Join our team

Our current vacancies

• Trustee, UK-wide

  The Medical Research Foundation is overseen by a Board of Trustees which has ultimate responsibility for directing the charity, its assets and its activities. We are seeking to complement the current strengths of our Board with a trustee who has Board-level communications or marketing experience. Ideally you will be familiar with the principles of corporate governance in the public or charitable sector.

  The Board typically meets four times a year, either virtually or in central London. As part of their appointment, trustees are also asked to sit on the Board’s committees, and to attend occasional evening events. The position is voluntary and not remunerated, although reasonable expenses are paid, such as travel and childcare while attending our meetings and events.

  Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us, and we encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Trustees are supported throughout their appointment with training and development opportunities, and we welcome applications from individuals are who new to charity trusteeship.

  The appointment will commence in June 2025 for a three-year term in the first instance.

  Please see the Recruitment Pack for further details on the role.

  How to apply

  Please complete an Application Form and submit together with a short curriculum vitae (2 pages max) and the completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, to governance@medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk or by post to Medical Research Foundation, 99 Charterhouse Street, London EC1M 6HR.

  Closing date: 14 February 2025, 12 noon

  Interview date: 6 March 2025

  Recruitment pack

  Application form

  Equal Opportunities Monitoring form

• Facilities and IT Support Officer

  London, £30,000-£35,000 depending on experience, 36 hours per week, permanent

  Do you enjoy problem-solving? Are you customer service focused? Are you confident in using existing software and have an interest in new and emerging technology? If you are looking for the next step in your facilities management or IT career, you could be our next Facilities and IT Support Officer.

  Working for us means you will be supporting our mission to lay the foundations for ground-breaking new discoveries and life-changing advances. We give hope to people whose health conditions are overlooked, by supporting research in areas that are underfunded. We invest in the brightest and best researchers, ensuring the next generation of scientists can continue to solve the biggest challenges facing human health. We are a broad and ambitious medical research funder and we operate to the highest professional standards.

  As our Facilities and IT Support Officer you will play a crucial role in delivering our new five-year strategy, Giving hope through life-changing medical research, by ensuring our office operates efficiently and effectively, and our team are supported with a first class operations function.

  Your main responsibilities

  - Maintaining the office including liaising with external service providers for the maintenance of fixtures and fittings, H&S equipment and supplies such as fire prevention/detection/fighting equipment, and other service contracts. Troubleshooting facilities issues as they arise, escalating as necessary.

  - Supporting the discharge of the organisation’s health and safety responsibilities by undertaking H&S risk assessments, managing Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments, creating Personal Evacuation Plans, carrying out health and safety inductions for new starters and serving as a member of the charity’s fire marshal and first aider team.

  - Acting as the primary contact for our IT service provider, liaising with them to resolve problems with office equipment or software. Supporting staff and visitors with IT-related matters, resolving common IT issues where possible, delivering training and developing training guides on IT equipment and software.

  - Processing new starters including liaising with the IT service provider for the provision of new accounts and equipment; setting up new accounts in the house style and adding users to email and chat distribution lists; inducting new staff on the use of IT equipment and software. Arranging the closure of accounts of leavers and managing the retrieval of IT equipment. Managing secure access provisions to the charity’s offices.

  - Supporting the implementation of policies and practices which put environmental sustainability at the forefront of our business operations and our office.

  - Supporting office design planning and reconfigurations or moves, ensuring the office meets the needs of our growing team.

  What you will bring

  We would like to hear from you if you:

  - Have experience in facilities management or providing IT support.

  - Have experience in fulfilling (or a demonstrable understanding) of office health and safety requirements.

  - Can find solutions to problems and take responsibility for ensuring these are resolved.

  - Are able to negotiate and manage relationships with external providers, such as trades people.

  - Can demonstrate a good level of general IT skills and assist others with resolving common issues.

  - Can confidently work with the Microsoft 365 package (specifically excellent M/S Word, and good M/S Excel, M/S Teams, M/S SharePoint).

  - Can demonstrate an understanding of basic ‘backend’ IT administration, such as printer setup, user account settings, shared mailboxes).

  - Can provide excellent customer service.

  Our offer

  - £30,000-£35,000 depending on experience, full-time (36 hour week); willing to consider part-time (min. 0.8 FTE)

  - 30 days of annual leave per year plus bank holidays (some of which can be used flexibly)

  - 10% maximum employer pension contribution

  - Life insurance at four times salary

  - Enhanced family-related leave and sickness leave

  - Learning and development programmes and external training opportunities

  - Generous additional benefits including regular team lunches, annual health assessments and optional social programme

  - The opportunity to join a dedicated team making a difference to human health

  We value spending time working in-person to develop strong connections with each other and with our mission. As the role will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the day-to-day management of our office in Central London, it will be suited to somebody looking for a position that is predominantly office-based (Monday-Thursday), although there will be opportunities for remote working (Fridays).

  How to apply

  Send your CV, a brief supporting statement and a completed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) form to hr@medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk. Please ensure that your application sets out clearly how you meet each of the competencies described above under ‘what you will bring’, noting that we will only consider applications that include both a CV and a supporting statement.

  Your application will be anonymised before it is considered by the panel. The panel will not have access to your EDI form.

  We recognise the potential of generative AI to contribute to the creative process and we encourage its ethical and constructive use. This includes acknowledging it whenever it is used. Therefore, please reference generative AI in your written application if you have used it.

  Closing date: 05 February 2025

  Interviews: 17 February 2025

  Job description