Research Fellow (0.2 FTE)

IOE is UCL Faculty of Education and Society.

Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The Department of Education, Practice and Society (EPS) has specialists from a wide variety of disciplines including history, sociology and philosophy who undertake research to support education throughout the life course by contributing to economic, social and political debate as well as development in societies, nationally and internationally.

The INCLUDE project drives institutional change towards gender equality and inclusiveness by co-designing, implementing, and evaluating innovative measures to advance Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) within seven public BioMedical Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) and one private Research and Technology Organization (RTO) using intersectional and intersectoral approaches.

The primary purpose of this role is to advance intersectional gender equality within the Biomedical Research & Innovation sector by supporting the development, implementation, and evaluation of Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) across a European consortium of research organisations.

You will be a strategic thinker and effective communicator with experience in gender equality, inclusivity, and organisational change.

Utilising your expertise as a gender specialist, you will bring a deep understanding of European GEPs, along with fluency in more than one European language, to drive inclusive strategies and build internal capacities within partner institutions.

Expertise with qualitative methods as well as organisational research will be essential. Examples of relevant expertise include: Experience of working with a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, extensive project management experience in European research projects focused on gender equality, along with a PhD in gender and organisational studies, are highly desirable.

This post is on a part-time basis (0.2 FTE/ 7.3 hours per week) and is initially funded until December 2026.

Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

For a full job description and to apply for this role please visit UCL’s online recruitment portal (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs) and search using vacancy reference B16-01668

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits.

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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