Channel 4 will promote all jobs to disabled people

Channel 4 has announced that it will commit to advertising all of its job vacancies in a way that will further diversify its workforce.

The broadcaster aims to attract more applications from disabled people and help those with disabilities to break into the media industry.

This will be achieved by Channel 4 posting all of its vacancies on a specialist job site that is run by, and for, disabled people. Evenbreak is a social enterprise that aims to help disabled jobseekers find work with employers that value their skills. Furthermore, all of the employees of the company are disabled themselves.

Nichola Ivory-Chapman, Head of Talent Acquisition at Channel 4, says: “Diversity is in Channel 4’s DNA and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds encourages our workforce to be vibrant, creative and think differently. It can be a challenge though to reach out to jobseekers from under-represented groups which is why we wanted to partner with Evenbreak to help us attract applications from disabled people.”

Jane Hatton, Founder and Director of Evenbreak, says: “Channel 4 has demonstrated a genuine commitment to inclusion and accessibility, and Evenbreak is delighted to be involved in their programme to positively attract disabled candidates.”

However, not all of Channel 4’s diversity efforts have been as successful. Most recently the broadcaster was blocked from appointing a BAME woman to the Board by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, resulting in a number of respected female figures in the arts and creative industries signing a letter which demanded an explanation.