Human Capital - Inclusion & Diversity Lead - Senior Manager

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Internal Firm Services

Specialism
IFS - Human Capital (HC)

Management Level
Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary
A career in Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You'll help our local offices in driving the Firm's people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.

Our Inclusion and Diversity team focuses on initiatives and strategies designed to attract, develop, and promote a diverse workforce. You'll work in collaboration with PwC's human capital community to develop programmes and initiatives that foster an open and inclusive environment. The diversity and inclusion manager is responsible for recognising, creating and implementing plans to promote diversity within our organisation, working with our Chief I&D Officer. The successful candidate will be responsible for: 

- Identifying external trends and recognising best practice which will increase diversity among the workforce
- Working with the global PwC I&D leadership to implement network best practice and minimum standards 
- Contributing to the promotion and implementation of the One Firm diversity and inclusion plan aligned with an organization's overall strategic Diversity goals;
- Promoting and developing training programmes to enhance employee understanding on inclusion issues e.g. unconscious bias training, 
- Researching and advising on diversity and inclusion issues and creating programmes, training and values around this
- Leveraging diversity experience and coaching capabilities to increase cultural dexterity of our stakeholders through one on one discussion and in larger group settings;
- Assisting partners and managers in coaching across differences, investing in relationships and addressing specific diversity coaching issues/needs;
- Supporting and guiding the recruitment team to help create a brand that appeals to diverse applicants and removes bias
- Reviewing the organisations workplace, policies and procedures, ensuring that these are all inclusive
- Supporting leadership on I&D reporting and analytics as well as against success measures, working with global teams on transparency reporting 
- To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level.
- To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework.
- It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
- As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
- Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
- Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
- Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
- Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
- Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
- Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
- Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
- Working knowledge of, and experience with, Diversity and initiatives in the following areas: gender diversity, disability, nationalisation and ethnic diversity, religion and inclusion network.
- Progressive experience in developing solutions and implementing strategies with a focus on diversity and people initiatives and diverse constituency groups.

Requirements

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Minimum Degree Required:

- High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience:

- 6 year in a similar role

Required Knowledge and Skills:

- Progressive experience in developing solutions and implementing strategies with a focus on HR initiatives and diverse constituency groups.

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:

- Bachelor Degree

Preferred Knowledge/Skills :

- Demonstrates intimate knowledge and/or a proven record of success in gender diversity, disability, nationalisation and ethnic diversity, religion and inclusion initiatives and understanding of the Firm, lines of service, sectors, industries, IFS functional groups and navigating within these groups.
Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas:
- Working with a team and business leadership to execute territory or regional diversity strategies to attract, retain, develop and advance our diverse professionals and increase the cultural dexterity of all of our people;
- Contributing to the promotion and implementation of the One Firm diversity and inclusion plan aligned with an organization's overall strategic Diversity goals;
- Leveraging diversity experience and coaching capabilities to increase cultural dexterity of our stakeholders through one on one discussion and in larger group settings;
- Assisting partners and managers in coaching across differences, investing in relationships and addressing specific diversity coaching issues/needs;
- Managing work, projects and deliverables independently; and,
- Leveraging extensive knowledge of relationship building and communications to drive change and influence decisions. 

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.