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Diversity, Equality & Inclusion
At the heart of our purpose is a belief that everyone deserves respect and equal opportunity to fulfil their potential and progress their lives — regardless of our backgrounds and differences. DE&I is an ongoing journey and we’re in it for the long haul, and we are proud that our award-winning DE&I strategy has been recognised both within our industry and beyond. We don’t pretend to be perfect, but we are 100% committed and hold ourselves fully accountable to delivering sustainable, meaningful action-led change internally, within the recruitment industry we love, and across the STEM sectors we serve.
Our internal DE&I initiatives
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ASCEND
ASCEND is designed to attract, retain and progress more women across the Amoria Bond Group regardless of seniority, tenure or role. Now a global programme, ASCEND offers a range of events both locally and group-wide; training, coaching and 121 mentoring; as well as hosting guest speakers, panel events and even external industry events.
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Inclusion Advocates
Our Inclusion Advocates are passionate colleagues from across the Group committed to ensuring we provide a truly inclusive working environment for all employees, regardless of our backgrounds or differences. The team help shape our DE&I strategy and Inclusion Calendar of local and companywide events.
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Mental Health & Wellbeing
Our Mental Health & Wellbeing LMS zone provides a range of mental-health & wellbeing resources to support employees 24/7. We also host finanical wellbeing webinars and monthly wellbeing workshops led by external experts, and Mental Health First Aiders are on-hand across our offices.
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Inclusive Family-Forming Policies and Benefits
We offer expert 1-to-1 coaching for new mothers returning to work to make the transition as easy as possible for new parents, as well as suitable rest facilities for nursing mothers. We host events to support employees achieve a healthy work-life balance and to normalise conversations about parenting and caring in work.
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Local Office Committees
Our local office Culture Committees enable employees to shape and influence their local office culture and working environment, organise inclusive social and team-sports events, CSR initiatives and much more.
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Prayer Rooms & Religious Holiday Swaps
Employees can swap two religious national holidays for days with significant meaning to their own personal faith or religion. We also provide multi-faith prayer and meditation rooms.
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Gender Pay Review
People of all genders have the right to be paid and rewarded equally for doing the same work. That’s why we conduct voluntary equal pay reviews. A true meritocracy, we’re proud of our proven track record of equal pay.
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Coaching & Development
DE&I training is embedded in our 3-Tier Leadership Development Programme including modules like Inclusive Hiring and Leading Women. All employees attend Sexual Harrasment workshops, and our dedicated DE&I Zone on our online LMS offers employees a range of multi-language curated playlists. This is complemented by a blend of mandatory DE&I training, guest speakers and office-based coaching.
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DE&I Support in Our Sectors
Based on our award-winning DE&I blueprint, we are able to support clients in achieving their DE&I ambitions. We regularly publish insights on a range of DE&I topics for clients and candidates, and host panel events and expert-led webinars and podcasts to share knowledge and best practise as we strive to accelerate positive, sustainable change across our specialist STEM sectors.
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Our track record
Across Amoria Group we are committed to providing a truly diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees and championing diversity and inclusion within the recruitment industry and the wider STEM industries we operate in. Led by our Chief People & ESG Officer, Natasha Crump, DE&I is a strategic priority that's championed and embedded across the entire Group.
Winners of Global Recruiter's Best DE&I Strategy in a Recruitment Business and highly commended by both REC and Talint, we are proud to be recognised as industry leaders in championing and accelerating equity, diversity and inclusion.
We are committed to sharing best practice and helping our clients to achieve their DE&I goals. You can download our 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report for the UK here.
Download our DE&I Report40%
Employees agree we’re committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of differences19
Nationalities represented across our five global offices20%
Of employees are women and 49% of colleagues promoted so far this year50%
Employees believe Amoria Group is committed to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Our 2024 Gender Pay Report
We believe transparency drives accountability, that's why we produce and publish an annual Gender Pay Report.
Gender Pay Parity is an important area of focus for us as a business, and we expect to see ongoing progress aligned with our continuously improving gender balance in new starters, promotions and leavers, which will see more women progressing into senior and leadership roles.
Download our 2024 Report to see the progress we've made, and the improvements we're still working towards.
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Armed Forces Covenant
Amoria Bond are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant.
This is a pledge that together we acknowledge and understand that those who serve or who have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, should be treated with fairness and respect in the communities, economy and society they serve with their lives.
Download the Covenant to learn more about the steps we've committed to taking for service personnel, both regular and reservist, veterans and military families.
Our Religion Initiatives
At Amoria Bond, we have employees from diverse religious backgrounds, which is why it’s important to create a working environment where everyone can thrive and be themselves. To respect these beliefs, we foster an inclusive workplace where religious diversity is valued and encouraged.
This includes, among other things, multi-faith prayer rooms at our offices, the option to swap religious holidays individually, and the recognition of all major religious festivals and occasions.
Feedback from our employees:
“Thank you very much for you message and the support during Ramadan. I personally fast and thus appreciate your attitude towards it very much. 😊”
Our Insights
These conversations are designed to inspire, engage and show how together we can fulfil our potential and progress our lives!
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