This is an exciting opportunity to influence meaningful organisational change at a time when fairness, equity and inclusive practice are central to how we work and deliver impact.

Working closely with colleagues across HR, leadership teams, employee networks and programme areas, you will turn insight and ambition into practical, achievable action. You will play a key role in strengthening inclusive culture internally, while also supporting teams to embed inclusion and accessibility in the schemes, programmes, services and grant activity we deliver externally.

This role is ideally suited to someone who combines strong EDI expertise with pragmatism, sound judgement and the ability to build trusted relationships across a complex organisation. You will be comfortable offering constructive challenge, translating evidence into action and balancing inclusive practice with operational realities.

This role is designed as a 28-hour per week position, with a focus on strategic coordination, influencing and enabling delivery through partnership working across the organisation.

The team

You will join our HR Centre of Excellence. The team works collaboratively across the organisation to provide advice, guidance and support for ED&I initiatives, learning and development, employee networks and data-driven insight. You will also work closely with senior stakeholders including the Executive Team, HR Business Partners, programme leads and external partners.

What you will do

• Design and deliver high-impact inclusion interventions, ensuring they are developed in partnership with HR colleagues who lead other parts of the employee lifecycle, so that initiatives are joined up, practical, implemented effectively and evaluated for impact.
• Lead on the organisations approach on EDI areas of the Employment Rights Act, including further enhancing our support around harassment.
• Be a trusted EDI specialist who challenges constructively, providing pragmatic advice and solutions with consideration to organisational priorities and operational and commercial impact.
• Lead on shaping, coordinating and reporting on the EDI strategy and priorities, maintaining oversight of progress, risks, compliance requirements and agreed actions.
• Lead the EDI Committee, setting agendas, coordinating inputs, tracking actions, and ensuring representative voice, transparency and follow-through.

Reasonable adjustments: We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.

If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch with recruitment@est.org.uk or call reception on +44 (0)20 7222 0101. We will do our very best to support you.

Diversity and inclusion
Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.

We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the criteria for a role. 

• Proven experience of leading and delivering practical EDI initiatives that create measurable organisational impact.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across a wide range of stakeholders and teams.
• The ability to translate EDI priorities into realistic, practical actions that work in operational environments.
• Experience using workforce data, survey findings, colleague insight and evidence to shape recommendations and evaluate progress.
• Good knowledge of equality, discrimination and employment law, with the confidence to apply this pragmatically.

This role is designed as a 28-hour per week position, with a focus on strategic coordination, influencing and enabling delivery through partnership working across the organisation.