Department: Project Management
Reports to: Head of Projects and Client Retention
Location: London
Salary: c£34,000
eQS’s founding principle is to create a ‘good business that does good’ and the company has been driven by that ethos since 2006. Together, the Group’s portfolio of diversity, inclusion and wellbeing businesses comprise the UK’s leading Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) specialists. Now nearly 100-strong, the eQS workforce are united in a common goal: removing barriers to education, work and life, and transforming internal cultures to create social and business benefits on a national scale.
eQS has initiated a Group-wide DEI review, designed and delivered by our own workplace DEI division, EW Group. This project includes a comprehensive diversity audit across all areas of the business from recruitment, management, policies, communications, training and more to ensure all our practices are inclusive and support diverse talent. Black, Asian, minority ethnic and disabled people are currently underrepresented at eQS and are particularly encouraged to apply.
More information is available here: Home – EQS.
With over 35 years’ expertise, EW Group is the leading full-service diversity and inclusion consultancy. Supported by a team of more than 100 diversity specialists, our training, analysis and consultancy programmes have been delivered to more than 3,000 organisations across 80 countries with clients including Mercedes Formula 1, The Economist Group, the BBC, Dyson, adidas, Arsenal Football Club.
We are a small, dedicated team who work hard to support our clients make a difference in the context of building diversity and inclusion within their organisations.
We can promise you interesting, cutting-edge work which has real social value. We are committed to career development and support, and you will be offered the chance to be involved in all aspects of the business as we grow.
We work with companies from across the private, public and charitable sectors. We’re unique in the way we custom-build our work to the challenges that each client is facing. Companies want to work with us because of our long-standing reputation for delivering innovative, creative and impactful sessions.
We are committed to best practice in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Black, minority ethnic and disabled candidates are particularly encouraged to apply so we have the widest pool to choose the most suitable candidate from.
More information is available here: Home – EW Group.
If you feel passionate about this role but are not sure you meet all of the requirements, eQS encourages you to apply.
Black, Asian, and other minoritised ethnic and disabled people are currently underrepresented at eQS and are particularly encouraged to apply.
Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application please contact us at careers@e-q-s.local.
The Role
We are creating a new hybrid Project Manager role to work across our client solutions and project management teams to support our growth of new business client enquiries and deliver successful client outcomes. This person will work between both teams based on business needs.
We are looking for an experienced project manager with a strong passion for and experience of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) who is comfortable working with clients from initial enquiry through to project delivery.
The successful applicant will be the primary point of contact between our clients, consultants, and the operations team coordinating people and processes to ensure that our projects are delivered on time and within budget and produce the desired results at the highest quality. You will be responsible for developing winning proposals through strategic messaging, ensuring we are articulating the best story and value to clients in compelling and differentiated ways, developing innovative deliverables to visually tell that story, and strong project management skills to ensure the clients problems are solved. As project manager you will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s organisation and timeline.
You’ll be able to draw upon your previous background experience in DEI, business skills, management, budgeting and analysis. You should be an excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks; you also need to be a team player and have a problem-solving aptitude.
You will work closely with the Project Management and Client Solutions teams during your induction to gain the knowledge and insight to make a success of this role, and thereafter we work with a high level of autonomy and are results focused.
Your opinion matters, so we’ll love it if you come to the senior management team with ideas on how we can improve our solutions.
We offer a hybrid working model; however you will be required to be in the office on some days, the ability to travel to our London office is required.
Key Responsibilities:
Person Specification
Essential Skills and Experience
Terms: We offer a flexible business model in which all types of working arrangements will be considered. The role is for 37.5 hours per week and the successful candidate is required to start as soon as possible.
Location: We operate a hybrid working model, with a minimum of one to two days in the office per week, splitting our time between our office in Central London (Old Street) and home. Our clients are based around the UK and further afield so the role may require travel.
Benefits: We offer 30 days’ holiday and an employer’s pension contribution of up to 6% of salary. We also offer a generous well-being and benefits package for all employees upon successful completion of probation including:
Cycle to work scheme
