The Role

Are you passionate about driving exemplary diversity, inclusion and belonging for all? 

We are looking for an experienced Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Advisor to join our passionate People team at London Business School. 

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIB) is a key pillar of London Business School’s organisational strategy; we’re creating and nurturing a community where all belong and thrive in line with School behaviours and policies. We’re committed to making tangible and sustainable change across our school, education, and society at large.  

As Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Advisor you will be responsible for managing the execution of key elements of the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy across the LBS community, (staff, faculty and students, and participants and alumni where relevant). This includes creation and production of the annual DIB report, staff network and student club management to ensure effectiveness of their impact, and support and collaboration with leadership on key priorities. 

Main Responsibilities

• Partner with the Associate Director, DIBEX and other key stakeholders to shape and implement a new Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy for 2026 onwards
• Alongside the Associate Director – DIBEX, manage and ensure high quality delivery on key workstreams of the current DIB strategy, whilst collaborating School-wide with faculty, staff and students. These will include specific projects and policy work relating to our Equality Priorities such as an audit on neurodiversity and disability or targeted learning opportunities. 
• Offer subject matter expertise on DIB-related priorities and provide support and advice to our customers (students, staff and faculty) and ensure continued progress, and ensuring alignment to the overall DIB strategy 
• Contribute to and implement our sexual harassment action plan aligned to updates in law and guidance 
• Partner with and enable our staff networks (PROUD, Black Employee Network, and Parents and Carers) to deliver impact, and ensure strategic alignment across all groups. This includes providing a structured framework to enhance their effectiveness and impact, as well as attending network meetings to foster collaboration and guidance
• Devise and implement a DIB comms and engagement plan and collaborate directly with our Brand & Marketing, Internal Communications team and the wider People team to create a consistent approach to our internal (intranet and email) and external (website and socials) DIB focused communications. This includes communications plans for key points throughout the year e.g. International Women’s Day and Black History Month
• Manage the annual reporting process for the DIB annual report in line with the Public Sector Equality of the Equality Act 2010 and support gender pay gap reporting in collaboration with the Reward team; this includes gathering content, proposing structure, liaising with designers and reporting to stakeholders

Who we are looking for

• Experience in delivering key DIB initiatives and measuring impact
• Operate with an evidenced passion for driving inclusion within the workplace and a track record of creating tangible change
• Able to analyse and interpret people data and business information, and use this information to inform decision making
• Experience in analysing and shaping policy and consulting with necessary groups to gather feedback
• Strong communication skills to influence change and inspire our community: experience sending business-wide communication is ideal
• Effective stakeholder management across a range of levels 
• Strong personal, administration and organisational skills including minuting of meetings, event organisation and diary management 
• Ability to project manage and work to deadlines
• Experience within higher education preferable

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location.

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days plus extra between Christmas and New Year
• Generous pension package, 14.5% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health

All enjoyed in a Smart (hybrid) Working environment so we’re looking forward to discussing how, where and when you might work best to deliver in your new role.

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging 

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large.  We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard. 

Candidates needing sponsorship should assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by evaluating their circumstances against the relevant criteria before applying

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

Closing date:  24th March 2025

London Business School