Diversity, Inclusivity & Belonging (DI&B) Advisor

at  HippoDigital

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE THAT YOU NEED

• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing D&I initiatives with a strong knowledge of D&I principles, legal requirements, and best practices.
• Ability to develop strong and effective relationships across all levels of the organisation and the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Ability to analyse data and use insights to drive decision-making and improvement.
• Confidence to facilitate and present and effectively network.

DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING AT HIPPO

At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.
We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.
Hi, we’re Hippo.
At Hippo, we design with empathy and build for impact. We do this by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design and software engineering. We’re a digital services partner who is genuinely invested in helping our clients thrive as modern organisations. Our delivery methodology is truly agile, from concept to reality, supporting innovation and continuous improvement to achieve your desired outcomes.
We firmly believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. We take a human-centred approach to everything we do because we understand that complex problems require a service design approach. This means understanding how users behave and ensuring our solutions work for them in the real world.
Our combination of data, design, and engineering delivers bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society. We’re confident in our abilities, authentic in our approach, and passionate about what we do. If you’re looking for a digital services partner that can deliver real results, let us help you build for the future and make a lasting impact.

As Diversity, Inclusivity & Belonging Advisor you will work with the Head of People Ops to drive Hippo’s DI&B agenda forward with the purpose of ensuring an inclusive workplace that values diversity and fosters an environment where all employees feel respected and empowered.
The role will involve advising leadership, supporting employee groups, and implementing initiatives from our action plan to ensure that we not only complies with legal requirements but foster a culture of belonging for all employees. In doing this ensuring that we are always conscious of and supporting our values and our company culture.
Work as a collaborative team within People ops to develop and deliver action plans across both areas that will position Hippo as an industry leader and helping us make data driven decisions by ensuring we have quality data and effectively analyse, monitoring and report on this.
You should feel comfortable challenging others, demonstrate the ability to operate with pragmatism, sensitivity and understanding and build relationships with others using exceptional interpersonal skills whilst ensuring that DI&B initiatives align with and support the commercial needs of a business strategy.
This will be a part-time role (2-2.5 days per week dependent on salary), based in Leeds.

Key areas of accountability

• Supporting the development and delivery of the specific areas identified in the DI&B action plan.
• Support and advise the internal talent team on inclusive recruitment activities.
• Analyse diversity data to understand and track Hippo performance, including around legislative requirements.
• Conduct diversity assessments of wider organisational practices and processes and policies and supporting the development in these areas from an DI&B perspective.
• Coach and upskill managers and employees on the value of diversity, to understand inclusion and how to improve this.
• Organise events and awareness sessions to both celebrate DI&B internally and to provide education and development in this area for Hippos.
• Provide support to the DI&B forum.
• Identify opportunities to support the closing of our pay gaps.
• Support the development of tender winning DI&B responses and feedback on actions needed to continually improve.
• Work closely with the social value team including providing up to date accurate data, regular reporting, and helping maintain and grow external partnerships.
• Work actively with Hippo community groups to develop and continuously improve and review the quality of delivery of these groups.
• Represent Hippo at external networking events and build relationships with external organisations to support the development of best practice within Hippo and raise the profile of Hippo DI&B and Social Value.
• Support the delivery of wider People Ops activities.