Agenda item

Resourcing Diversity and Business Engagement

Report of the Director of Human Resources.

Minutes:

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 queries concerning the role of the Diversity and Business Engagement Manager, the Town Clerk clarified that dedicated resource was required to support the various staff networks and help equalities and inclusion activities become more deeply embedded across the organisation. Currently, staff were being required to divert time from their substantive posts to help manage these staff networks, which hampered their efficacy and was not sustainable in the longer term.

 

It was also confirmed that the proposal had the support of the Establishment Committee.

 

RESOLVED: That approval be given to:-

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

·         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;

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

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

·         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. 

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