Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

"We put people first" means promoting equity, diversity and inclusion for all staff, clients, third parties, and in our local communities.

Ellis Jones Solicitors | Bournemouth

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Each individual is unique, we encourage and support our people to be themselves.

Our culture is connected, positive and encourages professionalism with personality. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse working environment in which our people feel comfortable, content and supported. We recognise this is important for our people and their families.

As part of our equity, diversity, and inclusion strategy we strive to:

Understand the inclusivity and diversity needs of our workforce so that we know where to focus our efforts, by carrying out research into the type of issues that our staff face. For example, analysing the diversity monitoring data of our people, conducting people surveys, asking for feedback, and consciously listening to the thoughts and struggles of those around us
Monitor our inclusivity and diversity practices in relation to recruitment, retention, engagement and positivity
Review our current inclusivity and diversity practices to see what works and what improvements or new practices are needed
Ensure that our culture and values are in keeping with good inclusivity and diversity practices
Deliver annual training on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Engage in diversity surveys

Our vision is for our clients to recommend us as the best lawyers for private and commercial work; provide a consistent client experience; continue to grow and diversify into specialist sectors and to develop our existing client base; and demonstrate our culture and values in everything that we do.

We are inclusive and diverse and recognise the importance of celebrating and respecting what makes our people unique, be it age, gender, religion, belief, ethnicity, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, or education.

We want the celebration of these differences to take place in a positive, safe, and nurturing environment.

We have a dedicated equity, diversity, and inclusion group, which we actively encourage our people to join. Our areas of focus are:

Gender

We have created effective strategies to achieve gender balance, and we take pride in the fact that our workforce are majority women.

We continue to focus on achieving gender balance in our partnership with 8 female partners and 16 male partners.

Flexibility runs through everything that we do and hybrid working is now part of our normal working. We trust and encourage our people to work how, when and where they need to, to further our mission.