Anti-Racism Framework

Tender description

NHSBT is looking for an organisation to work in partnership with to assist in the implementation of an Anti-Racism Framework. The supplier should be recognised as a specialist in this field with a depth of experience and expertise in the areas of race, equity and developing inclusion based activities across a diverse, public facing organisation. A supplier is required to assist in developing the underpinning action plans that will be required to bring the Framework to life. <br/><br/>The Framework has five broad pillars covering:<br/>1. Prioritising Anti-Racism<br/>o Leading from the front - Addressing the diverse needs of our people and service users <br/>o Dedicated D&I resources - D&I professionals are seen as a key part of the organisation’s leadership<br/>o Mission critical - Anti-racist practice is identified and considered in all work, not just in D&I plans<br/>o Actions not words - Commitment to real action, always doing more than the minimum to tackle inequality<br/>2. Understanding Lived Experience<br/>o Listen and learn - Action to tackle discrimination is informed by meaningful engagement<br/>o Empowering your talent - Diverse talent is empowered, decision-making groups are intentionally made diverse<br/>o Cultural competency - Leaders listen to diverse experiences, and are better placed to make fair decisions<br/>o Data plus - Data from the whole employee lifecycle is disaggregated and informs fair policies & practices<br/>3. Growing Inclusive Leaders<br/>o Visibility matters - Our most senior leaders should come from a diverse range of backgrounds<br/>o Where is your talent? - Diverse talent is supported to grow by tackling structural and team-level inequalities<br/>o Levelling up middle leadership - All line managers are supported and trained to respond to diversity needs<br/>o Real opportunities - Ambitious positive action is taken, e.g., in targeted recruitment, mentoring, coaching and sponsorship<br/>4. Acting to Tackle Inequalities<br/>o More than a tick box - Assurance frameworks and tools are used to prioritise, leverage, and monitor change<br/>o Zero tolerance matters - An active stance is taken to tackle harm, we constantly learn how to do better<br/>o We do this together - Partnership working is used to address the inequalities that are bigger than NHSBT<br/>o Fair and just - Processes and systems are fair, and are applied fairly in practice to all staff<br/>5. Reviewing Progress Regularly<br/>o How are we performing – Leaders understand their key inclusion targets and their performance / accountability is taken seriously<br/>o What’s our approach? - A clear, sustained intention, strategy, and roadmap with a range of actions and measures is in place<br/>o Our Voices Matter - Outcomes and feedback from affected staff are analysed and reported on to ensure meaningful change<br/>o Open and Transparent - Credibility around anti-racism comes from the community of staff and service users Lot 1: The supplier must have the capacity to implement this work taking note of the following four broad activities:<br/>1. Support to finalise the design of a suite of co-creation workshops including the preparation of an agenda and question set to be used in all workshops.<br/>2. The requirement to run up to 25 co-creation workshops, 90 – 120 mins in length, delivered across the NHSBT national estate footprint and virtually. The expectation is that the workshops will be attended by between 25 – 40 attendees and each session will generate a report outlining how attendees would seek to implement the Framework across NHSBT directorates.<br/>3. Participation and leadership into a working group who will take all the reports generated through the co-creation workshops and synthesise them together into a series action plans for each directorate within NHSBT that will allow them to bring the Framework to life,<br/>4. Delivery of training to a cadre of anti-racism champions that will allow them to independently roll out the action plans across various directorates.<br/>It is expected that the above work will take a maximum of 6 months to complete. The training under point 4 will be delivered to a maximum of 25 staff over a period not to exceed 2 days and will cover both facilitation techniques alongside race equity measures. Additional information: To express your interest please email commercialteamestatesandservices@nhsbt.nhs.uk quoting C163995- Anti-Racism Framework.