Equality Diversity and Inclusion Manager Sheffield United Football Club Equality Diversity and [...]

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Manager

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Manager Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Open to considering Full-time or Part-Time Location: Bramall Lane Department: HR Line Manager: Head of HR Salary: Dependent on experience Post Reference: BL072026-PEDI

Sheffield United Football Club are looking for a highly motivated, progressive-thinking Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager to champion our passion for EDI. The successful candidate will be progress-driven, take responsibility for working to meet the requirements of the Equality Standard as directed by the football league, and advise on EDI-related issues to support the Club’s commitment to equality.

Responsibilities

• Communicate ED&I within and across the Club, producing and recommending actions to achieve the aims of the ED&I strategy.
• Demonstrate the Club’s commitment to equality at the highest level and communicate this to supporters, staff and stakeholders.
• Develop and continuously review the Club Equality Policy in line with changes to legislation and other relevant policies.
• Produce an Equality Action Plan in partnership with the Community Foundation and other stakeholders.
• Undertake equality monitoring of staff, players and supporters, review the data and identify key trends and priority areas of work.
• Provide clear guidelines for reporting and managing incidents of discrimination, harassment or abuse.
• Build relationships with local under‑represented communities and individuals.
• Implement and regularly review the Equality Action Plan.
• Identify actions that will work towards increasing the diversity of the Club fan base and employees.
• Determine how we will use Equality Impact Assessments to support the successful implementation of new policies and initiatives.
• Identify and recommend appropriate training and briefings for staff and key personnel.
• Demonstrate good practice in addressing under‑representation across all levels and measure the effectiveness of actions through Equality Impact Assessments.
• Provide expertise and serve as a point of contact for support and guidance on a range of diversity and inclusion matters.
• Pro‑actively review and recommend new opportunities with stakeholders to further support the success of our ED&I objectives, such as new job boards, training, policies, and external working groups.
• Adhere to all Safeguarding Policies and Procedures to protect children and adults at risk.
• Report any safeguarding concerns to the relevant parties and remain compliant with Safeguarding checks and due diligence.
• Report discrimination concerns and promote a welcoming and inclusive club environment for all.
• Support the Club in creating an inclusive environment through adherence to our ED&I policies.
• Carry out and actively participate in all required training requests, including health and safety, emergency procedures, fire safety, manual handling, safeguarding and role‑specific safety instruction.
• Accomplish any other reasonable requests as directed by management.

Essential Criteria for the Role

• A solid understanding of the Equality Act 2010.
• Ability to network and build relationships across a variety of contexts.
• Experience working at a strategic level.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to extract and understand data.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and negotiation ability.
• Ability to champion ED&I issues and challenge appropriately.
• Report writing skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise workload.

Desirable Criteria for the Role

• Experience of delivering training.
• Awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion and how it relates to the football industry.
• A relevant Degree or professional qualification (e.g. Psychology, Sociology, CIPD).

Equality and Diversity Statement

Sheffield United FC is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment. Our recruitment, selection, training, development and promotion policies are designed to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the basis of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability or gender reassignment. We are a Disability Confident, Committed Employer and support disabled persons within the workplace. We also maintain a Safeguarding policy to protect children, young people and adults at risk.