Paper 6 annex 2 2025 equality mainstreaming and outcome report - appendices

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CNPA Equal­ity Report Appen­dices Table of Contents

Appendix 1………………………………………………………………………..5 The Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity prin­ciples …5

Appendix 2………………………………………………………………………….6 Staff and Board equal­ity mon­it­or­ing data …………………………6 Staff Equal­it­ies Sur­vey 2023 …………………………………………………..6 Board Equal­it­ies Sur­vey 2023 ……………………………………………..10 Staff Equal­it­ies Sur­vey 2024 …………………………………………………15 Board Equal­it­ies Sur­vey 2024 ……………………………………………..19 Staff Recruit­ment and Reten­tion Stat­ist­ics ……………………………24 2022 ……………………………………………………………………………………..24 Intern­al Applic­ants 2022……………………………………………………24 Intern­al Appoint­ments 2022 ……………………………………………….26 Extern­al Recruit­ment 2022 ………………………………………………….29 Extern­al Appoint­ments 2022 ……………………………………………….32 2023 ……………………………………………………………………………………..34 Intern­al Applic­ants 2023……………………………………………………34 Intern­al Appoint­ments 2023 ……………………………………………….36

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Extern­al Recruit­ment 2023 ………………………………………………….39 Extern­al Appoint­ments 2023 ……………………………………………….42 Staff Devel­op­ment Stat­ist­ics …………………………………………………44 Staff Devel­op­ment 2022 …………………………………………………….45 Staff Devel­op­ment 2023 …………………………………………………….46 Staff Devel­op­ment 2024…………………………………………………….46

Appendix 3………………………………………………………………………….48 .. Equal pay audit 2024 …………………………………………………………48 Exec­ut­ive sum­mary ………………………………………………………………48 Back­ground …………………………………………………………………………48 Gender pay gap res­ults for full-time and part-time staff ………..49 Res­ults by grade …………………………………………………………………..51 Res­ults by dir­ect­or­ate ………………………………………………………….51 Over­all organ­isa­tion­al res­ults ………………………………………………52 Recruit­ment stat­ist­ics (Janu­ary to Decem­ber 2023) ……………..54 Con­clu­sions from the audit…. ……………………………………………..55

Appendix 4 … Occu­pa­tion­al segreg­a­tion …………………………………………………….57 Occu­pa­tion­al Segreg­a­tion. …………………………………………………..57 Appendix 5………………………………………………………………………….59

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Out­come 12021 — 2024 — Pro­gress report………………………………… 59 Out­come 1: Our work­force will become more diverse. We will have more women in seni­or pos­i­tions in the organ­isa­tion and will have an increased num­ber of minor­ity staff work­ing for us (spe­cific­ally with rela­tion to sexu­al ori­ent­a­tion, dis­ab­il­ity and eth­ni­city). Led by Kate Christie, Head of Organ­isa­tion­al Devel­op­ment. ………………………………………………………………… 59 Out­come 2 2021 — 2024- Pro­gress report ……………………………………. 81 Out­come 2: Pro­mot­ing and cel­eb­rat­ing a nation­al park for all vis­it­ors (led by Colin Simpson, Head of Vis­it­or Ser­vices and Act­ive Travel)……………81 Out­come 3 2021 — 2024– Pro­gress report ……………………………………… 88 Out­come 3: Ensur­ing and enhan­cing more inclus­ive access to nature (led by Sarah Hen­shall, Head of Con­ser­va­tion) …………………………………………….. 88 Out­come 4 2021−2024− Pro­gress report. …………………………………. 105 Out­come 4: More equal­ity groups par­ti­cip­ate in Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity led con­sulta­tions and stake­hold­er for­ums / groups to influ­ence decisions made in rela­tion to the man­age­ment of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park (led by Olly Dav­ies Head of Com­mu­nic­a­tions)…………… 105

