Inclusion and Organisational Development Manager inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED FRI 18 OCT 2024

The Inclusion and Organisational Development (OD) Manager is the lead specialist for the organisation on inclusion and related OD matters. They lead the planning and delivery of strategic responses to identified issues in representation, retention, progression and experience for equality groups across the HRA workforce, using change management and organisational development frameworks, and with reference to relevant employment law. This is a specialist function feeding into the wider People Strategy. They report to the Head of Learning and Knowledge Management, and work closely with Human Resources and other teams within the Resources Directorate.

They will work with staff-led interest group leads and relevant Heads of professions to steer and monitor work in this area. They will be our subject matter expert in inclusive policies and practices which enable a diverse workforce to thrive. They will also provide expertise and advise the wider organisation to ensure our strategies, activities and approaches in relation to inclusion are aligned across all our activities.

The Inclusion and OD Manager develops organisational and individual capability to deliver excellence in inclusivity, fairness and respect, which is reflected in our organisational culture, policies, our staff composition, the employee experience, and the quality of service we provide to the health and social care research sector.

They will act as the HRA expert on matters relating to inclusivity, fairness and respect and our public sector equality duty. They will advise and support other colleagues in the organisation to identify and improve external policy, guidance and operational activities for stakeholders to address inclusivity and health inequalities.

Using data-driven insights, they will identify priorities, develop strategies, plans and deliver measurable results across workforce composition, organisational culture and staff satisfaction, monitoring and reporting progress against appropriate benchmarks.

They will utilise their influence to ensure the design of policies and practices addresses the causes of systemic inequalities.They will partner with others in the organisation to capitalise on opportunities to ensure enabling practices are integrated wherever possible, acting as a source of expertise on related matters.

They will collaborate externally to ensure practices, resources and expertise are shared across colleagues in similar roles in this sector and that external best practice informs our approaches.

About us

This role sits within the HRA Resources directorate which consists of various functions that work collaboratively to provide and deliver a range of services to staff committee members and suppliers of goods and services to the organisation.The directorate functions are:- HR- Finance- Governance- Commercial- Equality & Diversity- Learning & DevelopmentTo find out more and to understand the full duties of the role, please refer to the jobdescription attached.In submitting your application with us, please note the following:

We currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.We do not hold a sponsorship licence and are unable to offer employment under anysponsorship arrangement.Where applicants fail to demonstrate how they meet any one of the essential criteria of the person specification, the application will not be shortlisted. You will beconsidered based only on the information in your application form. CVs will not be considered.

The HRA reserves the right to close this vacancy early should it receive a sufficient number of applications.