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Vacancy: Senior Policy Adviser: Gender and gender identity (maternity cover)
1-year fixed-term contract, leading on ECU's gender and gender identity initiatives
Maternity cover, 1-year fixed-term contract
Salary: £36, 511
35 hours per week
Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) works to further and support equality
and diversity for staff and students in higher education across all four
nations of the UK, and in further education in Scotland.
We wish to appoint two Senior Policy Advisers, one to provide fixed-term maternity cover on gender and gender identity equality, and one to lead ECU's work on both religion and belief and sexual
orientation equality. The appointed candidates will work within the
Policy Team.
Responsibilities will include:
- Providing strategic and operational leadership on gender and gender identity initiatives, and to work with the policy team on other projects
- Responding
effectively and swiftly to internal and external enquiries from higher
education institutions especially in relation to gender and gender identity
- Preparing and undertaking presentations and facilitating workshops within the higher education sector, and externally
- Develop events and briefings on the specific duties related to the public sector equality duty of the Equality Act 2010
- Representing ECU on stakeholder forums and advisory groups and provide expert equality and diversity input
- Input as appropriate to the Athena SWAN Charter (a recognition scheme for science departments employing women)
We are looking for applicants with a first degree or equivalent and a
good knowledge of equality legislation and practice and related issues.
Applicants will be required to demonstrate experience of policy
analysis on equality and diversity issues at a strategic level within the HE sector, strong
communication skills and the ability to commission and manage external
consultants.
Full details
Download the job information pack for further details.
To apply
ECU values diversity and promotes equality. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society.
To apply please submit a completed application form together with a
completed equal opportunities monitoring form which can be downloaded
below.
Applications can be submitted by post or email:
By post
Victoria Lord, Resources Manager
Equality Challenge Unit
7th Floor Queens House
55/56 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London, WC2A 3LJ
By email
HR@ecu.ac.uk
Closing date
Closing date for applications is: Thursday 23 February 2012 at 12 noon.
Interviews will be held in London on Monday 5 March 2012 (provisional date). We aim to notify candidates who have been shortlisted by Monday 27 February 2012.
Further information
If you have any questions, or would like further information:
Email: HR@ecu.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7438 1010 (24-hour answerphone)
