Deputy Chief Executive - London, United Kingdom - Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Salary:

- £95,000 - £115,000
Job grade:

• SCS Pay Band 2
  Contract type:
• Permanent
• Loan
• Secondment
  Length of employment:
• Loan

and secondments will be considered for a period of no less than 2 years


Type of role:

• Other
  Working pattern:
• Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
  Number of jobs available:
• 1Contents

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Location

• Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3

UZ :
Glasgow, Scotland, G2 7


JD :
Manchester, North West England, M4 3


AR :
City of Westminster, London (region), SW1H 0TLAbout the job


Job summary:

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is Britain's national equality body and a UN-accredited national human rights institution.

As an executive non-departmental public body, we are an independent national regulator, recognised as an authority on equality and human rights law, evidence and analysis.

Our job is to help make Britain a fairer and more inclusive place where no one is held back by discrimination or barriers to opportunity.

We do this by safeguarding and enforcing the laws that protect people's rights to fairness, dignity and respect. 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 support them to make improvements in practice.

Job description:

We are looking to recruit an experienced senior leader, to join us as our
Deputy Chief Executive.

Working closely with our Board, Chief Executive and Leadership team, the post holder will lead all of our regulatory activity across the Commission.

They will inspire and motivate their teams to deliver some of our most complex and high-profile work, including but not limited to, developing our strategy, advising on policy and evidence, leading the delivery of enforcement, compliance and litigation activity, advising the Commission's Board and Chief Executive on policy, regulatory and legal issues within our equality and human rights remit in England, Scotland and Wales.

As the Commission's Deputy Chief Executive, they will deputise for Chief Executive as required, and will represent the Commission externally, promoting positive and productive relationships with a large range of diverse stakeholders, including Government and our sponsor department.

Person specification:

An inspirational and impactful senior leader, with a successful track record of leading, developing and motivating multidisciplinary teams in a high profile and politically sensitive environment.

They will demonstrate a commitment to equality, and an ability to enable others to deliver with impact and to engage positively with organisational change.

Benefits:

The salary for this role is £95,000 - £115,000 per annum.

Those joining us from the Civil Service on a level transfer, will be offered the pay point closest to their current salary, wherever possible.

We offer a range of benefits including 30 days holiday per year (plus 8 bank holidays), access to the Civil Service Pension scheme, flexible working options, generous parental leave and pay, salary sacrifice schemes, support for your wellbeing, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, health checks and trained mental health first aiders, plus much more.

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Selection process details:

• Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
• This role has a minimum assignment duration of 2 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.
• As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security:

• People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks

Nationality requirements:

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals

- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in