Appendix 6………………………………………………………………………..122 Equal­ity out­come 1 – Action plan ……………………………………………122 Out­come 1: 2025 – 2029 …………………………………………………………..122 Equal­ity out­come 2 – Action plan — ………………………………………………..132 .. Out­come 2 2025 — 2028 …………………………………………………………..132 Equal­ity Out­come 3 – Action Plan ……………………………………………137

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Out­come 3 2025 — 2028 …………………………………………………………..137

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Appendix 1 The Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity principles

Prin­ciples	By this we mean
Pas­sion and dedication	• We are deeply com­mit­ted to driv­ing pos­it­ive action with­in the Nation­al Park. We are cre­at­ing an envir­on­ment that is excep­tion­al for employ­ees, res­id­ents, organ­isa­tions, busi­nesses and vis­it­ors alike. • We are work­ing towards a place where people and nature are thriv­ing together.
Com­munity	• The Park Author­ity embod­ies a cul­ture of open­ness, sup­port, respect and inclus­iv­ity. • Every mem­ber of our team, and every­one we work with, is val­ued for their unique con­tri­bu­tion. • Our approach to everything we do is driv­en by cre­at­ing strong part­ner­ships and col­lab­or­at­ive efforts with others.
Pion­eer­ing	• We aim for excel­lence and our work should always serve as a beacon, inspir­ing and enga­ging oth­ers pos­it­ively. • We are dynam­ic and bold in our approach, embra­cing cre­ativ­ity and innov­a­tion. • We are reflect­ive and com­mit­ted to ongo­ing learn­ing and evaluation.
Inspir­ing leadership	• We all sup­port one anoth­er to be exem­plars in our beha­viours and per­form­ance. • We trust and respect each oth­er, which fosters own­er­ship and respons­ib­il­ity. • By vis­ibly cham­pi­on­ing our exem­plary policies and pro­ced­ures, and hold­ing each oth­er to account, we build con­fid­ence and security.

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Appendix 2 Staff and Board equal­ity mon­it­or­ing data

Staff Equal­it­ies Sur­vey 2023 The fol­low­ing sur­vey was sent to 116 mem­bers of the Park Authority’s staff; 90 people com­pleted it. This is a return of 77.59%.

• indic­ates the res­ult was less than four

Do you con­sider your­self to have a disability?
Yes	16
No	73
Prefer not to say	*

Inclu­sion of neurodiverse

If you answered yes, what is the nature of your disability?

Sens­ory impairment
(blind, visu­al impair­ment, deaf, hard of hearing):
Learn­ing dis­ab­il­ity or difficulty	*
(Down’s syn­drome, head injury):
Long stand­ing ill­ness or health condition	*
(can­cer, HIV, dia­betes, chron­ic heart dis­ease or epilepsy)
Men­tal health condition	5
Neurodi­verse (aut­ism, ADHD, dys­lex­ia, dys­cal­culia, dyspraxia)	4
Phys­ic­al impairment
(mobil­ity issues, using arms, wheel­chair user, on crutches)
Prefer not to say	*
Oth­er Condition	*

The Park Author­ity wants to cre­ate an envir­on­ment where our employ­ees feel totally able to be them­selves at work. To assist us with identi­fy­ing where there may be bar­ri­ers to achiev­ing this, it would be help­ful if you could answer the fol­low­ing question.

If you have answered that you have a dis­ab­il­ity, are you opened about your disability?

