Equalities Project Manager

Recruitment is currently ongoing for the role of Equalities Project Manager. The Equalities Project Manager will report to the Head of Challenging Inequality and Events and will be responsible for the Challenging Inequality Team. The Equality Project Manager will as well coordinate governance arrangements for programme board meetings for the Challenging Inequality Programme Board, The Challenging Inequality Coalition, The Challenging Inequality Partnership Working Group and the Race Equality Working Group, ensuring that high quality papers are produced and circulated ahead of meetings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation, delivery and coordination of the Challenging Inequality Programme across the Organization for staff and internal and external stakeholders.
• Build relationships with staff forums/co-chairs keeping them informed and involved in the wider corporate programme and commitments to challenge inequality.
• Proactively spot opportunities to make connections between workstreams and activate new projects, programmes and ideas generated in meetings.
• Ensure there is engagement and collaboration with relevant teams, partners and community organisations.
• Research ideas, connect with organisations/individuals and resources of best practice to inform programme priorities and support the development of a clear set of actions.
• Produce well presented, clear and concise reports, plans, slides, schedules and communications adapted to suit different audiences.
• Collate and analyse highlight and progress reports, capturing significant information to communicate impact and make recommendations for improvements.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Experience of managing projects.
• Experience of reporting to boards as part of a programme.
• Project management experience.
• Governance arrangements and reporting.
• Stakeholder engagement

Skills and Abilities:

• Good stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A strong understanding of equalities issues.
• Ability to communicate effectively and tailor communication style depending on audience.
• Ability to build rapport with staff and the community whilst having an inclusive approach.
• Ability to carry out research tasks and develop a clear set of actions.
• A strong understanding of equalities issues and ability to communicate issues both verbally and in writing.

Location - 166, Upper Street, Islington, London. N1 1XU