King's College London

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About us

The IoPPN is a leading centre for mental health and neuroscience research in Europe. It produces more highly cited outputs (top 1% citations) on psychiatry and mental health than any other centre (SciVal 2023), and on this metric has risen from 16th (2014) to 4th (2023) in the world for highly cited neuroscience outputs.

Located at both the Denmark Hill and Guy's campuses, we have a rich history of pioneering research, enhancing patient care, influencing policy change, raising awareness of conditions affecting the brain or sharing knowledge through education. 

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and skilled individual to take a pivotal role in the coordination, management, and successful delivery of high-quality education administration within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.

The Senior Programme Manager, Taught Programmes plays a key role within the Education Support Team (EST), leading and managing the operations of all taught programmes in the faculty to provide an outstanding student experience and services to academic and professional services colleagues.

Working closely with the Associate Director, Education and key stakeholders within the faculty, the role holder will significantly contribute to the development of improvements in service delivery, establishing professional procedures within clearly defined university policy, and managing organisational change.

The post holder will be responsible for managing and planning their own workload and that of their team, which will involve liaising and coordinating activities across several departments; both within the faculty and at college level, ensuring deadlines are met. The post holder will also represent the faculty at college level committees and meetings, or working groups, ensuring that the faculty is operating in line with regulations, guidelines and best practice.

Managing a large diverse team, with 5 direct reports, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the workload and responsibilities are appropriately distributed amongst the team, that operational targets are met, and that the structure and operations of the team meets the needs of the faculty.

This is a full-time post, and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

The post is based at the Denmark Hill Campus, and this is currently a hybrid working role, with a minimum requirement of two days in the office.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. First degree, other appropriate qualifications, or relevant experience in a higher education setting.
2. Experience of direct line management, and/or leading a team, motivating and supporting staff, managing performance and ensuring service delivery.
3. Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate confidently, (both verbally and in writing), and influence colleagues at all levels.
4. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with a wide variety of people in a professional and assured manner including both internal and external stakeholders.
5. Excellent organisational and time management skills, with experience of working autonomously planning workloads to support changing business needs
6. Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly using own judgement, initiative and discretion where necessary
7. Demonstrable experience of leading and implementing change
8. Strong critical thinking and decision-making skills with the ability to contribute to strategic direction.

Desirable criteria

1. Awareness of the current and future activities within education at the IoPPN
2. Familiarity with Moodle and SITS Student Records system

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK