Job Description

Inclusive Practice Adviser

Salary: 61,100
Closing date: Sunday 27, July, 2025
Contract type: Permanent
Interview dates: Week commencing, Monday 18, August 2025

Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library exploring health and human experience, where you can enjoy exhibitions, museum and library collections, public events, and a vibrant shop and cafe. We also publish books and online stories.

This is a great time to join Wellcome Collection as we embark on an exciting period of change. Wellcome Collection has recently introduced a new ten-year strategy and this role will play an important part in bringing to life our vision of a world where everyone's experience of health matters.

Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation that supports science to build a healthier future for everyone. Wellcome Trust plans to spend 16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won't be solved by science alone.

We are looking for an Inclusive Practice Advisor to join our team on a permanent basis.

Where in Wellcome will I be working?

Wellcomes vision of a heathier future for everyone is underpinned by an equity framework that articulates; that to achieve this vision, we must drive equitable outcomes. To drive equitable health outcomes Wellcome will advance inclusive practices that broaden the range of people leading, participating in and benefiting from science.

This role will join the Wellcome Collection's Access Diversity and Inclusion team, which is situated in Equitable Research Practice team within Wellcome Trust's broader Equity department.

This post holder will work across Wellcome Collection and the Equity department to champion anti-ablism and anti-racism in our ways of working. Championing inclusive and participatory approaches in the design and delivery of our museum and library service, so that we can contribute to our vision of a world where everyone's experience of health matters.

This is a matrixed team that focuses on Wellcome Collections cross disciplinary practices while working withing the wider Equity community of practice that offers insight's from Wellcome's global efforts across discovery research and funded solutions programmes.

What will I be doing?

This exciting role joins the wider Wellcome Collection Access, Diversity and Inclusion team that support Wellcome Collection to confidently embed equity practices when working towards creating a world where everyone's experience of health matters. This will be done through delivery of Wellcome Collection's new AD&I strategic plan which aims to ensure diverse audiences engage with and feel a sense of belonging to Wellcome Collection by helping to embed critical and inclusive practices in our processes and culture.

We are looking for an Inclusive Practice adviser who can:Advocate for anti-racism and anti-oppressive practices within varied disciplines across the museum, archive and library. With strong understanding of intersectional approaches and awareness of anti-ablism, acting as a critical voice that encourages reflective practice and improvements to process and practices that will lead towards more equitable access and outcomes. Support individuals and teams to develop and improve their practices, through a coaching approach that opens pathways to explore nuanced barriers and opportunities in the pursuit of inclusive practice. Support piloted interventions to improve practices by supporting teams to incubate and evaluate ideas, ensuring appropriate people are included, informed or consulted. Design, commission and lead work to explore anti-racism, anti-ablism and intersectional learning across Wellcome collections, using your expertise in these areas to contribute to the community of practice within the Equity directorate. Contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation, collaborating across departments.

Is this job for me?

You are a confident communicator who can design and deliver inclusive, participatory projects in a museum or cultural context, ensuring underrepresented voices actively shape content and experiences. You will be experienced in utilising specialist knowledge of anti-discriminatory methods, to empower Deaf, disabled, racially minoritised, and other marginalised communities in collaborative projects. You will be aware of power dynamics when working with different communities, with a culture of enabling user and participant needs to be articulated and implemented effectively. You will also enjoy building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and understand the importance of these relationships for equitable and inclusive practice.

To apply for this role please submit an updated CV and answer 2 application questions to demonstrate that you meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Minimum CriteriaAbility to design and deliver inclusive, participatory projects in a museum or cultural context, ensuring underrepresented voices actively shape content and experiences Deep specialism and demonstrable success in implementing anti-discriminatory methods, with practical knowledge of approaches that empower Deaf, disabled, racially minoritised, and other marginalised communities Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and change management skills, capable of influencing both internal teams and external community partners to embed inclusive practice effectively

You can view the full job description on our website.

You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website

Our Hybrid Way of Working

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.

At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do

Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at jobs@wellcome.org.

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