This post is solely for the purpose of an activity I am running on 9th March for ARLTSIG.
Ice-breaker prompts:
- Is your team/dept recruiting at the moment? Or did you recruit recently?
- How many vacancies are/were available?
- Or do you plan to recruit in the near future?
Watch out for the language you use on your job adverts.
Step 1- Identify your position and your influence
- Do you have some degree of influencing your team e.g. are you a line manager, do you sit on management committees/panels, including as observers?
- Are you in a position where you can be heard? E.g. during team meetings, sit on panels, committees, member of staff networks, member of union, etc?
- What can you do if you find yourself in none of those positions?
Step 2 – Familiarise yourself with your departmental and institutional EDI agenda
- What is your diversity target?
Does the 33% of gender representation in UK boards also include the 14% of non-white, 2.7% of LGBTQ+ and 18% of disabled workforce? What does your board look like?
Do not fall into the pitfall of a wildcard scenario in your team.
- Do you know your E&D team? How many members are part of the group? Is it a team or only one individual?
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