I just got mine - I had to ask 3 times and then asked who I had to escalate it to as it had been over a week since my original email.
Good Afternoon
Thank you for your email raising concerns about our advert. I have been provided with some feedback from our Head of Diversity and Inclusion.
I would like to take this opportunity to assure you that we take gender equality very seriously.
Within JRF/JRHT, we have a very good track record of employing and promoting women. Indeed, 77% of our staff are women. 8 out of 16 directors (50%) are women and 33 out of 55 of our senior managers (60%) are women.
Our advert clearly states that everyone is welcome to apply irrespective of the categories mentioned, which are not meant to match word for word those in the Equality Act 2010. We have no intention of excluding either women or men on the basis of the ‘sex’ category they were assigned at birth. Rather, we recognise the limitation of the ‘sex’ category as it’s not inclusive of those people who do not fit neatly into the M/F categories.
We have chosen to use the term ‘gender identity’ in order to be more inclusive of people who define themselves as male, female, non-binary and others who do not fit into the ‘sex’ categories of M/F assigned at birth. Please see the UK government definitions of ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender’ outlined below.
I hope that this reassures you that our intention is to be inclusive and that we have no intent of excluding women from applying for these roles. We would also like to confirm that we have now included the category of sex to avoid misinterpretation in the future.
Anne Mwangi
Head of Diversity and Inclusion
Definitions
The UK government defines sex as:
referring to the biological aspects of an individual as determined by their anatomy, which is produced by their chromosomes, hormones and their interactions. Generally male or female and something that is assigned at birth.
The UK government defines gender as:
a social construction relating to behaviours and attributes based on labels of masculinity and femininity; gender identity is a personal, internal perception of oneself and so the gender category someone identifies with may not match the sex they were assigned at birth.
Where an individual may see themselves as a man, a woman, as having no gender, or as having a non-binary gender – where people identify as somewhere on a spectrum between man and woman.