Equality Strategy 2019-2024
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Roles and responsibilities
Everyone who works for us, whether directly or through our contracts, is responsible for ensuring that the objectives of the Equality Strategy are reflected in the planning and delivery of their services.
| Elected Member Equality Champion | This senior political role demonstrates support for equality and diversity matters and initiatives both within the council and across North Lanarkshire’s communities. |
| Elected Members | Elected Members have a role to play in championing equal opportunities and promoting cohesion and fostering good relations within their constituencies. They are responsible for paying due regard to equality and human rights in all of their constituency work. |
| Corporate Management Team | CMT is responsible for ensuring that the Equality Strategy is robust, integrated into all aspects of service planning and delivery, and is effectively implemented across the council. Individual members are expected to have oversight of the strategy in their areas and ensure that information about the impact of their services on equality and human rights is gathered, made available and evaluated. |
| Heads of Service | Heads of Service are responsible for ensuring that officers within their areas understand their roles in implementing the strategy and that the strategy is monitored and reviewed. |
| Equality Network Group | The Equality Network Group is responsible for ensuring all equality matters are advanced and fit for purpose. |
| Managers | All managers are responsible for ensuring that the objectives of the strategy are pursued appropriately within their teams, for gathering and making available information about the impact of their work on different communities and for ensuring that individual staff members understand their specific responsibilities with regard to equality and human rights. |
| Employees | All council staff are responsible for conducting their work in a way that supports delivery of the strategy and which demonstrates the council’s values of fairness, respect, equality and excellence. |
| Employee Equality Forum | This group, comprises employees from all areas of the council. It is involved in consultation on workforce diversity and equality initiatives. |
| Trades Unions | Five recognised trade unions within the council support their members on matters including diversity and equality and for ensuring that they are consulted on diversity and equality initiatives |