Head of Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion (ADI)

Location: Hybrid, London Office (Kings Cross)
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £65,000 per year

Join us to empower every voice.

RNIB are a leading sight loss charity, committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace - where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives.

We're recruiting a naturally confident ADI leader, able to manage, guide and coach our ADI team, build colleague and leadership engagement and drive our agenda across the organisation.

You'll be developing and implementing tailored strategies and plans that align with the organisational strategy, purpose and values.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll be influencing and partnering with teams across the People directorate such as Organisational Development, Talent Acquisition and People Business Partners to enhance our recruitment and retention strategies. You'll build relationships across other functions to foster a culture of inclusion and promote a diverse workforce, including identifying opportunities to implement ADI best practice and introducing potential partnerships with external organisations. You'll work closely in partnership with our 5 Networks and Trade Unions.

You'll be a role model for our values and be a subject matter expert, ready to challenge behaviour and develop activities to promote ADI excellence.

Who you are:

To be successful in this role, you'll be passionate about promoting ADI and have extensive experience in managing related change initiatives within an organisation. This includes designing and developing ADI programs, initiatives and coaching leaders.

You'll have an extensive understanding and awareness of ADI issues and barriers, experience in aligning ADI with recruitment, retention and inclusion of employees and volunteers. You'll be confident in your analytical and problem-solving skills, knowledgeable around industry best practice, anti-discriminatory approaches and law/regulations related to accessibility, diversity, equality and inclusion.

You'll be a good communicator, inspiring and building trust with various levels of colleagues and stakeholders including Executive Teams, Networks, Unions, varying directorates and external partners. You'll also be comfortable in managing and inspiring your own team and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

What We Offer

RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a positive, progressive culture. We offer a wide range of benefits including 26 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays) which rises with service, enhanced family friendly benefits, a contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 11% and a rewards platform with employee discounts across over 800 retailers.

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How to Apply

If you'd like to apply for this opportunity, please apply online, uploading your CV and supporting statement, telling us how you meet the criteria in section 1 of the person specification.