Total staff working in EDI
FOI reference: FOI24/25 197
Date received: 17/03/2025
Date responded: 14/03/2025
Information requested
This is an information request relating to Equality, diversity and Inclusion roles in your organisation.
Please include the following information for each of the following financial years; 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24:
Total number of EDI staff employed for each financial year
A breakdown of the staff employed including:
The job titles
The pay band associated with each role
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
Response
Total number of EDI staff employed for each financial year
We have detailed within the below table the number staff directly employed in EDI roles for the financial years specified.
| Financial Year | Number of staff |
|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | 6 |
| 2022-2023 | 10 |
| 2023-2024 |
11 |
A breakdown of the staff employed including:
- The job titles
- The pay band associated with each role
We have detailed within the table below the positions and grades of directly employed EDI positions for the financial years specified.
| Financial Year | Position Title | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | Equality & Diversity Manager Equality Impact Assessment Manager Equality & Diversity Officer Research & Policy Manager Research & Standards Analyst Research & Standards Officer |
Grade 7 Grade 7 Grade 5 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 6 |
| 2022-2023 | Corporate Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager Equality & Diversity Manager Equality Impact Assessment Manager Equality and Diveristy Officer Equality Impact Assessment Officer Equlity, Diversity & Inclusion Manager Head of Equalities Policy & Reseach Manager Anti-racist Education Research & Standards Analyst Research & Policy Officer - Equalities |
Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 7 Grade 5 Grade 5 Grade 7 Head of Service Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 6 |
| 2023-2024 | Corporate Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager Equality & Diversity Manager Equality Impact Assessment Manager Equality & Diversity Officer Equality Impact Assessment Officer Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager Head of Equalities Policy & Research Manager - Equalities Policy & Research Manager Anti-racist Education Research & Standards Analyst - Equalities Research & Policy Officer - Equalities |
Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 7 Grade 5 Grade 5 Grade 7 Head of Service Grade 8 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 6 |