We’re looking for a Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator to join our Transportation team. In this role you will contribute to the delivery of the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) strategy and action plan and help to drive excellent inclusion practices across the Transportation business. This is a national role and will involve travel as required. Within this role, you can enjoy a company car or car allowance, competitive annual leave with the option to buy/sell and even more.
Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.
$ads={1}
Location: Nationwide - remote working available, with travel to offices and sites as required
Contract: Permanent – flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know
Salary: up to £35k FTE + £4.5k car allowance
Responsibilities
As a D&I Coordinator, you’ll be providing support to the Diversity and Inclusion Manager and Social Sustainability Team assisting in the delivery of the D&I action plan and managing regular updates.
Your day to day will include:
- planning and coordinating D&I activities and events
- building and maintaining collaborative relationships with external partners and stakeholders
- collating and reporting on D&I and other relevant data
- sharing best practice with the wider business, supply chain, and clients
- working with the communications team to produce high quality internal and external communications promoting D&I initiatives and activity
What are we looking for?
This role of D&I Coordinator is great for you if you have:
- a passion and interest in diversity and inclusion
- experience working in a similar role
- a practical understanding of the Equality Act
- good knowledge of key D&I practices and issues
We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.
We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance, and more
- fantastic matched pension scheme
- life assurance
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
- green car scheme
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.
Who is Kier?
As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.
We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives. You can see more about our D&I action plan here.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks
Closing Date: 24 July 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
