Community Equity Officer

Community Equity Officer needed! Salary: 21.65ph Location: Cambridge, CB2 Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Till Feb 2027 The Purpose of this role is: To support the development and implementation of cross-cutting policies, projects and processes that enable the Council to meet its equity, equality and diversity objectives. In this role you will:Book in the consultation opportunities and directly support with some consultation events with communities and the voluntary and community sector on the council''s draft Equity Strategy. Analysing findings from consultation and national and local research reports and statistics to be used to inform the Equity Strategy and council service provision. Capture learning relating to best practice around community engagement and consultation to be shared across the council. Work with council teams to advise them on compliance with equalities-related legislation and best practice around promoting equity. This includes supporting services to respond to equalities and equity related queries and complaints, and with equality impact assessments. It also may involve discussing with services how they can support and feed into the development of the council''s Equity Strategy. Review the council''s equality impact assessment (EqIA) process for staff so that it can better collect data on equalities-related risks and identify mitigating actions against those risks. Work with the Equity and Community Power Manager to develop measurable key ..... full job details .....