Team Diversity Officer – National Paralympic Heritage Trust

Overview

The National Paralympic Heritage Trust (NPHT) has embarked on a new exciting 5-year Strategy – ‘Becoming Seamlessly Inclusive 2023-2028’. To help us on this journey this is an exciting opportunity to join our team as the Trust’s Team Diversity Officer a central and key role to the 5-year strategy and as such our operation and success. We are looking for a superbly organised, self-motivated, people-led person with a commitment to inclusion and supporting diversity within the team and ideally interested in sport and heritage.

The NPHT is a young dynamic and diverse organisation, and a leader in accessible heritage with the ambition to reach a million people over the next five years supported by several major heritage funders including the Arts Council England as an NPO, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Rothschild Foundation, Museums Association Esmee Fairbairn, Wolfson Foundation, Art Fund and Garfield Weston.

Background

The NPHT was formed in 2015 with the core purpose to ‘enlighten and inspire future generations by celebrating, cherishing and bringing the Paralympic heritage and its stories of human endeavour to life’ and in doing so to challenge negative perceptions of disability. Our purpose is to celebrate, cherish and bring the heritage to life, in a compelling and evocative way, securing a legacy, feeding a growing public interest since London 2012, changing attitudes, and instilling national pride.

Role of the Team Diversity Officer 

1. To support diversity development and ‘Power to the Peoples Framework’ across the work of the Trust.
2. To oversee volunteering, work placements, Access to Work plus schemes and act as a work coach to two neurodiverse trainees.

March 2024 to end of February 2026.

The proposed fee is £25,000 a year Pro rata 3 days a week (24 hours).

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How to apply 

In order to apply you should submit:

• An up-to-date CV which shows your full career history – we recommend that this is no longer than two pages;
• A supporting statement explaining why you are interested in this role detailing how you meet the skills we are seeking – we recommend that this is no longer than two pages.

Or you can make your application using alternative formats suited to  your needs including a film (no longer than 10 minutes), an audio recording (no longer than 10 minutes) or a collage (up to 4 pages)

We implement the Guaranteed Interview Scheme for Disabled People.  This means we will guarantee to interview all applicants who both declare their disability and meet the essential criteria for a vacant post.

Please send your application, by email to [email protected]

Closing Date – Applications should be received by 5pm on Thursday 28 March, 2024