Barcelona Ref. 2026/029

Call for a A5 Manager the People and Culture Unit. Deadline: March 4th, 2026, 3:00 pm

About the Unit / Group

The People and Culture Area at IR Sant Pau works transversally with leaders, teams, and researchers to create a work environment that enables people to develop their full potential and allows ideas to thrive in an international research context. Reporting to the People and Culture Directorate, its mission is to attract, develop, and retain highly specialized professionals.

Essential requirements

Minimum required qualification: Higher Education Degree (Bachelor’s / University Degree) related to the position.
Proven experience of at least 4 years in a similar role.
Experience in public, research, healthcare, academic, or related environments.
Oral and written knowledge of the two official languages of Catalonia. Catalan level C or, alternatively, the selected candidate must demonstrate, or commit to acquiring, within no more than one year, an adequate knowledge of both official languages in Catalonia.
Intermediate level of English.
Advanced knowledge of office software tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.). Skills will be valued
Specialized postgraduate studies.
Experience in cultural transformation processes and organizational development.
Experience leading strategic HR projects.

Functions

Design and fully develop the institutional talent selection strategy.
Define and implement the institute’s professional career model.
Design, coordinate, and monitor professional development programs.
Define, promote, and ensure the management of the institute’s values and organizational culture.
Strategically identify internal and external talent to meet institutional needs (succession plans, new needs, growth, etc.).
Establish, analyze, and monitor HR management indicators applied to talent management.
Promote, coordinate, and evaluate actions within the HRS4R Action Plan.
Participate in the negotiation, drafting, and monitoring of the Equality Plan.
Promote continuous improvement and innovation in people management processes.
Any other tasks assigned by the People and Culture Directorate.

Offered

Permanent contract.
Annual working time of 1,627.50 hours (37.5 hours/week).
Salary according to the collective agreement.
Work group: People and Culture.
Start date: immediate.

Documentation and deadline for submission

Interested parties should preferably deliver the documentation (1) in PDF, by e-mail to the Management of the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation, address ir_seleccio@santpau.cat , indicating the reference 2026/029:

(1) Application letter and updated Curriculum Vitae and signed Data Processing Authorization**

At the request of the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation, the candidates must present the documentation accrediting the merits mentioned in the curriculum vitae.

Applications will be resolved within a maximum period of one month from the end of the deadline for submission of documentation. At the end of this period, without having been notified of an express resolution, the interested parties will be entitled to understand that their applications have been rejected.

Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation may declare this call for applications closed if, according to its criteria, the candidates does not meet the conditions that the Institution considers necessary to fill the position.

The interpretation of the requirements and their enforceability to the candidates will be exclusive to the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation.

**It is essential to attach the duly signed data processing authorization (document

attached at the end of the call)***

The deadline for submitting applications will end on March 4th 2026 , at 3:00 p.m.

sited at C. Sant Quintí, 77-79, 08041, Barcelona, Tel: 93 291 90 50, NIF: G-60136934,

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CV * Accepted File Extensions: PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, TXT (max 10 MB)

Cover letter * Accepted File Extensions: PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, TXT (max 10 MB)

Authorisation of personal data processing

AUTHORISATION FOR THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Dear candidate,

The Sant Pau Research Foundation (Fundació Institut de Recerca de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau), with tax ID G-60136934 and registered office at C/Sant Quintí, 77-79, 08024 Barcelona, as data controller, informs you that it will process your data for the following purposes:

Receipt of applications.
Analysis of applications with the aim of recruiting the candidate to the team of the Sant Pau Research Foundation, for a current vacancy and for future selection processes matching your profile.
Conducting personnel selection processes, as well as formalising the hiring of the candidate, where applicable.
Complying with the required legal obligations.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is the legitimate interest in managing this job offer, in accordance with Article 6.1 b) of the General Data Protection Regulation, given that your data are necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the application, at the data subject’s request, of pre-contractual measures.

Likewise, we inform you that your data (i) will only be processed by those departments or areas of the Institute that, according to their competences and functions, have an interest in personnel selection; (ii) may be disclosed to public authorities and bodies for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, as well as to service providers and third parties necessary for the management and execution of the relationships arising from the application; and (iii) will be retained for the periods foreseen for the prescription of legal liabilities.

Finally, we inform you that you have the right to access your personal data, to rectify them, to request their deletion, to object to their processing and to withdraw your consent to such processing. In certain circumstances you may request the limitation of the processing of your personal data, in which case we will only keep them for the exercise or defence of claims. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority. If you have any question about the processing of your data you can contact the entity’s Data Protection Officer by sending an email to dpo@santpau.cat.

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