At home

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Yes	10
Par­tially	4
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

With col­leagues

Yes	5
Par­tially	7
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

With your line manager

Yes	8
Par­tially	4
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

At work in general

Yes	4
Par­tially	5
No	5
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your cur­rent mar­it­al status?
Mar­ried / Civil partnership	43
Sep­ar­ated / Divorced	7
Single	27
Wid­owed	*
I prefer a term not listed	*0
Prefer not to say	*

Age
16 – 24	8
25 – 34	17
35 – 44	26
45 – 54	33
55 – 64	6
65 – 74
Prefer not to say

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What is your sex?
Pre­vi­ously: What was your sex assigned at birth?
Female	44
Male	28
Inter­sex
I prefer a term not listed
Prefer not to say / Blank	18

How do you cur­rently identi­fy your gender?
Same as assigned at birth	86
Trans woman
Trans man
Non-bin­ary	*
Agender / gender neutral	*
I prefer a term not listed	*
Prefer not to say	*

How would you describe your sexu­al orientation?
Asexu­al / Aromantic	*
Bisexu­al	*
Gay, Les­bi­an or Homosexual
Het­ero­sexu­al	58
Mul­tiple identities
Pan or polysexual	*
I prefer a term not listed	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	24

The Park Author­ity wants to cre­ate an envir­on­ment where our employ­ees feel totally able to be them­selves at work. To assist us with identi­fy­ing where there may be bar­ri­ers to achiev­ing this, it would be help­ful if you could answer the fol­low­ing question.

At home

Yes	5
Par­tially	*
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	5

With col­leagues

| Yes | * |

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Par­tially	4
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	5

With your line manager

Yes	*
Par­tially	*
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	6

At work generally

Yes	*
Par­tially	*
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	5

What is your Reli­gion or belief?
Agnost­ic	9
Athe­ist	22
Baha’i	*
Buddhist
Chris­ti­an	14
Eso­ter­ic Tradition
Hindu
Human­ist
Jew­ish
Muslim
No Reli­gious Affiliation	40
Pagan
Rasta­fari
Sikh
Oth­er	*
Prefer not to say	*

Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your ethnicity?
(there were many cat­egor­ies against which to report, but detailed below are just those that were ticked)
Afric­an, Afric­an Scot­tish or Afric­an Brit­ish: African	*
Mixed or Mul­tiple Eth­nic Group	*
White Brit­ish	44

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White Eng­lish	*
White Oth­er	*
White Scot­tish	37
I prefer not to say	*

Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your caring responsibilities?
None	50
Primary carer of a dis­abled adult (18 and over)	*
Primary carer of a child/​children (under 18)	24
Primary carer of an older per­son (65 and over)	*
Primary carer of a dis­abled child/​children (under 18)	5
Sec­ond­ary carer	4
I prefer to self-describe	*
Prefer not to say / Blank

What do you feel is your nation­al identity?
Brit­ish	28
Eng­lish	*
North­ern Irish
Scot­tish	27
Welsh	*
Oth­er

Please indic­ate which Dir­ect­or­ate you work in
Cor­por­ate Ser­vices (inc. Communications)	29
Nature and Cli­mate Change	25
Plan­ning and Place	36

Board Equal­it­ies Sur­vey 2023 The fol­low­ing sur­vey was sent to 19 Park Author­ity Board Mem­bers; 10 people com­pleted it. This is a return of 52.63%.

• indic­ates the res­ult was less than four

Do you con­sider your­self to have a disability?
Yes	*
No	7
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

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Inclu­sion of neurodi­verse If you answered yes, what is the nature of your disability?

Sens­ory impairment
(blind, visu­al impair­ment, deaf, hard of hearing):
Learn­ing dis­ab­il­ity or difficulty
(Down’s syn­drome, head injury):
Long stand­ing ill­ness or health condition
(can­cer, HIV, dia­betes, chron­ic heart dis­ease or epilepsy)
Men­tal health condition
Neurodi­verse (aut­ism, ADHD, dys­lex­ia, dys­cal­culia, dyspraxia)
Phys­ic­al impairment
(mobil­ity issues, using arms, wheel­chair user, on crutches)
Prefer not to say
Oth­er Condition	*

The Park Author­ity wants to cre­ate an envir­on­ment where our employ­ees feel totally able to be them­selves at work. To assist us with identi­fy­ing where there may be bar­ri­ers to achiev­ing this, it would be help­ful if you could answer the fol­low­ing question.

