As Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Lead you will work with the Head of People to drive Hippo’s DI&B agenda forward with the purpose of ensuring an inclusive workplace that values diversity and fosters an environment where all employees feel respected and empowered.
The role involves advising leadership, supporting employee groups, and implementing initiatives from across an action plan to achieve our strategic objectives. In doing so, our aim is ensuring we not only comply with legal requirements but foster a culture of inclusion and belonging for all employees, while reinforcing our values and company culture.
Our DI&B Lead makes data-driven decisions by gathering quality data and effectively analysing, monitoring and reporting on it. We work as a collaborative team within People to develop and deliver tangible improvements that support our ambitious goals and growth and position Hippo as an industry leader.
You should feel comfortable challenging others constructively, demonstrating pragmatism, sensitivity and understanding. Central to the role is the ability to build relationships with others using exceptional interpersonal skills, whilst ensuring that DI&B objectives align with and support the commercial needs of the business.
Key Areas of Accountability
- Development and delivery of our DI&B strategy, along with the specific areas identified in the DI&B action plan.
- Analyse diversity data across the employee lifecycle and roll-out employee surveys to understand and track Hippo’s overall DI&B impact and performance.
- Support and advise the People team on inclusive practice, including on initiatives to close our pay gaps, as well as the talent team on inclusive recruitment.
- Conduct assessments of organisational policies, processes and practices, and supporting their development from an inclusion perspective, ensuring legal compliance at minimum and striving for best practice.
- Upskill managers and employees on the importance of DI&B and building the requisite knowledge, skills and behaviours.
- Organise events and awareness sessions internally to both celebrate DI&B and to provide education and development opportunities for Hippos.
- Chair the DI&B forum and provide coaching and support to the Communities of Belonging.
- Work closely with the social value team, including on accurate and regular data reporting, and help grow external partnerships through events and initiatives to raise the profile of Hippo’s DI&B and Social Value work.
Skills and Experience
- Experience in developing and implementing DEI/DI&B strategy and initiatives with a strong knowledge of D&I principles, legal requirements, and best practices.
- Excellent collaboration and relationship-building skills across all levels of the organisation and the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Capable of demonstrating high levels of empathy, emotional intelligence, cultural competency and resilience to coach others, providing the right balance of support and challenge.
- Ability to analyse data and use insights to drive decision-making and improvement.
- Confidence to present, facilitate and network effectively, and experience communicating complex information for a variety of stakeholders.
Alongside working with some of the most talented people out there and on-top of a competitive salary, which we’re transparent about from the outset, you can also expect a range of benefits:
- Contributory Pension Scheme (Hippo 6% & Employee 2%)
- 25 Days Holiday plus UK Public Holidays
- Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
- Critical illness cover
- Life assurance and death in service cover
- Volunteer days
- Cycle-to-work scheme for the avid cyclists
- Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Financial and general wellbeing sessions
- Flexible benefits scheme with options of:
- Private health cover
- Private dental cover
- Additional company pension contributions
- Additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
- Wellbeing contribution
- Charity contributions
- Tree planting
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Hippo
At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.
We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.
Hi, we’re Hippo
At Hippo, we design with empathy and build for impact. We do this by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design and software engineering. We're a digital services partner who is genuinely invested in helping our clients thrive as modern organisations. Our delivery methodology is truly agile, from concept to reality, supporting innovation and continuous improvement to achieve your desired outcomes.
We firmly believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. We take a human-centred approach to everything we do because we understand that complex problems require a service design approach. This means understanding how users behave and ensuring our solutions work for them in the real world.
Our combination of data, design, and engineering delivers bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society.
Have a look through our Website at Our Story & Purpose, Our Culture & Values, Case Studies and Our Solutions & Services to find out some more!
Hippo Locations
We are headquartered in Leeds and have offices across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide but you need to be located within reasonable travelling distance from one of our offices. Given the dynamic nature of a consulting business, you may be required to work on-site at a Hippo office or at an in/out of town client location for a number of days per week (client dependent) and therefore candidates will need to be open/flexible to travel and working on one of those sites at least 2 days per week. We offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8,000 (please ask for terms and conditions) to help make your move a smooth one.
