Agenda item

Report of the Director of Human Resources.

Members considered a report of the Director of Human Resources seeking resource to establish the post of Diversity and Business Engagement Manager and support the City Corporation’s wider equalities diversity and inclusion work.

In response to Members’ queries concerning the role and the importance of embedding equalities and inclusion across the organisation, the Chairman of the Establishment Committee observed that fully achieving this would take time and clarified that this role was intended to assist in achieving that aim.

RESOLVED: That approval be given to:-

1)    a budget uplift of £66,000 for a Diversity and Business Engagement Manager (on a pro-rata basis for 2018/19);

2)    a budget uplift for associated Equality and Inclusion (E&I) budget of £20,000 to support and develop the staff networks and City of London Corporation E&I Initiatives both internally and in the City;

3)    a budget uplift for the annual membership to Stonewall Diversity Champions and event attendance of £4,000;

4)    a one-off budget uplift to fund £6,250 for a diversity entry at the Lord Mayor’s Show; and

5)    a base budget increase of £74,250 to be funded from the Policy and Resources 2018/19 Committee’s Contingency and a base budget increase of £90,000 per annum thereafter.