Head of Policy (job-share)

Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZ : Glasgow, Scotland, G2 7DA : Manchester, North West England, M4 3AQ

We are Britain’s national equality regulator and a United Nations accredited ‘A status’ national human rights institution.

We uphold people’s rights without fear or favour. We use the full force of our legal powers to defend people from unfair or unequal treatment and to challenge breaches of the law. We advise on developing laws and provide guidance, training and support to enable compliance.

We bring people together to create change. We work with employers, governments and a wide range of organisations, to promote understanding of equality and human rights and we support them to make improvements in practice.

Our new strategy for 2022-25 gives us a strong platform to show that we will use our powers to protect and promote equality and human rights, and that we have identified the main challenges in society where we can make a difference in our role as a regulator.

Please note: This role is one part of an existing job-share, offered at 21.6 hours per week (0.6fte).

You will play a leadership role in the delivery of high-impact policy influencing and engagement strategies across the Commission’s priority areas and protected characteristics. 

This will be an often fast paced, complex and fascinating job at the heart of the organisation, working on high profile, high impact issues to advance equality and human rights in Britain.

Regular travel to Westminster is required, if this individual is based outside of London.

 

Working in a job-share you will jointly:

• Lead our team of policy professionals to deliver high impact policy advice and influencing strategies, and line manage our policy principals.
• Provide assurance on a range of policy processes and products, ensuring our positions are strategic, aligned, robust, and achievable.
• Deliver expert advice to our Leadership Team and Board on the strategic policy context within which the Commission operates, including opportunities and risks for engagement with the UK government and parliament.
• Ensure the Commission builds and maintains meaningful strategic relationships across the UK government and parliament, including by supporting or leading senior external engagement.
• Deputise for the Director of Policy and Human Rights Monitoring, including by maintaining close relationships with senior leaders across the organisation and supporting wider organisational processes as needed.

The Senior Principal will operate flexibly and collaboratively, display a high degree of accountability and autonomy, and at all times demonstrate our values of fairness, dignity, and respect.

The full list of Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the role can be found in the Candidate Pack (at the bottom of this advert).

Alongside your salary of £63,593, Equality and Human Rights Commission contributes
£17,742 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

In return you can expect to receive a competitive salary, 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (full time FTE) and access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme and partnership pension schemes.

We will provide investment in your career, giving you access to Civil Service Learning, our peer learning programme, specialist training and mentoring.  

We offer a range of family friendly benefits, such as enhanced parental leave, flexible working including non-contractual hybrid working.

You will also have access to our wellbeing offering, including our employee assistance programme, mental health supporters, health checks, discount gym membership and retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and other salary sacrifice options. In addition, we have a range of staff networks and social groups.

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Job contact :

• Name : Becky Roberts
• Email : Becky.Roberts@equalityhumanrights.com
• Telephone : 0161 829 8100

Recruitment team

• Email : Becky.Roberts@equalityhumanrights.com