Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Contract Type   Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Contract length   12 months Working Pattern   Full time - flexible working may be considered Working Hours   35 hours per week Salary   £32,389 for Birmingham and Cardiff and £35,628 for London Location Options   Hybrid - home based and Birmingham, Hybrid - home based and Cardiff, Hybrid - home based and London, Old Broad Street Function Type   External and Corporate Affairs  

We are looking for an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Officer to join our small team. This is a 12-month maternity cover. This is an exciting position which will offer the right candidate the opportunity to work in the regulatory sector to drive EDI in the solicitors’ profession. This is a hybrid role, with one or two days in the office (Birmingham, London or Cardiff) and the rest at home. 

The role

As part of a small team working in the SRA’s Strategy and Innovation directorate, you will have an opportunity to work on a range of ambitious projects to deliver the SRA’s strategic EDI priorities. You will work with solicitors, law firms and other stakeholders, to better understand the EDI challenges facing the profession and share best practice. You will promote awareness of our EDI work in the profession, including through events and social media. You will work with colleagues across the business, providing expert advice and guidance on EDI matters to help us meet our public sector equality duties. You will be able to contribute to our inclusive culture and may have an opportunity to support with our internal EDI training and policies, but this is not an HR role.

What’s in it for you

• You will be working for an inclusive organisation that is ambitious in driving EDI in the solicitors profession
• You will be working in partnership with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
• You will have the opportunity to develop your understanding and expertise across all diversity characteristics.

What we’re looking for

• Experience of developing and delivering creative EDI initiatives to meet the public sector equality duties and drive change in the profession
• Up to date knowledge of legislation and best practice on EDI
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of analysing and evaluating information and data and presenting written findings and formal reports
• Ability to build good relationships and work collaboratively with a diverse range of external and internal stakeholders
• Ability to work flexibly and balance competing deadlines having regard to customers' needs and the needs of the SRA

Additional information

There is a full role profile attached to the bottom of this advert on our website.

The salary offer for this role is £32,389 for Birmingham and Cardiff based and £35,628 for London based.

Some travel will be required to the SRA’s other offices, or for meetings with stakeholders or attendance at events. 

If you have any questions that aren’t in this advert or on our website, please contact us via recruitment@sra.org.uk

To apply

Please use the apply button at the bottom of the advert on our careers page.

You will need to upload a CV and provide evidence of your knowledge, skills and experience and how they relate to key requirements of the role.  The responses you provide in the application form will be used to shortlist your application. Answers to each criterion must be no more than 300 words.

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages.

Closing date for applications is 12 January 2025 at 23:55. However, we may choose to close the application period earlier if sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if the role is of interest. 

Assessment and interviews will take place remotely in the week of 27 January or 3 February 2025.

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards. We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation. Attached Role Profile   EDI Officer role profile JD.docx – 539KB Opens in a new window
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.

 We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

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