Senior Inclusion Officer (STEM Partnerships)

Job scope and purpose

The Royal Society's mission is to promote excellence in science and the application of science for the benefit of humanity. A diverse and inclusive scientific workforce is central to the achievement of the Society's mission - bringing together the widest range of talents, backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to maximise scientific innovation and creativity. The Royal Society recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion in driving scientific excellence, innovation and societal impact. Our EDI strategy is designed to ensure that all individuals regardless of their background, identity or circumstances have equitable opportunities to thrive.

The Diversity & Inclusion Team supports the Royal Society to embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) into all its activities, produce data and insight to understand impact and progress on DEI and engage with internal and external stakeholders to promote awareness and understanding of DEI in STEM. The team works closely with the Royal Society Diversity and Inclusion Committee, which oversees a programme of activities designed to achieve these objectives. The Diversity team also works in partnership with other learned societies and academies.

This role has been created to ensure that the Society does all it can to embed DEI into its engagement activities, to develop external partnerships that support engagement with diverse or under-represented groups in STEM and to develop projects or research to reduce barriers to these groups. The role is responsible for developing, managing, and strengthening relationships that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion across STEM education and research to support equitable access, inclusive practices, and impactful programming.

The main purpose of the role is to:

• Build knowledge, awareness and understanding of DEI with the Society's external engagement teams to ensure DEI is a golden thread throughout their activities.
• Promote DEI to our STEM communities to ensure the Royal Society is seen as a champion of inclusion and to encourage engagement from people from diverse or underrepresented groups
• Improve knowledge and awareness of DEI across STEM more widely.

The role requires a thorough understanding of current issues relating to DEI in the STEM environment, proven experience of building successful networks and partnerships both internally and externally and experience of communicating and influencing different and diverse audiences. The successful candidate will be able to recognise, understand and respond to the needs to both internal and external stakeholders and bring balance to competing priorities. They will be a strong advocate for inclusion with a background in stakeholder engagement and project management, an excellent team player with strong communication and influencing skills and a deep understanding of systemic barriers within STEM fields.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Reports to: Head of Diversity and Inclusion

Line manages: Inclusion Officer (Partnerships)

Pay band: D

Salary: £40,000 to £47,000 per annum

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG plus the option for some hybrid remote working

Closing date for applications: 17 April 2026 at 23:59pm

Interviews will be held: 6 May 2026