UK Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lead

We’re excited to be moving to our vibrant new home on New Oxford Street in central London from the end of June 2024. At GSK HQ, we’re building an energising space where we can connect, collaborate and get ahead of disease together. Designed especially for us, it’ll be one of the healthiest workplaces in the world, with best-in-class tech and bright, light spaces to help us thrive.

UK Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Lead

We are searching for a UK Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lead (DEI), who can make a positive difference to our UK employee experience. Come and join us! Together we can serve the patients around the world to do more, feel better and live longer!

WHAT IS YOUR JOB PURPOSE?

Based in London you will report to the UK Country Head & drive the GSK’s UK DEI agenda by understanding & anticipating the internal & external DEI landscape & emerging concepts to identify future challenges and opportunities. Using your DEI expertise & data driven insights, diagnose and design impactful approaches and programmes and by working closely with our global & US DEI teams & a broad range of internal and external stakeholders you will deliver high quality DEI programmes to enable GSK to achieve its DEI ambitions.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Overseeing the UK DEI strategy, working with leaders at all levels of the organization & tanslating this to developing & implementing DEI programs with a project management lens : Oversee Project Search, a program running for 10 years, changing lives for young people with disabilities, to bridge their transition from education to the workplace. We provide a year’s internship at GSK to gain work experience & further education to increase employability.Leading matrix teams to deliver DEI benchmark submissions for key accreditations such as Times Top 50 employers for gender equality, Business Disability Forum etc.Leading a team to prepare for & deliver our annual UK DEI Inclusion Award Ceremony.
• Staying current on internal & external DEI landscape & emerging concepts you will identify future challenges and opportunities and by using your DEI expertise & data driven insights, diagnose, design & deliver impactful DEI approaches and programmes for the UK. For example conducting deep dives into key areas such as neurodiversity, social mobility, pregnancy loss & menopause which have resulted in new policy & guidance.
• Partner with key HR stakeholders such as Global & US DEI teams & Recruitment to support GSK’s global DEI & UK ambitions for example : our Self-ID campaign to improve our UK protected characteristics data, which will influence future talent management planning.In support of GSK’s global trust commitment of aspirational targets to increase female & ethnically diverse senior leadership in UK & US, working with senior HR leaders to drive our UK pipeline.Working with Policy team to review new policies with a DEI lens.Partner with recruitment to ensure GSK maintains inclusive unbiased processes.
• Partnering with DEI Groups across the UK : partnering & governing our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) representing Gender, Ethnicity, LGBTQ+ and Disability. Overseeing & driving an intersectional approach & monitoring budget spend; leading a UK DEI Community of practice, bringing the key DEI business & HR together to share activities, best practice, knowledge & events.
• Representing GSK at external bodies e.g. the Department for Work & Pensions Business Leader Group advising on Disability practices and the Disability Confident scheme.
• Utilising GSK tools and partnering with data teams to conduct regular DEI data analysis of internal activity and prepare regular measurement and insights.

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE WILL YOU HAVE?

WHY GSK?

We bring together the best and brightest minds to be ambitious for our patients and help us make a lasting impact on the health of millions of people across the world. There has never been a more exciting time for us. In a near era for human health what we do has never mattered more as we tackle some of healthcare’s biggest challenges to get ahead of disease together.

Life at GSK :

At GSK, we unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive.

We are led by our purpose : to get ahead of disease together. It inspires everyone of us to do our best work. We support smart risk taking, invest in innovation where and when it matters and constantly strive to do things better to make an impact on people’s health across the world.

When you join us, you’ll work with other outstanding professionals and have the opportunity to work on challenging projects that will help you grow, thrive and reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to build and contribute to a high-performing team to help us achieve our ambitious goals.

So, if you’re ready to improve the lives of billions, join us at this exciting moment in our journey. Join our challenge to get Ahead Together.

LI-GSK

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory / immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race / ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered / protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.