Job Title: Culture and Talent Co-ordinator
Location: London 
Job Type: Permanent with a hybrid working environment 

Agencies: We will only work with recruitment partners on our preferred supplier list and will not engage with speculative CVs submitted.

Are you passionate about making life science life changing and delivering impact for patients? We want to hear from you. 

About the role:

The Culture and Talent Co-ordinator play a key role in supporting the organisation’s Culture, training and development activities. This role ensures the effective running of an efficient, professional, and inclusive service.

This role provides high-quality coordination and administrative support across the employee lifecycle, ensuring the effective delivery of programmes that enhance the employee experience, organisational culture, and talent development.

The postholder will work closely with the Culture & Talent team, HR Business Partners, and wider stakeholders to ensure activities are delivered efficiently, data is maintained accurately, and colleagues receive a positive and consistent experience.

About you:

Key responsibilities include:

Culture & Engagement

• Contribute to the planning and delivery of organisational culture and engagement activities, including staff surveys, engagement initiatives, culture campaigns
• Help coordinate action planning processes following employee feedback

• Maintaining trackers and support communications and reporting on engagement activity and outcomes
• Support the delivery of initiatives that build inclusion, wellbeing and belonging
• Work closely with our internal networks to plan and deliver events, campaigns and awareness initiatives

Talent & Development Coordination

• Coordinate activities for talent programmes, including emerging talent, leadership development and succession planning
• Arrange scheduling, logistics and communications for learning and development activities

• Maintain accurate records of participation, feedback and programme outcomes
• Assist in tracking development plans and talent data where required

Onboarding Support

• Coordinate onboarding activities to ensure a smooth and welcoming experience for new starters
• Prepare induction materials and arrange sessions where required
• Contribute to culture and employer brand activity

• Collate feedback and data, and prepare reports 

Data, Reporting & Systems

• Maintain accurate data across HR systems, including Culture Amp, ATS and internal trackers
• Prepare regular reports on engagement, culture and talent metrics

• Ensuring that data is handled in line with GDPR and organisational standards
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, reporting and data quality

Coordination & Stakeholder Support

• Acting as a key point of contact for general queries relating to culture, engagement and talent initiatives
• Coordinating meetings, workshops and events including booking rooms, logistics, materials
• Supporting with communications and materials for internal campaigns and programmes
• Working collaboratively across HR and the wider organisation to ensure aligned delivery

Essential experience required: 

• Experience of working in a fast paced, delivery focussed in-house team 
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships
• Experience coordinating training, events and staff engagement activities

• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to handle confidential information appropriately 

• Confident user of Microsoft Office tools, including Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint 
• Experience working with data and/or HR systems 
• A commitment to providing an inclusive, positive and professional experience for colleagues, candidates and hiring managers

Desirable:

• Experience of working in Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, charity, or not-for-profit organisation

Education:

• Educated to A-level standard or equivalent, or able to demonstrate relevant experience in culture and talent, HR administration or a similar people-focused role
• Relevant vocational qualifications or HR training would be an advantage

Skills & abilities:

• Strong commitment to the organisation’s mission and principles
• Collaborative and service-oriented approach
• Ability to work independently and proactively, and at pace
• Professional and compassionate approach when engaging with stakeholders
• Able to work with ambiguity, and see change as an opportunity  
• Delivery focussed
• Strong attention to detail 

About us:

LifeArc is a not-for-profit life science organisation, leading the way for change in rare diseases in the UK and supporting promising initiatives in global health. We seek out research in areas of unmet need that has great potential, providing support to help it become breakthroughs that change lives.

What we can offer you:

Focused on finding life changing solutions for underserved patients, our people thrive in an inclusive, and supportive environment that prioritises their health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary approach guarantees our people growth opportunities, while our culture of innovation and collaboration drives the impact we make delivering on our purpose of ‘putting patients at the centre of everything we do’. 

LifeArc is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term health condition who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Please note that in certain situations, such as high volumes of applications, it may not be practical to interview all eligible candidates. In these cases, we may need to select those who best meet the essential criteria. (At LifeArc, the Disability Confident Scheme’s ‘minimum criteria’ is referred to as ‘essential criteria’)

Salary will be determined by qualifications and experience along with other exceptional benefits. Because we understand everyone has different requirements, our flexible benefits allow you to choose those which are important to you. Our pension scheme offers employer contributions of up to 12%, private health insurance, and annual leave of 31 days PLUS bank holidays. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, for example, are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At LifeArc we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so whatever your background or lived experience, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Our top priority is finding the best candidate, and you may be just right for this or other roles. 

We all have potential. At LifeArc, you’ll discover what you can really do with it.