Equality and Inclusion Officer

Closing date: 12/07/2023

Reference: REQ104696

37 hours / Temporary

31,099 - 32,909 *

Aberystwyth

About the role

An exciting opportunity to join the team responsible for delivering a consistent approach to consultation and engagement with the public and other stakeholders and ensuring the Council’s compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty.

The successful applicant will ideally have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to form constructive working relationships with varied departments, agencies and audiences. We are looking for someone who is experienced within the equalities field and has been successful in developing and delivering a wide range of engagement and consultation techniques.

We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

• Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location. Due to the nature of the role, it will be necessary for you to travel within Ceredigion on a regular basis.
• Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.

Job Description and Person Specification

For further information please contact: Cathryn Morgan cathryn.morgan@ceredigion.gov.uk / 07807845565.

Interviews will be held on: 07/08/2023

Note: We reserve the right to change the application window so that it closes earlier or later than currently advertised.

What we offer

Work-life balance

Lifestyle savings scheme

Generous employer pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Learning and development

Where you'll work

We lead on corporate performance, corporate policy, strategic partnerships, engagement, community cohesion and civil contingencies, and also are responsible for strategic and operational responsibility for public protection: environmental health, food fraud, licencing and trading standards. Our key functions are as follows:

• Complaints, Compliments and FOI
• Corporate Performance and Policy: Corporate performance; Property gazetteer; Research
• Public Protection: Environmental health; Food fraud; Licencing; Trading standards; Pollution Control; Pest Control; Weights and Measures; Communicable Diseases; Health and Safety; Animal Health.
• Strategic Partnerships, Engagement and Research: Business continuity; Civil contingencies; Community safety partnership; Engagement; Equality; Public service board; Refugee programm