HR Advisor - Inclusion and Engagement

Location:

Boston Spa / St Pancras

Contract:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time (36 hours)
Grade: B
Salary: £31,364 (Boston Spa) / £34,608 (St Pancras) per annum

At the British Library we believe that Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement are essential to delivering our mission. We’re looking for a passionate HR Advisor specialising in these areas to drive meaningful culture change.

• Supporting the development and delivery of the ED&I strategy
• Progressing diversity, inclusion and belonging across the workforce
• Implementing and managing the staff engagement platform, including annual and quarterly surveys
• Analysing diversity data to identify trends, barriers and root causes
• Supporting benchmarking activity such as the Race at Work Charter
• Managing the D&I calendar of events and content across intranet and external platforms
• Keeping up to date with D&I trends, legislation and best practice
• Working collaboratively with staff networks and Trade Union colleagues

• Proven experience delivering D&I-focused activities or projects
• Passionate about inclusion and driving positive culture change
• Strong project management and research skills
  
  Confident analysing and presenting data in an engaging way
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation, particularly in D&I
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
• Relevant generalist HR experience
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills
• Experience facilitating complex conversations and understanding about protected characteristics including social mobility
• If you’re committed to creating inclusive workplaces where everyone can thrive, we’d love to hear from you.

We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone. Our shelves hold over 170 million items – a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things.

• 25 days’ holiday plus 2.5 privilege days.
• Access to a defined benefit Civil Service pension scheme.
• Flexible working arrangements, including flexi-time.
• Full details of employee benefits can be found on our Careers:
  Benefits

• We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role.
• Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check (DBS check).
• Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn.
• We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse candidates and disabled candidates. Creating an inclusive workplace is the core of our business and a way to engage the diversity of thought that is essential to achieve our aims.

Closing at 23:59 on Sunday 22 February 2026

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