Equality and Human Rights Commission
Job title:
Stakeholder Engagement Officer
Company
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Job description
About usWe are Britain’s national equality regulator and a United Nations accredited ‘A status’ national human rights institution.We uphold people’s rights without fear or favour. We use the full force of our legal powers to defend people from unfair or unequal treatment and to challenge breaches of the law. We advise on developing laws and provide guidance, training and support to enable compliance.We bring people together to create change. We work with employers, governments and a wide range of organisations, to promote understanding of equality and human rights and we support them to make improvements in practice.Our strategy for 2022-25 gives us a strong platform to show that we will use our powers to protect and promote equality and human rights, and that we have identified the main challenges in society where we can make a difference in our role as a regulator.Overview of the role and responsibilitiesThe Stakeholder Engagement Officer is a key and varied role in the Communications Directorate.You will support the planning, delivery, recording and evaluation of stakeholder engagement across the organisation. You will help us strengthen our relationships with stakeholders and with colleagues across the organisation.You will work on a range of high-profile and interesting projects, and in a high-performing team with a culture of continuous improvement. It is a particularly important and exciting time for the team as we begin delivery of our new stakeholder engagement strategy and prepare for a new Strategic Plan.You will:support project teams to identify and engage key stakeholders for their workcreate project-related stakeholder mailouts with targeted mailing listsresearch new stakeholders for projects and help to maintain our stakeholder listswork on our monthly stakeholder newslettersupport colleagues with stakeholder eventscontribute to or draft briefings and speeches for senior colleagues attending key meetings and conferencessupport the improvement of team processes and ways of workingwork closely with other key teams, particularly Private Office (supporting the Chief Executive and Chairwoman) and our Strategy team (who lead on international engagement).Knowledge, Skills and ExperienceThe full list of Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the role can be found in theBenefitsIn return you can expect to receive a competitive salary, 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (full time FTE) and access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme and partnership pension schemes.We will provide investment in your career, giving you access to Civil Service Learning, our peer learning programme, specialist training and mentoring.We offer a range of family friendly benefits, such as enhanced parental leave, flexible working including non-contractual hybrid working.You will also have access to our wellbeing offering, including our employee assistance programme, mental health first aiders, health checks, discount gym membership and retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and other salary sacrifice options. In addition, we have a range of staff networks and social groups.How to applyIf this sounds like the role for you, please review for more information and submit your application today!If you encounter any problems with Applied or have a question about the recruitment process, please contact Becky Roberts, HR & Recruitment Officer,Disability Confident LeaderAs a Disability Confident Leader, the Equality and Human Rights Commission offers an interview for people with disabilities (as defined by the Equality Act 2010 and The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004) and who meet the minimum criteria for this appointment.Where high numbers of applications are received, the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria for the role may only be invited to interview. If you wish to apply for consideration under this scheme, please complete the appropriate section on the online application form. This will enable us to make the appropriate arrangements, if necessary.If you require an alternative accessible version of the application form or wish to discuss your application or reasonable adjustment – please contact us by email at or by telephone on 0161 829 8100Diversity in our workforceAt the Commission, we are proud of our respectful workplace that values the contribution of all our staff, whatever their background. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open competition, with appointment on merit. We welcome applications from everyone to ensure we achieve a balanced representation in our workforce in all grades.
Expected salary
£34219 per year
Location
United Kingdom
Job date
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:04:11 GMT
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