Job vacancy: Senior Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield

Job summary

Main area

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working
Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working - with at least 2 days per week in the office at Northern General Hospital)

Job ref

190-1384-DIR

Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/06/2026 23:59
Interview date: 03/07/2026

Senior Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Education, qualifications and training

Essential criteria

Masters Degree (or equivalent) in relevant subject or demonstrable equivalent gained through a combination of short courses and experience or clinical experience and qualification.
Evidence of continued professional development (CPD).
Relevant lived experience.

Experience and knowledge required

Essential criteria

Proficient understanding of the NHS landscape and specifically an Acute Clinical setting.
Specialist EDI knowledge, practical application and experience in change management, modernisation, service redesign, facilitation and successful implementation of service improvements at a senior level.
Demonstrated experience of delivering and co-ordinating EDI programmes in complex and challenging environments.
Experience of leading and managing projects or programmes.
Experience of designing and delivering training to a wide audience.
Knowledge and clear understanding of the current NHS plan deliverables, local delivery plans, and the national modernisation agenda, with experience of translating national guidance locally.
Experience of working with confidential and sensitive information
Experience of working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, at all levels.
Ability to identify and/or research new developments in EDI and translate these into practical applications.

Desirable criteria

Successful senior experience in a Public Sector environment.
Significant management and EDI experience at a senior level where change and improvement skills have been required within the post.
Knowledge of research, audit, data collection and analysis methodologies and the ability to translate baseline measures into demonstrable service developments and changes.

Skills, abilities and attributes

Essential criteria

The ability to produce a high standard of written reports and other materials.
Excellent presentation skills and the ability to effectively deliver presentations to a diverse audience and manage often very difficult conversations.
Analysing the performance of areas of activity in relation to EDI performance targets, strategic objectives, develop strategies, business plans and advice.
Strategic thinking with ability to anticipate and resolve issues before they arise.
The ability to self-motivate, show initiative and drive.
Organisational and programme management skills with the ability to effectively prioritise and manage own work priorities and meet deadlines.
Evidence of ability to manage conflict.
Ability to work well in pressurised environment with constant interruptions.

Desirable criteria

Experience of analysing highly complex data with multiple components of information in both qualitative and quantitative formats.

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

Strong interpersonal skills with a particular emphasis on influencing, motivating and persuading skills.
Ability to empathise and build rapport with a wide range of people; to motivate and engage people to adopt new ways of working to improve the culture for staff and patients.
Ability to receive, process, summarise, interpret and communicate highly complex, sensitive and contentious EDI information where there are barriers to acceptance and resistance to change.
High level people management skills, with the ability to influence and build positive and productive relationships, at all levels.
Able to work on own initiative.
Ability to provide advice and support in an assertive but tactful and sensitive manner.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Constructively challenge where areas are not delivering against EDI performance targets.

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.

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If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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