EDI Project Implementation Lead

Locations: Human Resources (On-site)

Birmingham City University is expanding its EDI Unit to introduce a Project Implementation Lead, who will spearhead initiatives aimed at tackling inequality and creating positive outcomes for both students and staff.

In this role, you will drive key EDI priorities; closing the degree awarding gaps, reducing gender and ethnicity pay gaps, and fostering inclusive cultures where everyone feels valued, respected, and safe. You will focus on planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating initiatives that improve organisational performance across various metrics.

Our mission is to be the most inclusive higher education employer, reflecting the diverse nature of our city. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and fostering a thriving, inclusive environment, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead initiatives that address equality and diversity challenges across the University.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, students, and external partners to advance EDI priorities.
• Drive the planning, development, and evaluation of projects to improve organisational performance.
• Provide proactive support and expert advice on race equality to senior leaders.
• Build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including private/public organisations, community groups, and individuals from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.

Essential Requirements

The requirements of the role are detailed in the person specification section of the job description, but some key requirements are:

• Strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, with a solid understanding of how these principles apply to this role.
• In-depth knowledge of the challenges facing the higher education sector, particularly in relation to race equality.
• Proven experience providing race equality support and advice to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated expertise in implementing EDI initiatives within large organisations.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to execute projects to completion without direct management oversight.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills, capable of engaging diverse individuals across various contexts, both remotely and in-person.
• Self-awareness and an understanding of your own cultural norms, values, and unconscious biases, as well as their impact on wider intersectional identities.

What’s in it for you?

• Generous annual leave entitlement of 40 days (including bank holidays and closure periods) per annum pro rata.
• An attractive direct contribution pension scheme, or the option to retain LGPS for existing and previous members.
• Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Imogeen.Denton@bcu.ac.uk

Join us in making a difference at Birmingham City University. 

Birmingham City University is deeply committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity at all levels in the organisation, and to addressing underrepresentation in our workforce to ensure we are truly representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds and communities for this role, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic applicants.

The University is proudly Disability Confident. This means amongst other things that we commit to offering a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who fully meet the essential criteria for each role.

Please download the Job Description below for further information:

Job Description

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.

About Us

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.

Apply Before: 08/04/2025, 23:59