{"id":1828,"date":"2023-09-04T08:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T08:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2023-09-04T08:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T08:38:53","slug":"jacyra-da-silva-baptista-staffing-and-edi-coordinator-national-lung-and-heart-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/2023\/09\/04\/jacyra-da-silva-baptista-staffing-and-edi-coordinator-national-lung-and-heart-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacyra Da Silva Baptista, Staffing and EDI Coordinator, National Lung and Heart Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cAs a Black woman working in education, I understand that there are many barriers to women of colour taking up leadership positions. I want to help dismantle not just race, but disability and gender-based biases, making NHLI\u2019s working environment as inclusive as possible.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When I graduated from Aston university with a degree in Management and Strategy in 2010, I didn\u2019t have a clear vision of what my career would lead to. During that time, the economy was just recovering from a recession, it was a huge struggle to find graduate level jobs, and I felt overwhelmed and lost. I applied for a great number of jobs and eventually stumbled into the wonderful world of education.<\/p>\n

I worked as a student support officer at an independent education provider and then I moved on to another role in a contemporary music college as a wellbeing adviser. I felt like I had finally found my feet, but three years later I was made redundant. I knew I wanted to stay in education as I really enjoyed helping students and working within a learning-focused environment.<\/p>\n

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Imperial came to the rescue, and I landed a job at the School of Public Health<\/a>. Seven years later I made a sideways move to the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI)<\/a> where I now work as a Staffing and EDI Coordinator. My job is incredibly varied, and I cover a range of roles from HR (academic recruitment, promotion, probation), event planning and helping\u00a0coordinate the NHLI EDI activities.<\/p>\n

Being a part of the EDI committee has been a great source of pride for me. As a Black woman working in education, I understand that there are many barriers to women of colour taking up leadership positions. I want to help dismantle not just race, but disability and gender-based biases, making NHLI\u2019s working environment as inclusive as possible. One of the main tasks I look forward to working on is improving parity across the job levels especially for Professional, Technical and Operational staff.<\/p>\n

As my eighth year working at Imperial approaches, I look forward to seeing how my portfolio of work evolves and how the College adapts to all the changes ahead.<\/p>\n

Outside of work I enjoy writing, watching true crime documentaries and listening to a very wide variety of music genres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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