Senior Advisor, Inclusive Institutions

Position: Senior Advisor, Inclusive Institutions (fixed-term contract) (Contract)
Location: Heslington

Senior Advisor, Inclusive Institutions (fixed-term contract)

Location:

Remote
Salary:
The full-time salary for this role is £57,049 per annum, pro-rated to £45,639.20 gross per annum.

Contract:

Part Time, FTC until October 2026

Hours:

28 hours per week
Benefits:

• A generous pension plan with USS

• Enhanced family leave benefits

• 31 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays

• Flexible working hours

• Remote work, with occasional travel

The Role:

Advance HE is looking for an experienced, organised, and collaborative inclusion specialist to join our team, helping higher education and research organisations to make lasting change towards equality, access and inclusion.
As Senior Adviser, Inclusive Institutions, you will support our Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter members with strategic advice and operational guidance to drive and sustain their progress in equality diversity and inclusion.
Whether you’re facilitating self-assessment teams to review their progress on inclusion action plans or convening an Enhancing Practice event with Charter members, you’ll have opportunities to be an enabler of change, and to make your mark, at Advance HE.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic and operational advice to universities and research organisations to advance equality and inclusion.

• Build strong, trusted relationships with practitioners and leaders across a portfolio of member institutions.

• Support members in engaging with and implementing charter frameworks, including Athena Swan, the Race Equality Charter, and the Inclusive Institutions Framework.

• Collaborate with members to identify evidence-informed approaches and tailor solutions to enhance inclusion in their organisations.

• Capture and share insights and good practices to inform the development of frameworks and member benefits.

• Contribute to the development and delivery of the Inclusive Institutions Framework and other charter-related initiatives.

• Lead and deliver projects related to charter member benefits, including developing online guidance and resources, running events and workshops with members, and contributing to bespoke consultancy support.

• Act as adviser, facilitator, project lead, and connector within equality networks.

Job Requirements:

• High degree of expertise, knowledge and understanding of EDI practice and how change is achieved within the current HE and research context in the UK and ideally globally, with experience of progressing equality issues through meaningful action.

• Substantial experience of developing relationships with and delivering high quality, consultative strategic advice and operational guidance to senior level stakeholders.

• High level of experience of public speaking, workshop development and facilitation.

• Experience of project management and the ability to develop and deliver materials quickly and to a high standard, keeping to budgets.

• A postgraduate qualification or demonstrable professional experience related to the area.
Advance HE is a member-led, sector-owned charity that works with institutions and higher education across the world to improve higher education for staff, students and society.
Our strategic priorities of: maximising membership impact and value, supporting leadership, management and governance development for transformational change and developing educational excellence for the higher education of the future supports the work of our members and the sector.
It is our people and the people we help that really make us who we are!

To apply:

If you have the skills and experience required for this role, please click on Apply today to be taken to our site to complete your application.
Advance HE is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background.
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