{"id":7240,"date":"2024-03-08T15:46:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T15:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narroassociates.com\/?page_id=7240"},"modified":"2024-03-12T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:04:31","slug":"diversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narroassociates.com\/about-narro\/diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7240\" class=\"elementor elementor-7240\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-031ce68 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"031ce68\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f89064 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"1f89064\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-845f7d3 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"845f7d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1bbee5 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"b1bbee5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c91651f service-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c91651f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Growing the diversity of the team<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6563b3 service-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6563b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Our internal Diversity and Opportunity group are continually looking at ways that we can promote engineering careers generally, and STEM careers generally, to underrepresented groups. We do this through outreach programs in schools, colleges and universities, and attending recruitment fairs. In our hiring practices, we actively encourage applications from minority groups.<\/p>\n<p>Within our team, we&#8217;re proud to be performing at or above the industry average in terms of gender and sexual identity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gender \u2013 17% of our engineering and technical team are women, compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wes.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/women-in-engineering-report-summary-engineeringuk-march-2022.pdf\">an industry average of 16.5%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>LGBTQ+ &#8211; approximately 12% of our staff are openly LGBTQ+, compared to <a href=\"http:\/\/interengineeringlgbt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Engineering-Action-Tackling-Homophobia-in-Engineering.pdf\">a reported industry average of 6%.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-ae-bg=\"https:\/\/www.narroassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pride-23.png\" class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-de19cde ae-featured-bg-yes ae-featured-bg-source-custom_field ae-featured-bg-yes ae-feature-bg-custom-field-block_image_1 ae-featured-img-size-large ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"de19cde\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ae_featured_bg_cf_field_key&quot;:&quot;block_image_1&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9652edc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"9652edc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3228fed ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"3228fed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-080c135 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"080c135\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-ae-bg=\"https:\/\/www.narroassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6820_Narros-115-scaled-e1710263009260-1024x392.jpg\" class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9eced54 ae-featured-bg-yes ae-featured-bg-source-custom_field ae-featured-bg-yes ae-feature-bg-custom-field-block_image_2 ae-featured-img-size-large ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"9eced54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ae_featured_bg_cf_field_key&quot;:&quot;block_image_2&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f1ab2b ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"1f1ab2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83aafd1 service-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83aafd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Work to do<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6e4ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea6e4ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We acknowledge that there is an industry wide underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in engineering in the UK and within the Narro team. 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