Senior Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Business Partner

　　Job Req ID: 28682

　　Posting Date: 20 Jan 2024

　　Function: HR

　　Location:

　　1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom

　　Salary: Competitive Salary & Great Benefits

　　Recruiter: Natilla Turner

　　Career Grade: C

　　Internal Closing Date: 1/02/2024

　　At BT Group we embrace flexibility and welcome applicants who wish to work full-time, part-time hours, in job-shares, or other flexible working arrangements.

　　Are you committed to Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity (IE&D)? We are looking for dynamic individuals to join our team as a Senior IE&D Business Partners (field worker), contributing to an inclusive and connected world at BT Group!

　　Location: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol

　　Why We Matter: Our IE&D team, part of the newly established IE&D Centre of Excellence, collaborates with the CIEDO to bring to life the Work, Worker, and Workplace strategy. We drive consistent, focused, and strategic initiatives, fostering a culture of inclusion at BT Group.

　　Why You Matter: As a Senior IE&D Business Partner, you will align with and have the primary responsibility for developing and advancing IE&D strategies for a specific workforce profile. This includes desk-based colleagues, frontline and retail workers, field employees, and global workers across various Customer-facing Facing Units (CFUs).

　　Key Focus Areas:

　　First 30 Days:

　　Understand strategic objectives and the work-worker-workplace strategy.

　　Connect with key stakeholders to identify perspectives, expectations, and organisational culture.

　　Conduct a comprehensive current state analysis of IE&D initiatives.

　　First 60 Days:

　　Collaborate closely with the CIEDO to refine IE&D strategy.

　　Develop plans and timelines for implementing risk-assessed key initiatives.

　　Shape the roadmap for creating and launching specific IE&D programs.

　　First 90 Days:

　　Work closely with the Senior Programme Manager and IE&D Activation Specialist to begin the rollout of key IE&D programs and initiatives for your portfolio.

　　Engage closely with your stakeholders to monitor participation, and risk, and gather feedback on the initiatives.

　　Ongoing Responsibilities:

　　Provide strong business partnering support to your assigned client portfolio.

　　Execute the IE&D strategy, monitoring progress and adjusting as needed.

　　Utilize data-driven insights for decision-making.

　　Maintain relationships with key business stakeholders.

　　Stay updated on emerging IE&D trends and best practices.

　　What We're Looking For:

　　IE&D Subject Matter Expertise:

　　Deep expertise in IE&D.

　　Proven track record of translating knowledge into impactful action.

　　A background in organisational psychology is desirable.

　　Stakeholder Engagement:

　　Emotional agility to establish trust with key stakeholders.

　　Ability to translate and articulate the IE&D strategy.

　　Effective influence on senior leaders.

　　Strategic Programme Delivery:

　　Design scalable and tailored initiatives, policies, and programs.

　　Translate strategic goals into impactful programs.

　　Strategic Business Partnering:

　　Emotionally intelligent collaboration with senior leaders.

　　Deep understanding of unique challenges and opportunities within the portfolio.

　　Data Analysis:

　　Highly data-driven with expertise in workforce data analysis.

　　Ability to shape data into a cohesive and compelling case for change.

　　External Engagement:

　　Forge strategic alliances with external organisations, industry experts, and local communities.

　　Collaborate with external experts to align interventions with best practices.

　　Benefits:

　　Competitive salary.

　　Up to 15% Target Bonus.

　　Annual car allowance.

　　25 – 30 days’ annual leave.

　　Pension scheme (You contribute 5%, BT contributes 10%).

　　Family Healthcare.

　　Discounted broadband and EE Mobile.

　　About us

　　BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

　　Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

　　We value diversity and celebrate difference. As Philip Jansen, our CEO, says ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

　　We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

　　This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

　　A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

　　Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

　　DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

　　Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.