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Construction Industry Council Diversity & Inclusion Panel Member

Employer
Royal Town Planning Institute
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
Voluntary Role
Closing date
24 Feb 2020

Job Details

This is a voluntary role. The duties outlined below reflect our shared hopes and expectations but do not create any contractual obligation. Appointments will be for an initial two-year term.

The CIC Diversity & Inclusion Panel is a collaborative forum and platform for members of all construction disciplines and professional bodies to identify and promote diversity policy and activities within the construction industry. Their mission is to identify and promote diversity policy and activities within the built environment.

Role of the Members

Every member has a role to play in ensuring the Panel meets its objectives. In general, all members should:

  • Attend at least 3 out of 4 annual meetings
  • Contribute their experience and ideas
  • Maintain a positive and enthusiastic attitude towards the practice of diversity, fairness and equality
  • Be willing to broaden their knowledge of diversity issues

What’s involved?

  • Prepare a strategy to influence and engage with industry leaders to bring about a cultural change in attitudes to diversity, fairness and respect within our workplace(s)
  • Develop a media plan to showcase positive images of construction as a means of attracting a diverse workforce improve our image and fix our reputation
  • Define what diversity means in practice and develop a model/guide with training programme for the workforce
  • Attract and retain young people as the future leaders of our industry
  • Open up career paths and provide ladders of opportunity
  • Identify key industry role models and obtain media coverage
  • Become the ‘go to’ organisation on diversity best practice, knowledge, research with CIC
  • Map diversity initiatives and champion these through our membership
  • We will identify from our panellist champions for each stream of diversity
  • Achieve government funding to deliver the CLC action A2
  • Signpost to careers resource packages for teachers, advisers (CBE media promotion)
  • Complete the Data Gathering Project

All RTPI volunteers:

  • Act in the interests of the RTPI, irrespective of any commitments to other organisations or groups or any personal interests.
  • Declare any potential conflicts of interest and seek advice from the Governance Manager if necessary.
  • Adhere to relevant RTPI policies, procedures and behaviours.

Terms of membership:

At present the Diversity & Inclusion Panel has a three-year lifespan (ie. The Chair, Vice Chair and Panel Members stand for 3 years). The Diversity & Inclusion Panel shall meet once a 2 quarter for approximately 2 hours, throughout the year, typically at a venue in Central London and meetings are held in the evening. It is envisaged that meetings may change to bi-monthly, depending on the agreement of the reconstituted group.

The meetings scheduled for 2020 are as follows: - 23 Jan (will be attended by the existing RTPI representative member), 30 April, 30 June, 24 Nov.

More information on the CIC Diversity & Inclusion Panel can be found at: http://cic.org.uk/networks-and-committees/diversity-panel.php

All expressions of interest received will be considered by the RTPI’s Nominations Sub-committee, which will agree the person who should be nominated by the RTPI. The RTPI cannot guarantee that you will be appointed to the Panel, as the final decision on appointments will be made by the Executive Board of CIC.

Statements should be sent to:
Sukhpreet Bhatia
Governance Manager at RTPI
Email: sukhpreet.bhatia@rtpi.org.uk

Closing date: 24th February 2020

Company

The Royal Town Planning Institute champions the power of planning in creating prosperous places and vibrant communities. Using our expertise and research we bring evidence and thought leadership to shape planning policies and thinking, putting the profession at the heart of society's big debates. 

We set the standards of planning education and professional behaviour that give planners, wherever they work in the world, a unique ability to meet complex economic, social and environmental challenges. 

We are the only body in the UK that confers Chartered status to planners, the highest professional qualification sought after by employers in both private and public sectors. We support our members – 23,000 worldwide - throughout their careers, offering them a wide of range of opportunities to learn and share ideas and skills.

RTPI has a positive, supportive and inclusive work environment which actively operates a policy of helping its employees at all levels to achieve professional growth.   We seek to foster a collaborative and respectful work environment which promotes equality, diversity and inclusion.

 

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