If you have answered that you have a dis­ab­il­ity, are you open about your disability?

At home

Yes
Par­tially
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank

With col­leagues

Yes
Par­tially	*
No
Prefer not to say / Blank

With your line manager

Yes
Par­tially
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

At work in general

Yes
Par­tially	*

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No
Prefer not to say / Blank

Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your cur­rent mar­it­al status?
Mar­ried / Civil partnership	8
Sep­ar­ated / Divorced
Single	*
Wid­owed
I prefer a term not listed
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

Age
16 – 24
25 – 34	*
35 – 44
45 – 54
55 – 64	*
65 – 74	4
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

What is your sex?
Pre­vi­ously: What was your sex assigned at birth?
Female	*
Male	6
Inter­sex
I prefer a term not listed
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

How do you cur­rently identi­fy your gender?
Same as assigned at birth	9
Trans woman
Trans man
Non-bin­ary
Agender / gender neutral
I prefer a term not listed
Prefer not to say	*

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How would you describe your sexu­al orientation?
Asexu­al / Aromantic	*
Bisexu­al
Gay, Les­bi­an or Homosexual
Het­ero­sexu­al	7
Mul­tiple identities
Pan or polysexual
I prefer a term not listed
Prefer not to say / Blank

The Park Author­ity wants to cre­ate an envir­on­ment where our employ­ees feel totally able to be them­selves at work. To assist us with identi­fy­ing where there may be bar­ri­ers to achiev­ing this, it would be help­ful if you could answer the fol­low­ing question.

At home

Yes	8
Par­tially
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

With col­leagues

Yes	8
Par­tially
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

With your line manager

Yes	8
Par­tially
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

At work generally

Yes	8
Par­tially
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

What is your Reli­gion or belief?
Agnost­ic	*
Athe­ist	*
Baha’i

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Buddhist
Chris­ti­an	4
Eso­ter­ic Tradition
Hindu
Human­ist
Jew­ish
Muslim
No Reli­gious Affiliation
Pagan
Rasta­fari
Sikh
Oth­er
Prefer not to say	2

Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your ethnicity?
(there were many cat­egor­ies against which to report, but detailed below are just those that were ticked)
White Brit­ish	4
White Scot­tish	5
I prefer not to say / Blank	*

Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your caring responsibilities?
None	6
Primary carer of a dis­abled adult (18 and over)
Primary carer of a child/​children (under 18)
Primary carer of an older per­son (65 and over)	*
Primary carer of a dis­abled child/​children (under 18)
Sec­ond­ary carer	*
I prefer to self-describe
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

What do you feel is your nation­al identity?
Brit­ish	4
Eng­lish
North­ern Irish
Scot­tish	5
Welsh
Oth­er

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| Prefer not to say / Blank | | Staff Equal­it­ies Sur­vey 2024 The fol­low­ing sur­vey was sent to 107 mem­bers of the Park Author­ity staff; 95 people com­pleted it. This is a return of 88.79%.

• indic­ates the res­ult was less than four

Do you con­sider your­self to have a disability?
Yes	18
No	76
Prefer not to say	*

If you answered yes, what is the nature of your disability?

Sens­ory impairment
(blind, visu­al impair­ment, deaf, hard of hearing):	*
Learn­ing dis­ab­il­ity or difficulty
(Down’s syn­drome, head injury):
Long stand­ing ill­ness or health condition	*
(can­cer, HIV, dia­betes, chron­ic heart dis­ease or epilepsy)
Men­tal health condition	5
Neurodi­verse (aut­ism, ADHD, dys­lex­ia, dys­cal­culia, dyspraxia)	8
Phys­ic­al impairment
(mobil­ity issues, using arms, wheel­chair user, on crutches)
Prefer not to say	*
Oth­er Condition	*

The Park Author­ity wants to cre­ate an envir­on­ment where our employ­ees feel totally able to be them­selves at work. To assist us with identi­fy­ing where there may be bar­ri­ers to achiev­ing this, it would be help­ful if you could answer the fol­low­ing question.

