Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Manager

The (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) ED&I manager is responsible for developing and implementing the ED&I strategy for Halfords and championing ED&I initiatives across the group.

The ED&I manager will lead on the ED&I agenda and work with senior leaders, colleagues, and interest groups to promote ED&I across the organisation, and to measure it’s impact.

The ED&I manager reports into the Talent Director and will be a member of the Talent Leadership Team and the wider Halfords People Team.

Key Accountabilities

• Build, socialise and maintain the ED&I strategy
• Design and implement initiatives that will have a positive impact on ED&I within the Halfords Group
• Coach, guide and support our managers in understanding, promoting and role modelling inclusive behaviors in Halfords
• Working with our people team, review and update all ED&I related policies
• Devise actions, activities and projects to help us deliver our ED&I goals
• Working with the respective CofE/Business functions, define the goals for each touchpoint and business area
• Measure, track and report on ED&I goals and metrics and provide insight to prompt further action
• Support in the writing of the ED&I element of the Company’s Annual Report
• Lead the Halfords ED&I Council
• Coordinate the running of Halfords Colleague Network Groups (CNG’s)
• With the support of the CNG’s, organize ED&I events and celebrations
• Identify ED&I training requirements, being the SME for content design for these programmes
• Work with outside agencies and charities furthering the ED&I cause
• Champion ED&I in Halfords and communicate regularly to our colleagues and stakeholders
• Develop and lead stakeholder management, communication and change plans associated with designated initiatives and programmes. Work with respective HRBPs, Corp Communications and/or change management partners on engagement strategies to ensure timely and effective communication and adoption of programmes and initiatives
• In addition, lead on the Charity work within Halfords and work with our Charity partnerships to maximise our charity fundraising

Key Skills & Experience

Experience

• Experience delivering business transformation in ED&I through:
  • Building ED&I strategies
  • Designing and implementing ED&I programmes/initiatives
  • Tracking ED&I metrics
  • Designing ED&I training
• Experience working in Agile environments

Knowledge, Skills

• Subject matter expertise in ED&I
• Understanding of ED&I related employment law
• Superior verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Strong influencing skills and stakeholder management
• Demonstrated Project Management skills
• Delivering business transformation
• Excellent facilitation of small, medium, and large audiences
• Ability to work with the senior leadership teams to develop solutions for business needs
• Strong collaboration skills/Co-creation
• Ability to work unsupervised and demonstrate initiative
• Ability to work flexibly
• Charity Manager specific skillset:

• Account management of existing and new charity relationships
• Working with internal teams to build communication strategy across relevant channels
• Planning and hosting charity events
• Budget-management & spend decision-making
• Volunteer-management
• Stakeholder Management & reporting
• Passion for positive impact