Deputy Director (Equity, Inclusion, Culture and Staff Experience) (CH13041) – Bath, BA2 7AY

Overview

Deputy Director (Equity, Inclusion, Culture and Staff Experience) (CH13041) – Bath, BA2 7AY

About the role

Developing and improving organisational culture is a key foundation for the future ambitions of the University. Whether this is equity, diversity, listening and engaging with staff, enabling people to bring their whole self to work to achieve their potential, creating a culture where people can thrive is at the heart of our University community.

We are reviewing the HR operating model and expect it to change considerably in the next few years to offer higher-value services to the University. At the heart of this role today, we expect to see:

1. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, covering our Charters/Awards, EIAs, ED&I training and specialist advice; 
2. Staff Listening, covering surveys and employee engagement;
3. Organisational culture, covering issues such as hybrid working, staff facilities;
4. Caring Services, such as the nursery and dental.

The essence of this role is to synergistically combine areas where specialist expertise is necessary, but also an ability to lead change and turn strategy into delivery, working with others. This role has a strong focus across both staff and student experience. While sitting in HR, the role will work closely with other senior leaders where there is synergy between staff and student services.

About you 

The ideal candidate will have a combination of specialist expertise, an ability to lead and deliver change and policy development, with the empathy to handle complex organisational and cultural dilemmas. 

Further Information

For informal discussions about the role please contact Richard Brooks (HR Director) on rb936@bath.ac.uk

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours) permanent basis. We are open to discussing other working patterns. 

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We’re very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you

We’re continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

 

Closing Date: 12 Oct 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £57,422 to £66,537