EDI Coordinator

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

On-Site nursery

On-site gym

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

Discounted medical insurance

The successful candidate is able to work across the child health campus partnership with both university and NHS colleagues and managing priorities between two different organisations. You will have strong interpersonal, communication and project management skills and can coordinate and deliver events and seminars as well as specific projects.

You will have an understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion issues and challenges, and how these impact on the staff and students within a University and/or NHS research setting, as well as be able to work proactively and positively with a wide range of colleagues across the different Faculties and Departments. Excellent communication and presentation skills and a focus on delivering results and managing change within large and complex organisations are essential.

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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An exciting opportunity to work across GOS ICH and GOSH to use your professional skills and experience in project and programme management to support the development and implementation of the GOS ICH and GOSH Research and Innovation (R&I) EDI Strategies and Initiatives.

The role is a maternity cover for 12 months. It requires a self-starter with in-depth knowledge of managing EDI strategies and implementing activities as set out in our Athena Swan Gold Action Plan over the next period. The role will also support with the EDI strategies and content for the next NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) bid.

The role holder will primarily be responsible for embedding equality, diversity and inclusion across the GOSH Biomedical Research Centre, GOSH Research and Innovation and GOS ICH for staff, students, research participants and their families. This will include further development and implementation of the EDI and research inclusion strategies, reviewing current policy and practice, identifying opportunities for collaboration across the partnership and enhancing structures that will support the implementation of our equality objectives.

This is a full time maternity cover role (hybrid - 60% on site) to start in January 2027 funded for 12 months in the first instance or upon the return of the original post holder, whichever is sooner. The salary offered is £43,981 - £49,943 per annum.

Interviews are due to take place on the afternoon of Tuesday 20th October.