Inclusive Diversity Office – Senior Manager

Description

Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a global consulting firm with more than $2+ billion in revenues, c.7,500 staff and over 70 offices world-wide. We offer a broad range of professional services including Restructuring, Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Corporate Transformation, Financial Institutions Advisory, Tax, Valuations, and Disputes and Investigation Services. 

Inclusive Diversity is a core value of the firm – “Embrace diversity, foster inclusiveness and reward merit.”

Following significant year-on-year growth, we are delighted to seek an Inclusive Diversity Senior Manager, to support Inclusive Diversity initiatives across EMEA. You will join the HR Team whilst working in partnership with our Inclusive Diversity Office (IDO), led by Managing Directors (Erin Brookes and Marija Simovic) who are members of the European Executive Committee. The remit of the IDO is broad, you will be comfortable in operating at the operational level, with a clear focus on rapid delivery and change management.

We believe this is a fantastic opportunity to take the reins of our Inclusive Diversity programme and take the firm to the next level. This is a top priority amongst all of our leadership, you have their buy-in.

Skills / Experience Required

• We are open to candidates from broad backgrounds, you do not require extensive experience in delivering Inclusive Diversity programmes
  • Marketing experience / management of events and communications a plus
  • Experience within professional services and consultancy environments a plus
  • Experience of multiple a plus
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrable project management and organisational skills
• Professionalism and discretion, particularly when dealing with confidential and sensitive topics / issues
• Enjoy change management

Responsibilities / Objectives

• Support delivery of the IDO strategic plan, working closely with the co-leads of the Inclusive Diversity Executive
• Develop and deliver a communication plan / schedule of events which incorporates all Inclusive Diversity annual events and key topics (e.g. religious events, recognition days, Gender Pay Gap, A&M recruitment / promotion news, etc)
• Work closely with A&M’s Diversity Network Groups to ensure close alignment of platform initiatives and objectives
• Support the IDO and Learning & Development team to develop and deliver training materials to build knowledge, awareness and understanding of key diversity and inclusion issues
• Build and maintain relationships internally across all levels, external organisations / bodies, community and business partners
• Deliver monthly KPI reporting and a firm-wide survey to track achievements, issues, and spot opportunities

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Voluntary Inclusion

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor or any other characteristics in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our Inclusive Diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.