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Equality Mainstreaming & Inclusion Lead

Scottish Government OGD RecruitmentEdinburgh🇬🇧United Kingdom

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SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeHybrid
LocationEdinburgh, United Kingdom
RecruitingContinuous ImprovementDiversity & Inclusion

Job description

This is an Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunity, available on a lateral move basis only. Applications are open to Core Scottish Government employees only.

Job Title - Equality Mainstreaming & Inclusion Lead

Business Area/Directorate - Diversity and Inclusion Team, People Directorate

Location - This post can be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow and in line with our hybrid working policy, entails 40% office based and 60% remote working (working from home).

Working Arrangement – Staff in roles compatible with hybrid working should spend 40% of their contracted working time working in person at their contractual workplace. More information can be found within Hybrid Working Policy

Grade -  B3

Advert type - Level Transfer only

Duration - 12 months

Eligibility - Expressions of interest are invited from substantive colleagues on level transfer from core SG only.

Sponsorship: Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.

Do you have strong communication and interpersonal skills?

Have you experience building capability through developing and delivering learning resources for a range of audiences and have subject matter expertise of Diversity and Inclusion topics?

The Diversity and Inclusion Team in Scottish Government, People Directorate, are looking for maternity cover for the Equality Mainstreaming and Inclusion Lead.

You will contribute to building an inclusive culture by providing subject matter expertise to support the delivery of the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. In particular, by designing, developing and delivering learning for the Diversity and Inclusion Curriculum across SG. And rolling out the Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) improvement programme across DG Corporate.

The D+I team comprises two branches each led by a C1, reporting to the Head of D+I. This post sits within the Inclusion, Communication and Engagement branch and is supported by two B2 staff.

Responsibilities

  • Design, co-produce, and deliver learning solutions to expand the Diversity and Inclusion Curriculum including continuous improvement of mandatory Inclusive Culture learning. This includes working with DG Corporate to manage a programme of DG-wide diversity and inclusion events across SG.
  • Deliver an Equality Impact Assessment improvement programme across DG Corporate, building capability, confidence and data driven resources
  • Support delivery of the D+I Strategy and Action Plan and lead on analysis of data for the employee journey to iteratively inform areas of future focus
  • Implement and embed the seven mainstreaming equality asks, providing advice and support to ET Allies, D+I local leads and corporate teams.
  • Co-ordinate the Employee Insights series, expanding our database of qualitative data to help inform employer policy development and delivery
  • Provide subject matter expertise across a range of protected characteristics with data led advice.
  • Provide briefings and coordinate responses to ministerial correspondence and Freedom of Information requests.
  • Advocate continuous learning and professional development across the team. Demonstrate the value of measuring outcomes and evaluating processes and practice to improve the team’s performance.
  • If the applicant doesn’t already hold an existing CIPD qualification they would be expected to work towards qualification whilst in post

Success Profile

Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on. (those marked with an asterisk will be assessed in recruitment

Skills:

  • Learning and development and D+I) - understands adult learning theory and how to design, facilitate and deliver interventions that apply different L+D approaches.
  • Diversity and Inclusion - Understands the key D+I issues in the organisation
  • Diverse employee voices – understands the tools and methods to give a diverse range of people the opportunity to be heard.

Experience:

Developing and evaluating learning and talent strategies

Behaviours:

  • Communicating and influencing - level 3
  • Changing and improving - level 3
  • Working together - level 3

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours, here: Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide

Working Pattern

This role is a temporary position with an expected commitment of 12 months.

This post is a full-time role, but we welcome applications from staff with different working patterns, proposed working patterns will be assessed against the business requirements for this post.

Our standard hours are 35 hours per week and we offer a range of flexible working options depending on the needs of the role, including Flexi-leave. Scottish Government staff in hybrid-compatible roles should aim to work in-person 40% of the time, either in an office or other agreed work location. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.

Further Information

Further information about this opportunity is available from sarah.hunter-argyle@gov.scot

How to Apply

Please submit an Expression of Interest (maximum 500 words) outlining your suitability for the role, relevant skills and experience, and what you would bring to the team. Please align this to how you meet the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above.

Vacancies close at 23:59pm on Friday 13 November.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. 

Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.

If invited for further assessment, this will consist of a light-touch interview, scheduled for w/c 23 November, however this may be subject to change.

Recruitment Principles

As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.

About us

The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education, health, the economy, justice, housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.

Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service observing the Civil Service Code and working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer.

As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.

Security checks

Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).

You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website, or read about the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide.

Equality statement

We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation. 

Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.

Further information

Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.

Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes.

Apply before: 13/11/2026 (23:59). This role is open to substantive B3 staff from core SG only.

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