# Senior Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-manager/ae237bfd-aa38-48ef-85a3-c8d7baddb02d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-manager/ae237bfd-aa38-48ef-85a3-c8d7baddb02d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Sheffield - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum pro rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working - with at least 2 days per week in the office at Northern General Hospital) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T23:01:59.784Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Equality_Diversity_Inclusion/Equality_Diversity_Inclusion-v7813763 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7813763?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The primary responsibility of this post, situated within the Trusts EDI Team, is to lead on the delivery of elements of the EDI work programme. The EDI Team is responsible for leading, developing and delivering the Trust’s approach to equality, diversity and inclusion in terms of both the workforce and patients. The team provides support and guidance to all Directorates and Departments across the Trust and other ODD workstreams. This role will: Support the Staff Network Groups. Collaborate with departments across the Trust on the Equality Delivery System (EDS) 2022 reports. Support with the analysis and identification of EDI data. Work with members of the EDI team to collaborate on staff and patient engagement. This includes consulting with communities and stakeholders to improve service delivery and addressing issues relating to health inequalities. Research into, and report on, best practice and innovation for EDI on a national level. Support the Trust to meet its legal obligations and annual reporting requirements including, but not limited to, the Equality Act 2010, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), Equality Delivery System (EDS2), Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and the Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), as well as inform its EDI objectives. ### Main duties of the job Equality and Diversity Transformation Planning Develop and analyse key workforce information over a range of key metrics that identify high priority areas for intervention and transformation. Lead on the use of EDI data, including identifying best practice that the Trust can learn from. Work collaboratively with all Leads, Clinical Leads, Project and Programme Managers and form key relationships with stakeholders. Supporting, Facilitating & Leading Assist with the development, implementation and review of all EDI policies, procedures and protocols. Provide clear direction to ensure that the parameters of EDI transformation interventions and programmes are clearly identified and documented including the identification of how the benefits will be realised. Ensure clear lines of EDI communication and consultation with key stakeholders and members of the internal teams, ensuring interdependencies are clearly identified and proactive actions taken. Working with other members of the EDI Team and the Communications Team, develop open and honest EDI communications with all key stakeholders including communicating information that may be highly complex and potentially controversial. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. ## Job Details The primary responsibility of this post, situated within the Trusts EDI Team, is to lead on the delivery of elements of the EDI work programme. The EDI Team is responsible for leading, developing and delivering the Trust’s approach to equality, diversity and inclusion in terms of both the workforce and patients. The team provides support and guidance to all Directorates and Departments across the Trust and other ODD workstreams. This role will: Support the Staff Network Groups. Collaborate with departments across the Trust on the Equality Delivery System (EDS) 2022 reports. Support with the analysis and identification of EDI data. Work with members of the EDI team to collaborate on staff and patient engagement. This includes consulting with communities and stakeholders to improve service delivery and addressing issues relating to health inequalities. Research into, and report on, best practice and innovation for EDI on a national level. Support the Trust to meet its legal obligations and annual reporting requirements including, but not limited to, the Equality Act 2010, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), Equality Delivery System (EDS2), Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and the Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), as well as inform its EDI objectives. ## Job Description Equality and Diversity Transformation Planning Develop and analyse key workforce information over a range of key metrics that identify high priority areas for intervention and transformation. Lead on the use of EDI data, including identifying best practice that the Trust can learn from. Work collaboratively with all Leads, Clinical Leads, Project and Programme Managers and form key relationships with stakeholders. Supporting, Facilitating & Leading Assist with the development, implementation and review of all EDI policies, procedures and protocols. Provide clear direction to ensure that the parameters of EDI transformation interventions and programmes are clearly identified and documented including the identification of how the benefits will be realised. Ensure clear lines of EDI communication and consultation with key stakeholders and members of the internal teams, ensuring interdependencies are clearly identified and proactive actions taken. Working with other members of the EDI Team and the Communications Team, develop open and honest EDI communications with all key stakeholders including communicating information that may be highly complex and potentially controversial. ## Responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. ## Person Specification ### Personal qualities **Essential** - Strong interpersonal skills with a particular emphasis on influencing, motivating and persuading skills. - Ability to empathise and build rapport with a wide range of people; to motivate and engage people to adopt new ways of working to improve the culture for staff and patients. - Ability to receive, process, summarise, interpret and communicate highly complex, sensitive and contentious EDI information where there are barriers to acceptance and resistance to change. - High level people management skills, with the ability to influence and build positive and productive relationships, at all levels. - Able to work on own initiative. - Ability to provide advice and support in an assertive but tactful and sensitive manner. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Constructively challenge where areas are not delivering against EDI performance targets. ### Skills, abilities and attributes **Essential** - The ability to produce a high standard of written reports and other materials. - Excellent presentation skills and the ability to effectively deliver presentations to a diverse audience and manage often very difficult conversations. - Analysing the performance of areas of activity in relation to EDI performance targets, strategic objectives, develop strategies, business plans and advice. - Strategic thinking with ability to anticipate and resolve issues before they arise. - The ability to self-motivate, show initiative and drive. - Organisational and programme management skills with the ability to effectively prioritise and manage own work priorities and meet deadlines. - Evidence of ability to manage conflict. - Ability to work well in pressurised environment with constant interruptions. **Desirable** - Experience of analysing highly complex data with multiple components of information in both qualitative and quantitative formats. ### Experience and knowledge required **Essential** - Proficient understanding of the NHS landscape and specifically an Acute Clinical setting. - Specialist EDI knowledge, practical application and experience in change management, modernisation, service redesign, facilitation and successful implementation of service improvements at a senior level. - Demonstrated experience of delivering and co-ordinating EDI programmes in complex and challenging environments. - Experience of leading and managing projects or programmes. - Experience of designing and delivering training to a wide audience. - Knowledge and clear understanding of the current NHS plan deliverables, local delivery plans, and the national modernisation agenda, with experience of translating national guidance locally. - Experience of working with confidential and sensitive information - Experience of working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, at all levels. - Ability to identify and/or research new developments in EDI and translate these into practical applications. **Desirable** - Successful senior experience in a Public Sector environment. - Significant management and EDI experience at a senior level where change and improvement skills have been required within the post. - Knowledge of research, audit, data collection and analysis methodologies and the ability to translate baseline measures into demonstrable service developments and changes. ### Education, qualifications and training **Essential** - Masters Degree (or equivalent) in relevant subject or demonstrable equivalent gained through a combination of short courses and experience or clinical experience and qualification. - Evidence of continued professional development (CPD). - Relevant lived experience. ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 704.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10082535) - [applicants - 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