Work Pattern: Part Time
Part time - 28 hours per week
Are you passionate about anti-racist and anti-oppressive and creating change for children, families and practitioners across Hackney? Hackney Children and Families Service is now recruiting to the exciting new post of Diversity and Inclusion Lead.
As an experienced, dynamic and passionate leader you will be working at the forefront of best practice, playing a major role in developing our anti-racist and anti-oppressive strategy and action plan, engaging senior leaders and influencing multi-agency partnerships to tackle structural racism.
Hackneys Children and Families Service offer visionary leadership, a culture of continuous learning and a climate for innovation. We are proud of our unit model with systemic, strengths based and reflective practice at the core of our practice. We are seeking to develop our model to further co-collaborate with children, families and take forward a community focused approach to achieving change.
The role of Diversity and Inclusion Lead provides an opportunity for an experienced practitioner and strategist to engage and support senior leaders in organisational change utilising your expertise to shape our services. You will have considerable leadership experience, strong knowledge of research, evidence based approaches, legislation and guidance and a sound knowledge of systemic practice.
Dynamic, innovative, committed and passionate, you will bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of creating systems and practice change supporting work with a diverse workforce working with vulnerable children and families . Your strong leadership skills will enable you to mobilise the abilities of professionals and colleagues, both in Children and Families Service, in partner agencies and in other areas of the council ensuring the very best outcomes for children in Hackney.
Candidates must hold a degree level qualification including a certified qualification in either HR, social work, youth work, clinical practice or another associated professional background with evidence of continued professional development.
An Online Briefing about this role will be held on 4th December at 16:30hrs. Please log in to the event via Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/zjb-mqir-dyz [meet.google.com].
An enhanced DBS check is required.
Hackney is one of the UKs highest performing local authorities, serving one of Londons best places to live and work. We have achieved a huge amount: our services, our schools, our public spaces are all amongst the very best. We have changed the reputation, not just of the Council, but of Hackney itself. Bringing jobs and investment into the borough, securing the legacy from the 2012 Games, and making this a place of which we can all be proud.
If you want to work in a place where you can represent our values so we achieve the best for our residents, please click on the apply button below.
The recruitment process is anonymous. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CVs.
When applying, there will be a number of questions relating to the post on the application form. It is essential that you complete the application questions, responding to each using examples of your skills, knowledge and experience.
Please ensure you provide full evidence giving in-depth answers which demonstrates your experience in relation to each question.
Closing date for applications: 07 December 2020
Interview date: 15 January 2021
We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.
Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled
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