of City Corporation.
This role combines being a strategic leader with the practical managing and implementing change in practice change through leadership, risk mitigation, and engagement.
For more details about City of London Corporation’s strategic plans please visit:
Our Corporate Plan 2024-29 - City of London
We are looking for someone with the passion and expertise to bring this role to life. Someone with a strong track record of working in complex, federated organisations that have a different level of EEDI maturity.
Closing date: 12 noon on 7 April 2025
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.
Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.
For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guides here.
We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.