Diversity Equity and Inclusion Partner - 7368

Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Diversity, Equity & Inclusion professional to join us as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Partner on a short-term temporary basis (approximately 3 months) covering paternity leave. You'll play a key role in progressing priority DEI initiatives across the organisation, supporting colleagues to create a culture where everyone feels they belong.

P lease note, this is a short term paternity cover opportunity and we're looking for someone who is available to start in August 2026.

About us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

About the role

As our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Partner, you'll be supporting the progress of key DEI priorities during this short-term cover, working with colleagues across the organisation to embed inclusive practices, support staff networks and help create a culture where everyone feels they belong.

In this role, you will:

• Drive forward our Adjustments and Disability Inclusion Working Group and support wider disability inclusion initiatives.
• Support key inclusive working projects, including returning to work, inclusive meetings and other priority workstreams.
• Partner with staff equality networks, supporting events, engagement activity and ad hoc requests.
• Work with colleagues across teams to embed DEI into ways of working.
• Help create opportunities for connection and celebration through blogs, all-staff meetings and cultural and religious awareness activities.
• Build collaborative relationships across the organisation to help embed inclusive practices and share DEI expertise.

About you

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Experience of delivering or embedding diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in a complex organisation.
• A strong understanding of intersectionality and the barriers that can affect inclusion in the workplace.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience of supporting organisational change, learning, culture or people initiatives through a DEI lens.
• A collaborative, adaptable approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.

To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached documents.

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Location & Ways of Working:

The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but at times you will be required to come to your contracted office (usually between 2–4 days per month, depending on the needs of your role, team, or service). For many roles, this is likely to be the minimum required to deliver impact.

This will be discussed and agreed with your manager / team and we encourage candidates to discuss our ways of working in more detail at interview stage.

Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce, and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where structural inequality is actively addressed, and all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can thrive.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and are especially interested in hearing from people with diverse and intersecting identities such as lived experience of poverty, people of faith, people of colour, people with disabilities, with experience of migration and/or refugee status, care-experienced people, the LGBTQIA+ community and individuals with experience living in diverse families.

We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. We know that different voices working together will enable us to do our work better, improving the lives of children around the world.

Salary Structure: 

Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. To see our full offer please visit this link: Save the Children | Careers

Interview Expenses: 

Candidates should note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• A satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
• Receipt of satisfactory references - As a committed member of the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, as part of our onboarding process, Save the Children UK will undertake a minimum of 2 references, and any additional references required to collectively cover the last 5 years of your employment history.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

If you have any questions, we have an FAQ section here.

For anything else you can email us on: careers@savethechildren.org.uk

• Group:Organisational Effectiveness
• Location (Role):Farringdon, London/Home-based
• Contract Type:Fixed Term Contract / Internal Secondment
• Full / Part Time:Full time (flexible working options available)
• Contract Duration:13 weeks
• Closing Date:13 July 2026
• Salary Range :£61,500
• Hours Per Week:35