Organisational Development (OD) and Engagement Advisor

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

The OD and Engagement Advisor reports to the OD and Engagement Manager within the HR department. The postholder will work with other team members, colleagues in HR and wider Crick to support a range of OD, culture, change and engagement projects aligned to the people strategy. Our people ambition is to attract and develop outstanding scientists and future leaders and to create an environment that enables collaboration, is inclusive and allows our community to thrive.

The advisor role includes a mix of supporting or leading OD projects and change initiatives, engaging with a range of stakeholders and making best use of survey data, research and insights to determine needs. We work collaboratively to design and deliver innovative and impactful solutions for our community.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead or support on the development and execution of OD interventions and change projects and wider activities that support the Crick’s strategy and OD agenda; from initial scoping through to completion and embedding into day-to-day practice, including preparing documentation for reporting and communication activities
• Manage the roll out and delivery of the Crick’s Leadership Programme
• Set up and manage working groups or forums to collaborate on projects, building internal capacity so that groups are empowered and equipped to co-create solutions
• Set up, design and deliver facilitated sessions, workshops and events to support engagement activities and build community, making best use of digital solutions where appropriate
• Support the rollout of the ‘all staff’ engagement survey (every 2 years), including set up, communication and engagement activities to encourage participation, dissemination of results and action planning
• Set up and manage pulse surveys and other continuous listening activities including dissemination of results

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.

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