This listing has expired.
Overview
The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management is the leading professional membership body for ecologists and environmental managers in the UK and Ireland.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Engagement Officer to join our team and lead our work to create a more diverse and inclusive profession. Environmental professions are among the least diverse professions in the UK. That has to change. You will use your lived experience of equality, diversity and inclusion issues, your excellent communication and project management skills, your creativity, your interest in the environment and your ability to build effective stakeholder relationships to help us create change. Are you up for this challenge?
Key Result Areas:
Promoting a diverse and inclusive profession
- Research and promote diversity initiatives and share best practice with members.
- Provide advice and guidance to members on equality and diversity issues.
- Organise online events and coordinate activities to promote diversity and inclusion within the sector.
- Coordinate the activities of the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group.
- Raise and maintain the profile of diversity and inclusions issues through blogs, InPractice articles, podcasts
and other relevant communication activities. - Engage with partner bodies, organisations and other stakeholders on common diversity and inclusion policy
and practice areas to achieve shared goals. - Work with the Professional Development Manager to use the STEM Ambassador programme to promote
ecology and environmental management career opportunities to young people from under-represented
sectors. - Oversee the development of and manage the content of a Green Jobs for Nature website.
- Work with colleagues to promote a Green Jobs for Nature campaign
Building a diverse and inclusive professional body
- Provide advice, guidance and support to internal colleagues on diversity and inclusion issues, helping to
ensure that systems and processes are inclusive and fair in accordance with good practice. - Monitor the implementation of actions designed to improve CIEEM’s diversity and inclusion performance,
as measured by a relevant performance framework.
Experience
- Significant lived experience of diversity and inclusion issues
- Experience of planning and implementing projects successfully
- Experience of working effectively with committees or working groups
- Experience of working with volunteers
- Experience of managing outsourced services and/or suppliers
- Experience of managing websites
