Ethics Specialist

Why this job matters

The Ethics team plays a vital role in ensuring that everyone across the Group understands and consistently acts in line with our Code, values, and policies. By doing so, we help protect individuals, foster trust, and support the Group’s overarching purpose of ‘Connecting everyone for good’.

A key element of this is building awareness and understanding of what ‘doing the right thing’ looks like, which we achieve through targeted learning and engagement initiatives. This role is instrumental in enhancing and sustaining that awareness across the Group, helping ensure our people are equipped to live our values and uphold our Code and policies in everything they do.

What you’ll be doing

• Accountable owner for our Code mandatory learning courses pan BT including: working with relevant learning teams (adhering to the learning principles, frameworks set by Group Learning, Leadership & Capability) and key Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) to ensure the creation/ updates of courses are designed, developed, tested, delivered and evaluated on an annual basis.  
• Accountable for audience focused communications campaigns pan BT that build awareness and knowledge about our Code including; working relevant communications teams and key Subject Matter Experts to design, develop, deliver and then evaluate.
• Accountable owner for the Ethics team published digital information including for example; our Code intranet site and our Code external site.
• Accountable for maintaining relationships with Subject Matter Expert (SME) teams to enable sharing of communications and learning plans for the year to ensure collaboration, unified messaging and reducing duplication.
• Ensure information and data for audit and reporting purposes is well controlled and accessible when needed;
• Participate in external engagement activities to promote BT Group’s work and continue to keep up to date with external best practice.
• Occasionally support Speak Up cases and investigations; from triage to case conclusion, flagging risks to ensure a successful and timely conclusion.

The skills you'll need

• Essential to have at least 3 years experiences in communications, learning or equivalent role.
• Essential to be able to demonstrate previous successful stakeholder management experience.
• Ideally have strong experience or skills in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and SharePoint intranet editing.
• Ideally have experience/ knowledge of behavioral science.
• Ideally have experience of working within an operational team subject to ethics, compliance or risk requirements.

Benefits

• 10% on target bonus
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
• From January 2025, equal family leave:  receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
• Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
• 2 weeks carer’s leave
• World-class training and development opportunities
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes. 

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.