Compliance Officer - Scotland

We are Britain’s national equality regulator and a United Nations accredited ‘A status’ national human rights institution.

We uphold people’s rights without fear or favour. We use the full force of our legal powers to defend people from unfair or unequal treatment and to challenge breaches of the law. We advise on developing laws and provide guidance, training and support to enable compliance.

We bring people together to create change. We work with employers, governments and a wide range of organisations, to promote understanding of equality and human rights and we support them to make improvements in practice.

Overview of the Role and Responsibilites

Our new strategy for 2022-25 gives us a strong platform to show that we will use our powers to protect and promote equality and human rights, and that we have identified the main challenges in society where we can make a difference in our role as a regulator.Working as a Senior Associate at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, you will contribute to and/or lead work in support of the delivery of our Business Plan. Our Senior Associates have many opportunities for autonomy and responsibility and are able to work effectively across the Commission, contributing to the success of our projects and/or specialist areas of work. Working flexibly and collaboratively, you will be a self-starter who requires minimal supervision and oversight from senior colleagues. You will continue to hone your judgement and professional/technical skills, taking pride in your work and supporting/developing others.

The role requires understanding of the Scottish policy and political environment and wider environment in which the Commission operates as well as knowledge of equality and/or human rights legislation, including the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).

You will need to fulfil this role in a way that is in keeping with our values of fairness, dignity and respect, and display a high degree of flexibility, accountability and initiative.

You will:

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to identify the factors which are holding back progress on equality issues
• Support the development of a regulatory hub and compliance work across GB
• Analyse information and evidence, identify key elements, and make credible recommendations for action
• Design and deliver targeted interventions under our relevant priority aims to ensure organisations have the knowledge and tools they need to comply with equality and human rights law, including the PSED
• Communicate complex concepts and advice into accessible, user-friendly language and / or documents to promote compliance by external stakeholders. This may include events, roundtables and meetings or via written communications such as guidance, training materials, toolkits and blogs
• Contribute to formal inquiries and gather evidence of national practice
• Work to ensure effective three nations working across the regulatory function
• Plan and organise your own work and support the performance and development of your team.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of benefits including flexible working patterns, 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (full time FTE), access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme and partnership pension schemes, and enhanced parental leave benefits. More information can be found in the candidate pack.

How to Apply

If this sounds like the role for you, please review the attached Candidate Pack for more information and submit your application today!