About us
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, with an active role in promoting co-operation in physics around the world. We strive to make physics accessible to people from all backgrounds.
Working for the Institute
The IOP is a friendly and ambitious organisation. Inclusion and diversity are central to our work and we have a ‘work anywhere’ policy to make working at the IOP as flexible as possible. Looking after our colleagues and supporting them in life and work is our priority, ensuring they can live their best lives, with competitive salaries, professional development opportunities and generous benefits.
Our comprehensive benefits package including:
- An excellent pension scheme - (up to 12% company contribution)
- Private medical insurance, life assurance, dental insurance, health care cash plan (via salary sacrifice) eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccinations, long service awards, employee assistance programme
- Floating bank holidays (choose where to take your bank holidays throughout the year)
- Generous annual leave (25 days starting as a standard)
- Flexible working and much more!
How will I be working?
The Institute of Physics is an inclusive employer and our people are at the heart of our approach to delivery. Following the impact of COVID-19, we have developed a new, innovative and exciting trust-based model of flexible working called How We Work. This empowers our staff to choose both individually and as a team how, when and where they work to deliver the goals of the organisation, acknowledging that there will be occasions where in-person meetings, collaborations and events will help generate greater impact. The How We Work initiative is based on the principles of collaboration, trust, flexibility and agility. You will be allocated a ‘base’ office which can also be a chosen place of work.
Our culture
A friendly, positive, open, relaxed but purposeful environment - that’s how it feels to work here at the Institute. Whatever area of the organisation you join us in, you'll soon discover that there are some feelings and experiences that are universal. We like to think we’ve got the kind of environment here that encourages people to do well and to enjoy what they do, created because we believe in treating each other with respect, and offering everyone equal opportunities.
Your development
We really value our people and recognise the importance of a highly skilled and motivated workforce - that’s why we’re so committed to providing quality training and development. As every employee has different needs, we vary programmes to suit you, including structured training, external training events for groups and individuals, in-house group training, skills lunches, on the job training and much more.
Our employment policy
The Institute has achieved Investors in People accreditation. This means we support and facilitate the continuous training and development of all our employees. We recognise the contribution made by our employees and that our success to date has been made possible by their talent, enthusiasm and commitment. We also appreciate how important their continual support is in realising our future plans.
As we aim to be an equal opportunities employer, the Institute opposes all forms of unlawful discrimination and values diversity in the work place. We believe that the recognition of individual ability and merit, the absence of discrimination and the promotion of positive attitudes towards diversity will result in the most productive deployment of skills, talent, expertise and competence across the organisation. The roles within the Institute range across a variety of professional and support areas within a number of our directorates.