A highly successful and growing Financial Services business have an exciting newly created role for a DE&I Regional Specialist.
This is a new investment hire into the DE&I team which will report to the Lead DE&I Strategist.
The business themselves are an international Asset Manager who have DE&I high on the agenda.
This role will work hand in hand with the Lead Strategist in order to devise and implement the DE&I strategy across the region.
This will be a fast paced and rewarding role and will likely be the long term successor for the Lead.
We are looking for candidates with previous DE&I experience ideally from other Asset Managers or Financial Services businesses however other corporate business backgrounds will be considered.
Candidates will need to be passionate about DE&I, happy to work top to bottom (strategy/hands on), engaging in being able to communicate at all levels, experienced to bring ideas and success to the role and dynamic to make a success of this position.
Responsibilities: Partners with regional leadership teams to develop and implement strategic objectives and annual programs and initiatives for specific offering.
Serves as the subject matter expert for enterprise-wide programs and initiatives to regional leaders.
Develops solutions and is accountable for measures of success in the region.
Advises and guides multiple stakeholders including internal Human Resources partners and regional leadership on the integration of strategies and programs into people plan and departmental / function annual plan.
Defines and monitors key focus areas and measures of success.
Provides perspective and solutions on all talent initiatives enabling efficiency for DEI integration and deployment.
Oversees the evaluation of impact and effectiveness of existing resources, tools, and programs.
Manages the implementation of changes and deployment.
Partners with Enterprise on offers and content solutions for local delivery and adapts as necessary for local deployment.
Evaluates the impact and effectiveness of existing resources, tools, and programs.
Gathers feedback on events, policies, programs, and procedures.
Makes recommendations to improve growth and efficiency.
Guides and consults with team members on all matters associated with the programs and functions of specified area.
Contributes to the development and management of the regional budget.
Overseas the effectiveness of the regional DEI Council partners with the Executive sponsor.
Partners with stakeholder for the effective delivery of regulatory and legislative activities eg not limited to (Pay Gap reporting, FCA reporting).
Partners with stakeholders for the effective delivery and engagement across multi-site in the region.
Participates in special projects either regional specific or Enterprise wide and performs other duties as assigned.
Develops a network and represents programs and initiatives externally.
Stays abreast of industry, market, and competitive trends and incorporates best practices in alignment with enterprise goals.
Lead the external partnership strategy to maximise impact and return of investment aligned to regional and Enterprise-wide strategy.
Requirements: Previous DE&I experience ideally within an Asset Management or Financial Services business Active stakeholder engagement Demonstrate strong written and presentation communication skills Facilitation of offsites and training Data analysis and the ability to tell stories with data Decision-making in ambiguous circumstances Action orientation and ability to work to deadlines TPBN1_UKTJ