Diversity & Inclusion Officer in City of Westminster

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced individual to join the Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) in Human Neural Development as Senior Research Culture, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (CEDI) Officer. The Centre brings together researchers, clinicians, patients and families across three world‑leading universities: King's College London, University College London and The University of Manchester. Funded for 14 years, the Centre will investigate the neurobiological principles governing human brain maturation during early development. Research Culture, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is central to the Centre's mission, supported by a dedicated CEDI Lead and a dynamic action plan, to ensure that the Centre is inclusive, equitable and responsive to the communities it serves. The post holder will coordinate the delivery, monitoring and evaluation of the Centre's Research Culture and CEDI action plan across this multi‑site programme. Working closely with the CEDI Lead, Centre leadership, workstream leads, professional services colleagues and public contributors, they will help turn strategic commitments into practical, measurable and evidence‑informed activity. A central part of the role will be to support implementation of the action plan. This will include coordinating activities across the three universities, supporting panels and working groups, developing delivery trackers, maintaining evidence sources, collecting and summarising data, and contributing to evaluation of reach, adoption, feasibility, implementation and impact. The post holder will help ensure that Centre activities are inclusive, accessible and aligned with the Equality Act 2010, and that equity considerations are embedded in recruitment, development, training, communications, public involvement and reporting. The role requires strong organisational and communication skills, confidence working with diverse stakeholders, and the ability to use qualitative and quantitative information to support learning and improvement. It will suit someone with experience in research culture, equality, diversity and inclusion, public involvement, implementation, evaluation or complex programme coordination. The post will be based in the Department of Community & Health Systems Science in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine and will be line managed by Professor Seeromanie Harding. The Department has substantial expertise in the implementation and evaluation of complex systems interventions locally and internationally, with a strong emphasis on equity and improving access to development opportunities across academic and professional‑services staff. It is also the academic home of Professor Emily Williams, Vice Dean (People & Culture) and Professor of Diversity, Development and Inclusion, providing access to wider expertise and research‑culture initiatives across King's and the university sector. This is a part‑time post (17.5 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed‑term contract until 30 September 2033. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King's guidance.

Essential criteria

• MSc in health‑related discipline.
• Clear understanding of research culture, CEDI, equity principles and inclusive practices.
• Experience in supporting the implementation and evaluation of complex interventions, and familiarity with applying implementation and evaluation frameworks (e.g., RE‑AIM, PRISM, Proctor outcomes).
• Demonstrable skills in qualitative methods for implementation and evaluation of complex interventions.
• Excellent communication, coordination, organisational and time‑management skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders and public groups while managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent data management skills, including the ability to record, extract, analyse, interpret and present data to support equity‑focused, evidence‑based decision‑making.
• Experience managing or coordinating Lived Experience, public involvement or advisory panels in an equitable way, across different sites/institutions.
• Relevant publications, reports or outputs in implementation & evaluation, equity, CEDI or research culture.

Desirable criteria

• Experience creating accessible and inclusive communications materials in a variety of formats for different audiences.
• A proactive, solutions‑focused approach, with ability to work independently using sound professional judgement, contribute effectively as part of a team and support evidence‑informed continuous improvement.

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM) is one of the UK's largest and most successful centres for biomedical research and education, ranked 9th globally in the QS World University Rankings 2026. We bring together internationally leading strengths in basic, translational and clinical science, advancing human health through world‑class research and education that benefit communities locally, nationally and globally. Our work focuses on prevention, prediction, diagnosis and management of health conditions, with growing emphasis on experimental medicine, advanced therapies, digital health and AI. Collaboration is central to our mission, with interdisciplinary teams working across the Faculty to maximise collective expertise. FoLSM employs more than 2,000 staff across six Schools and the cross‑cutting Centre for Education. We are committed to building an equitable, inclusive and diverse community, hold a Silver Athena Swan award and contribute to equality programmes across King's. Based across four campuses (Guy's, St Thomas', Waterloo and Denmark Hill) we work closely with our NHS Hospital Trust partners under the King's Health Partners Umbrella. Our 8,500 students study programmes spanning Medicine, Pharmacy, Nutrition & Dietetics, Physiotherapy and biomedical sciences. Our research excellence is reflected in REF2021, where 94.1% of submissions were rated world‑leading or internationally excellent. Our research is supported by strong national and international partnerships, including with the Francis Crick Institute. School of Life Course & Population Health Sciences The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of six Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King's College London. The School unites over 500 experts in a wide range of population health sciences including women and children's health, life course sciences, nutritional sciences, Health AI, preventive medicine and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life's landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women's Health cluster) for REF was rated as world‑leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King's Denmark Hill, Guy's, St Thomas's and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across eight Departments. At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

Grade and Salary : £42,819 per annum pro rata inclusive of London Weighting Allowance (pro -rata) Job ID : 160505

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