AVEVA has moved into year 3 of its 5-year DEI Plan, from building the foundations to embedding DEI across all aspects of the business. This role works within the DEI team to actively deliver AVEVA’s DEI 5 Year Strategic Plan.
- Work proactively within the DEI team to regionally operationalize the Global DEI strategy.
- In close partnership with colleagues in the Regional Network and as part of the Global corporate DEI team, plan, develop and deliver a Regional DEI programme of interventions to advance the Global DEI Strategy and our regional DEI maturity. These interventions could, for example, be: partnerships with national agencies to improve the balance of our demography [e.g. bringing in more people from minoritized communities into AVEVA], DEI briefings, speakers and training programmes. Above all, the postholder will have the strategic skills to develop and drive an agile, pragmatic and impactful regional plan, meeting the needs of each country in the region
- Collaborate with leaders and teams across the Region to advance inclusion. In practice this means engaging with and providing practical guidance and influencing leaders to drive accountability, tangible results and an inclusive culture.
- Increase the engagement of colleagues across all countries in the Region on the topic of inclusion. This means embedding DEI practices across countries and functions, working with relevant business partners and holding them to account for delivery of their plans and ensuring a regular beat of regional internal and external communications.
- Cultivate relationships with DEI communities, organisations, and groups across the Region that create value to build better practices within AVEVA
- Partner with colleagues in Learning and Development on DEI interventions and ensure appropriate measurement that makes a shift in awareness and behaviours
- Oversee the Regional Budget and cost control, including monitoring of expenditure.
- Support the collection and analysis of employee demographic data and analytics to ensure we are making progress towards targets and goals. Lead the translation of data insights from the Region to feed and inform strategic priorities, targets and actions for AVEVA.
- Work with all the Employee Groups to support the delivery of their activity in Region
- Maintain the Region’s DEI OneSpace page (Intranet) and drive constant updating of the latest content e.g., articles, video, and blogs and ensure all countries have a voice on DEI issues
- Provide Subject Matter Expertise to key stakeholders on DEI.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders e.g. senior leaders across all functions and the regional and local HR Business Partners.
Knowledge & Experience required
- Experience of working in DEI in the corporate sector or a global, matrixed organisation
- Experience of completing Requests for Proposals
- Experience of working with diverse teams e.g., across countries/cultures, and supporting Employee Groups (current Groups are BLACK Voices, Disability, Women, Salute, Generations, Pride, and Belief)
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Experience organising in-person and virtual events
- Knowledge of DEI issues. We are looking for a subject matter expert, someone who is a DEI professional, with much more than a ‘passion’ for DEI. You will need to have a deep and broad understanding of DEI issues, intersectionality, and a working knowledge of its complexities. The ideal candidate will also have proven experience in driving improvements in the corporate sector in more than one specific DEI area (e.g. gender, race and ethnicity, religion/belief and/or LGBTQ+ issues.)
- Knowledge of statutory reporting requirements of individual countries in their region and experience of having worked to fulfil these requirements
- Knowledge of regional DEI landscape, including statutory reporting requirements, key DEI organisations and bodies, and leading service providers
Skills required
- You will need to be able to work proactively and independently to influence leaders and others and be focussed on results, impact and outcomes. These strong influencing skills will be coupled with the ability to work alongside others with diplomacy and tact.
- You can build strong relationships with stakeholder across the business, including the leaders of the DEI Regional Network, in-country DEI leads, HR Business Partners, Employee Group leads and members, the internal and external communication teams.
- You will be comfortable using data to drive decision making and measure the impact of interventions.
- Whilst English is the operating language, a working knowledge of other languages is very welcome.
Behaviors and values required
- Lives by AVEVA values (Impact, Aspiration, Curiosity and Trust).
- Builds rapport, trust and support with others.
- Works collaboratively, building common agendas, aligned with objectives and the DEI and other plans
- You are a curious learner, scanning the external environment to identify opportunities to improve our practice.
- You will have a high degree of flexibility, autonomy and accountability, and be comfortable leading and delivering multiple priorities in an agile fast paced environment.
- Demonstrates a pride in driving business outcomes with DEI and their heart
