Head of AJEDI (FTC 12 months)

Salary: £58,384 to £64,782 per annum

Location: Hybrid / London, UK – we are currently working with a hybrid working model, where there is the option of working from home combined with 4-12 days a month of working in the London Bridge office.

Contract: Full-Time, Fixed Term 12 months (maternity cover)

Closing date: Tuesday 30th April 2024

About us

YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity fighting for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever the challenges.

About the role

Are you passionate about driving meaningful change and championing anti-racism, justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion (AJEDI)? Then join us as our new Head of AJEDI.

We are looking for an exceptional individual to step into the dynamic role of Head of AJEDI on a 12-month maternity cover contract. You will join our newly created community and culture department, working with a vibrant and dedicated team of professionals.

You will have a unique opportunity to lead transformative initiatives and shape our organisation’s commitment to combating racism, promoting justice, and fostering a culture of equity and inclusion.

As Head of AJEDI, you will continue our work of building effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation, working collaboratively to support the organisation in becoming a more inclusive, diverse, and welcoming place for all.

As an experienced EDI professional, you will be comfortable in influencing and challenging diplomatically yet effectively at all levels across the organisation. You will be well versed in managing projects and able to develop and deliver programmes that support and promote diversity and inclusivity from an intersectional approach.

Given the critical nature of our ongoing work and the specific focus of the upcoming year, we feel it is important to recruit a leader with the requisite skills, expertise, and lived experience. Therefore, we encourage applicants from Black, mixed Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities.  To read further on this please review the job description for this post.

Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

About you

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• experience of working in an AJEDI specialist position including influencing and effectively challenging various stakeholders at both a senior level and cross organisationally
• experience in managing a programme of work, and able to take plans from concept and design through to execution, measurement and reporting
• effective interpersonal and communication skills with different audiences and stakeholders to influence, support and empower change, including adoption of best practise which may be new or unfamiliar to an organisation
• an ability to feed into work cross-organisationally, including being part of working and steering groups providing AJEDI expertise. This may mean understanding different pieces of work and finding ways to add an AJEDI lens.
• lived experience as an individual from a Black, mixed Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic community

We hope that you would like to join us at a very exciting stage of our growth and development. You’ll be joining a bright, dynamic team who have a passion for supporting our ambitions.

You can view the full details in the job pack below.

How to apply

One of our values is: “We celebrate what makes you you – whoever you are, we welcome you and encourage you to be true to yourself”.

If you are excited about helping us to achieve our mission, passionate about working at an organisation that puts the lived experience of young people at the heart of everything we do and want to be part of our drive to become a truly anti-racist organisation we want to hear from you.

To apply, please fill in the application form – downloadable below – and send via email to recruitment@youngminds.org.uk.