EDI Networks Lead - RCN02719
Equity Diversity and Inclusion | Up to three locations available with hybrid working see advert | £47,745
Contract type: Permanent
EDI Member Network Lead
London, Cardiff or East Midlands with hybrid working
35 hours per week, permanent
Salary range £47,745 - £53,934 per annum plus London Weighting if applicable
There is more to the RCN than you might think. We have committed to developing a powerful new voice for our members with the creation of four new networks. We have ambitions for them to be a nurturing space for emergent voices. We want to build their democratic foundations to build influence and drive real change. We’re a trade union with a membership of over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and students. We support their practice, represent them, lobby on their behalf, and develop them. We exist to make a positive difference – to the working lives of our members and ultimately to standards in patient care. Our employees are drawn from many walks of life – we are nurses, marketers and communicators, administrators, IT professionals, policy and finance experts, lawyers… together we are so much more. We couldn’t do what we do without our people.
As our first EDI Member Network lead you will use your community development skills and your EDI expertise to develop and sustain our four member EDI networks. You will use your ability to mobilise people and groups into creating a powerful voice mechanism for our membership.
It's a job full of possibilities as you could get involved in anything from carrying out research into the lived-experience of network members to ensuring that their insights are heard at the highest levels of our internal governance. We'll look to you to use your substantial experience of delivering programmes of work in order to deliver specific equity outcomes to get these networks off the ground. Your ability to work in partnership with our members will see you developing important alliances across our entire membership structure. You will design and deliver an engaging events programme as well as the democratic architecture that places members first.
The ability to foster strong professional relationships and encourage close collaboration between departments is at the heart of this leadership role.
You will need current specialist knowledge of community development and EDI as it relates to working across diverse communities as well as substantial experience of delivering programmes of work in order to deliver specific equity outcomes as well as experience of designing and delivering community or member capacity-building. You will also have strong research and analysis skills alongside strong group facilitation and communication skills.
You’ll also need the ability to research and co-produce a range of member-facing resources as well as co-ordinate and develop member networks.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.
What we offer you
We expect you to look after our diverse membership]. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.
Our selection process
Please click the ‘apply now’ button to submit a CV and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Please ensure your CV is in a simple format with minimal tables and sections. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.
We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.
Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.
As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Contact details
For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Bruno Daniel at Bruno.Daniel@rcn.org.uk or Sophie Ford at Sophie.Ford@rcn.org.uk.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: 18 August 2025
Closing date: 11.59pm on 14 September 2025
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.
Selection dates: 30 September and 01 October 2025
Interview date:
Contracted hours: 35