If you have answered that you have a dis­ab­il­ity, are you open about your disability?

At home

Yes	12
Par­tially	4
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

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With col­leagues	7
Yes	7
Par­tially
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

With your line manager

Yes	12
Par­tially	*
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

At work in general

Yes	7
Par­tially	5
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	*

Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your cur­rent mar­it­al status?
Mar­ried / Civil partnership	46
Sep­ar­ated / Divorced	6
Single	25
Wid­owed	*
I prefer a term not listed	10
Prefer not to say	6

Age
16 – 24	*
25 – 34	16
35 – 44	30
45 – 54	35
55 – 64	10
65 – 74	*
Prefer not to say

What is your sex?
Female	51
Male	34
Inter­sex
I prefer a term not listed

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Prefer not to say / Blank	10
How do you cur­rently identi­fy your gender?
Same as assigned at birth	91
Trans woman
Trans man
Non-bin­ary	*
Agender / gender neutral	*
I prefer a term not listed	*
Prefer not to say	*

How would you describe your sexu­al orientation?
Asexu­al / Aromantic	*
Bisexu­al
Gay, Les­bi­an or Homosexual	*
Het­ero­sexu­al	71
Mul­tiple identities
Pan or polysexual	*
I prefer a term not listed	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	16

The Park Author­ity wants to cre­ate an envir­on­ment where our employ­ees feel totally able to be them­selves at work. To assist us with identi­fy­ing where there may be bar­ri­ers to achiev­ing this, it would be help­ful if you could answer the fol­low­ing question.

At home

Yes	66
Par­tially	*
No
Prefer not to say / Blank	27

With col­leagues

Yes	59
Par­tially	*
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	31

With your line manager

Yes	58
Par­tially	*
No	*

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Prefer not to say / Blank	31
At work generally
Yes	58
Par­tially	4
No	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	30

What is your Reli­gion or belief?
Agnost­ic	8
Athe­ist	23
Baha’i	*
Buddhist
Chris­ti­an	14
Eso­ter­ic Tradition
Hindu
Human­ist
Jew­ish
Muslim
No Reli­gious Affiliation	44
Pagan	*
Rasta­fari
Sikh
Oth­er	*
Prefer not to say	*

Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your ethnicity?
(there were many cat­egor­ies against which to report, but detailed below are just those that were ticked)
Afric­an, Afric­an Scot­tish or Afric­an Brit­ish: African	*
Mixed or Mul­tiple Eth­nic Group	*
White Brit­ish	48
White Eng­lish
White North­ern Irish	*
White Oth­er	4
White Scot­tish	36
White Welsh	*
I prefer not to say	*

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Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your caring responsibilities?
None	52
Primary carer of a dis­abled adult (18 and over)
Primary carer of a child/​children (under 18)	28
Primary carer of an older per­son (65 and over)	*
Primary carer of a dis­abled child/​children (under 18)
Sec­ond­ary carer	8
I prefer to self-describe
Prefer not to say / Blank	7

What do you feel is your nation­al identity?
Brit­ish	35
Dutch	*
Scot­tish	23
South Afric­an	*
Welsh	*
Prefer not to say / Blank	33

Please indic­ate which Dir­ect­or­ate you work in
Cor­por­ate Ser­vices (inc. Communications)	46
Nature and Cli­mate Change	18
Plan­ning and Place	31

Board Equal­it­ies Sur­vey 2024 The fol­low­ing sur­vey was sent to 18 Park Author­ity Board Mem­bers; 11 people com­pleted it. This is a return of 61%.

• Indic­ates the res­ult was less than four

Do you con­sider your­self to have a disability?
Yes	*
No	10
Prefer not to say / Blank

Inclu­sion of neurodi­verse If you answered yes, what is the nature of your disability?

Sens­ory impair­ment	*