Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Consultancy Project 2021

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We recently reviewed our Strategic Equality Objectives which were first published in 2015. Our new high-level strategic objectives for 2020 to 2024 were developed by working in collaboration with 11 other public organisations as part of The Wales Public Bodies Equality Partnership. Natural Resources Wales Board approved these objectives in September 2020, and we are looking for a supplier who is interested in working with us to develop a vision and key principles for Equality Diversity and Inclusion for NRW for the future to support the objectives. This work will help in developing an action plan to embed and drive equality diversity and inclusion into the heart of the organisation, as our normal way of working and help engage with more diverse communities as well as attract a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve here in Wales. Key objectives for the contract are: - • To articulate our vision, principles and action plan in a meaningful way. • Create an organisation that is instinctively inclusive and diverse in nature, not a tick box exercise • Develop a strategic plan for April 2021 to March 2024 that embeds diverse and inclusive ways of working • The action plan needs to be balanced between external and internal focus: i.e. in service delivery, customer, internal representation of community and customer base. • An Engagement strategy to support the 3-year action plan • The engagement plan must ensure that both internal and external are ‘developed’ coherently together We need a supplier with expertise to assist us in developing our vision and key principles for Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) for the future. This work will support our delivery of our high-level Strategic Equality Objectives for 2020-2024. The objectives were published in September 2020 to fulfil our legal obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty, we need an action plan in place in order to achieve these objectives