Equality and Inclusion Officer

We operate a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

We are looking to recruit an Equality and Inclusion officer to join our Partnership and Performance team on a permanent basis.

About the role

You will be working with a range of internal and external stakeholders to deliver inclusive engagement, analyse data, and support strategic reporting and decision-making.

This role is pivotal in ensuring that our work aligns with the principles of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and meets the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty.

On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• develop and implement a consistent and inclusive approach to engagement and consultation with the public, staff, and stakeholders
• ensure the Council's compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty, including delivering our Strategic Equality Plan, monitoring progress and publishing accessible reports
• coordinate a framework of engagement groups, ensuring meaningful involvement of service users
• develop strategies aimed at reducing the impact of poverty, including child poverty and food poverty
• support the Integrated Impact Assessment process, ensuring effective use of engagement data and other evidence to inform decision-making

You will be passionate about equality, inclusion, and community engagement and have the following key skills:

• strong interpersonal and communication skills across varied audiences
• experience in planning and delivering engagement activities
• confident presenter with excellent report-writing skills
• organised, proactive, and able to manage competing priorities
• skilled in coordinating meetings and working independently
• enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach
• full driving licence and ability to travel independently
• passion for partnership working and collaboration

Welsh language

Due to the requirements of the role the successful candidate must have a level of Welsh fluency on appointment. Please see the person specification for the further details. Information on learning or improving the Welsh language can be found here.

Our offer to you

We are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role's key areas of responsibility but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.

In exchange for your skills and commitment we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible working, competitive annual leave allowance, pension scheme with 14.6% employer contribution, enhanced family benefits, lifestyle savings and employee health and wellbeing packages.

More information about our wide-ranging employee benefits can be found here.

We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

• Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location
• Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs

To reduce disruption to candidates, interviews will be held remotely. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 30th September 2025.

Get in touch

For further information and an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Cathryn Morgan, Equality and Inclusion Manager on .

Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.

• Work-life balance
• Lifestyle savings scheme
• Generous employer pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Learning and development

Policy, Performance and Public Protection

We lead on corporate performance, corporate policy, strategic partnerships, engagement, community cohesion and civil contingencies, and also are responsible for strategic and operational responsibility for public protection: environmental health, food fraud, licensing and trading standards. Our key functions are as follows:

• Complaints, Compliments and FOI
• Corporate Performance and Policy: Corporate performance; Property gazetteer; Research
• Public Protection: Environmental health; Food fraud; Licensing; Trading standards; Pollution Control; Pest Control; Weights and Measures; Communicable Diseases; Health and Safety; Animal Health.
• Strategic Partnerships, Engagement and Research: Business continuity; Civil contingencies; Community safety partnership; Engagement; Equality; Public service board; Refugee programme