Diversity and Cultural Change Manager
About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the Role:
Based within Student and Library Services, you will play an important role supporting the work of the Diversity and Cultural Change (DCC) team, working closely with the Head of DCC. ARU are committed to delivering a range of challenging targets through our Access and Participation Plan (APP) to reduce the outcome gaps experienced by specific student groups. This is important work that will contribute to levelling the playing field and delivering a fairer place to study for students from a variety of backgrounds.
The university is committed to undertaking a series of projects to advance race equality set out in our Race Equality Strategy. The Diversity and Cultural Change Coordinator will play a key role in amplifying and supporting all institutional race equality work.
With a minimum of a degree and/or substantial relevant experience, you will have a good understanding of diversity and cultural change themes including key concepts such as privilege, bias, intersectionality, anti-racism and allyship, as well as how these concepts adapt and evolve according to the needs of different groups. You will be experienced at working independently and as part of a team to meet multiple deadlines and organise and prioritise workloads. You will be resilient and able to build good working relationships with colleagues and students to collaboratively achieve set goals, be aware of project management approaches, phases of the project lifecycle.
Informal enquiries can be made to Katie Potts, Head of Diversity and Cultural Change, at katie.potts@aru.ac.uk
Informal enquiries can be made to Katie Potts, Head of Diversity and Cultural Change, at katie.potts@aru.ac.uk.
Find out more about working with us.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
This appointment is subject to an enhanced level children's and adults barred list disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further information can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.