Senior Equality Advisor - Business Services Organisation - Belfast
Join the Business Services Organisation in Belfast as a Senior Equality Officer and play a key part in providing expert advice, guidance and direction to a range of clients with regards to equality monitoring.
About the role:
- £19.78 per hour
- Location: James House, Belfast
- Monday to Friday
- 37.5 hours a week
- Temporary role up until 31st March 2027
- Please note closing date for this vacancy is Tuesday 29th September 2026 at 12 noon.
What you'll be doing in this role:
- Facilitating development and monitoring of annual screening/equality impact assessment (EQIA) programme by client organisations and by large-scale programmes of work within client organisations.
- Advising on strategic approaches to screenings and EQIAs.
- Lead on and provide secretariat for equality fora chaired by the BSO Equality Unit, including coordinating agendas and papers, drafting papers and delivering briefings, minuting, and maintaining contact lists.
- Participate in and provide expert advice and guidance to client-chaired internal equality fora on request.
- Lead on the preparation of statutory Annual Progress Reports for clients.
- Facilitate and support clients in the development, implementation, monitoring, and review of Equality and Disability Action Plans, including project planning, management and the drafting of statutory reports.
- Engage with staff, voluntary sector experts and other internal and external stakeholders as required and via a range of methods.
What you'll need for this role:
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A relevant university degree PLUS at least two years’ experience working in a role at a minimum level of Band 5 or equivalent/above undertaking each of the following:
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Collecting, analysing and interpreting social sciences/policy data (quantitative and qualitative) from a range of sources.
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Providing expert advice on policy- and decision-making and review.
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Paper and report writing.
- OR,
- At least five years’ experience working in a role undertaking each of the bullet points above, two of which must be at a minimum level of Band 5 or equivalent/above.
- Working effectively with MS365 suite (to include Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook).
- Working knowledge of equality legislation, including Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and the Disability Duties (2007), and the Human Rights Act 1998
If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you! Even if you don’t meet every listed requirement, we encourage you to apply – we may have other suitable roles for you. Apply online, email [email protected] or call Aileen on 028 2563 1555 to find out more.
Riada Resourcing is an equal opportunities employer.