Career Support for Professional Services and Technical Staff

The IoO is committed to helping Professional Services and Technical staff build their career, offering many opportunities for support.

The IoO supports the following initiatives:

Since 2020, the IoO has organised career advice surgeries for Professional Services and Technical staff. This is a chance for staff to discuss career plans and get one-to-one advice from senior leaders within, and beyond, the Institute. 100% of attendees said they would recommend these career surgeries to colleagues. 

In 2022, we expanded our offering to all Professional Services and Technical staff in the Faculty of Brain Sciences, and from 2023, these are being organised at faculty-level.

IoO staff are able to join the Faculty of Brain Sciences mentoring scheme and gain assistance in identifying and meeting personal and professional objectives. 

For further information, please visit the faculty mentoring scheme webpage. 

As starting a new role can be both an exciting and daunting process, new starters at IoO are allocated a buddy - informal, peer-to-peer support and a friendly face during those first few weeks. 

If you'd like to become a Buddy, please contact Ah-Lai Law, IoO Athena Swan Project Manager (ioo-equality@ucl.ac.uk).  

Events at IoO

We host a series of regular career events, some of which you can watch recorded below:

Career Talk

The IoO invites speakers both within and beyond the Insitute, to share their career journeys and inspire others to achieve their goals or provide motivation to change career path. Organised annually, these events are open to all staff across UCL.

Career Talk: Pathway to Lab Management, 15 May 2022

Career Talk: Pathway to Managing Core Facilities and Clinical Trials, 15 June 2021

Career Talk: Pathway to Operations Management, 3 June 2020

Spotlight on...

A series of informal chats with those in the IoO who work in similar fields, in different team and on different projects. These events are a way to get to know people in the Institute, as well as understand the bredth of experience and pathways to entering the same work sphere. 

Spotlight on... Education Administration, 30 March 2023

Spotlight on... Research Management, 8 June 2022

Spotlight on... Communications, 28 March 2022

Lunch & Learn

These lunch time events provide a quick way to get accquainted with a topic or team in the Insitute. 

  • XLOOKUP and Pivot Tables, delivered by Jim Tyson, Senior IT Trainer, January 2024
  • Intro to Qualtrics, delivered by Vassillis Sideropoulos, Senior Psychology Research Technician, November 2023
  • Introduction to Sustainability at UCL - by Martin Farley (Sustainable Laboratory Manager), 25 January 2023
  • MS Forms - by Wing-Chau Tung (Institute Manager), 9 January 2023
  • 'What is the NIHR Moorfields BRC?' - by Aadil Kazi (BRC Manager), 18 May 2022
  •  MS Teams - by Trudy-Anne Muggridge (Communications and Administration Officer),18 January 2022
  • Basic Excel Skills Training - by Wing-Chau Tung (Institute Manager), 3 November 2022
  • OneDrive - by Wing-Chau Tung (Institute Manager), 30 October 2021

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    - by Wing-Chau Tung (Institute Manager), 5 October 2021
  • E-worklife: Supporting focus and recovering while working from home due to Covid-19 pandemic - by Anna Rudnicka (Research Fellow, UCL Interaction Centre), 11 February 2021
  • Effective Communication - by Diana Sefic-Svara (Imagining Technician), 15 October 2021
  • Getting Started with Worktribe - by Nick Burt (Finance and Research Manager), 23 July 2020

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    - by Krystyna Huszcza (UCL Senior IT Trainer), 11 June 2020 (for

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    users)
  • UCL HR - Who We Are and What We Do - by Mike Higgins (UCL Employment Policy Manager), 14 May 2020
  • Basic Word Skills Training - by Krystyna Huszcza (UCL Senior IT Trainer), 26 March 2020
  • Axiom / Excel Pivot Tables - by Zohra Hamidi (Finance Manager), 6 February 2020
  • Basic Excel Skills Training - by Zohra Hamidi (Finance Manager), 20 January 2020

Accessing Accelerated Increments

Non-clinical staff in grades 1-9 may be awarded an additional increment or contributon point if they meet certain critiera. To ensure all IoO staff receive enough information about this process, we invited Geoff Dunk, Faculty Director of Operations, to give an explanatory talk, using real examples of successful applications. 

Accelerated Increments and Contribution Points talk - Geoff Dunk, 30 March. 

Meet the Directors allows PS&T staff the opportunity to communicate views and questions to senior management either directly or anonymously via Slido. 

  • Meet the Directors – July 2024
  • Meet the Directors – July 2023
  • Meet the Directors – May 2022
  • Meet the Directors – April 2021