Autotrader | Manchester, UK

Auto Trader’s purpose is to Drive Change Together. Responsibly.  

We are committed to being a responsible business; driven by our resolve to do the right thing, measure and report transparently and always act ethically, and with integrity. Our diverse and inclusive culture simply wouldn’t be possible without our steadfast commitment to our purpose. Pulling together, we all work towards the same goal. 

We take a multi-layered approach to nurturing our inclusive culture, ensuring senior management, the People function and passionate employee networks all play their part to make change happen. A key example of this is Auto Traders ‘Inclusive Culture Development Programme’. A series of learning and development programmes driven throughout the business, with diversity and inclusion at their core, all of which align to the companies overall D&I vision and strategy.

Our strategy ;

Our D&I vision is to “To nurture our inclusive culture and enrich our workforce with diverse individuals who collaborate for the benefit of our business, industries and communities“ 

Our two strategic commitments are; 
– Have a representative workforce of the communities we operate in across all levels of our business with a focus on; Women, Ethnicity, Disability & Neurodiversity, LGBT+, Age and Social Mobility 
– Create an environment where everyone feels included with high levels of engagement especially across the different diversity focus areas. 

In order to achieve these, we Take Action, Measure Impact and Do More…  

Take Action; 
– Recruit more diverse individuals concentrating on our focus areas 
– Support our people to grow through our Inclusive Culture Development Programmes  
– Create safe spaces for colleagues to meet and share experiences, educate each other &  increase awareness via our training and employee network activities 

Measure Impact; 
– Analyse and act on employee feedback through our Guilds, Networks and employee surveys 
– Monitor our workforce representation across our diversity focus areas 
– Calculate the different pay gaps and report on our gender & ethnicity pay gaps 

Do More; 
– Keep increasing representation of diverse individuals across all levels of the organisation, with a focus on the mid and senior levels where we are behind, at a steady pace every year   
– Improve the employee experience, remove systemic barriers and reduce the gender &ethnicity pay gaps 
– Make a difference in our industries and communities