EDI Coordinator (Maternity Cover)

About us

About us Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range o f teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award. Please only attach relevant documents to your application (qualifications, cover letters, supporting statements) and avoid attaching large files e.g. research papers, thesis, publications etc.

About the role

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 practic e, identifying opportunities for collaboration across the partnership and enhancing structures that will support the implementation of our equality objectives. This is a maternity cover role 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.

About you

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.

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