We believe that a diversity of talent, expertise, lifestyle, and background makes our team richer, brings more valuable perspectives to our work, and ensures we play our part in shaping a more inclusive world. We welcome anyone who shares these values. Our DE&I team works to continuously evolve and improve what diversity looks like at The Value Engineers, and ensures our policies support and promote DE&I in everything we do.
How we play our part in shaping a more inclusive world
On this page, you can learn more about the pillars of our strategy, what we have achieved so far, and the areas of betterment we have identified.
Annual Survey
Each year we survey the global TVE team to understand the DE&I status within our company. The survey collects statistics about who we are, and what is important to us. This provides us with an objective measure of what diversity looks like at TVE and a starting point for revising our DE&I strategy and aligning our priority initiatives.
The survey is fully anonymous, designed following a thorough review of best practices for diversity data collection, and is improved every year as knowledge on the matter evolves. The global data is accessible to all TVE employees and presented to all TVE new joiners as part of their induction.
Pay Equality
Research shows that pay inequality can also be the result of parenthood, and we, therefore, offer all our employees an enhanced parental leave policy regardless of gender, to further promote equality of salary and career progression.
We operate structured salary brands with clear and transparent appraisal criteria, ensuring pay equality.
Equality and Equity: Hiring
We as a company aim to offer equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of who they are. We know there is always room for improvement, and we constantly review our internal policies and processes to ensure they remain best practices.
understanding equity in people is to realize and address the fact that not everyone has access to the same opportunities and resources. Internships are a key stepping stone on the path to a career, and they are an opportunity that some struggle to access for socioeconomic reasons. To address this we are committed to being a Local Living Wage employer to ensure that everyone, no matter their background, can afford to get the experience that is a critical part of building their career.
Entry-level recruitment commitments:
- Blinded CVs during the evaluation process
- A non-compulsory and fully anonymized diversity survey which enables ongoing assessment of how effective our efforts are at diversifying the pool of candidates we attract
- Candidates who are invited for an assessment in our office have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments and we are Disability Confident Committed Level 1.
Click here to see our open roles.
Unconscious Bias Awareness
Unconscious bias affects everyone: it is the implicit beliefs and associations we have about different social and identity groups which are often triggered to make quick judgments and assessments.
Being aware of these unconscious biases is the first step to being able to control them, and prevent them from influencing our judgments and behaviours.
Every member of our staff receives training about Unconscious Bias when joining The Value Engineers and we provide annual follow-up training on the topic.
Charity Partnerships
We are proud to support our long-term charity partners, Single Homeless Project, with fundraising, volunteering, and pro-bono consultancy support.
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity working to prevent homelessness and help Londoners transform their lives.