King's College London

About us 

King’s Professional & Executive Development (KPED) is a central directorate and business owner of Professional Education at King’s.  KPED work with King’s nine faculties to deliver professional education to a wide international and domestic audience, partnering to design, develop bespoke educational programmes in line with King’s Vision.  Our multimodal programmes include Continuing Professional Development, Executive Education, post-experience degrees and increasingly, stackable micro-credentials.  We are a small, high-powered team in an exciting area of growth and development for King’s College London.  Our portfolio is growing rapidly and expanding to include opportunities afforded through public tender, international educational consultancy, and market foresight. 

About the role

KPED is recruiting an Assistant Business Development Manager who will work closely with others in the Business Development team and be responsible for promoting, managing and delivering the university’s professional education portfolio. The successful candidate will work with King’s faculties, liaising with external and internal clients and overseeing programme development at the pre-award stage. This will involve a variety of activities including business development, contract management, proposal and tender management, budget drafting, and people and project associated administrative activities.

KPED’s project portfolio is growing rapidly and expanding to include opportunities afforded through online and blended modalities. The post holder will be responsible for supporting effective mechanisms to enable such activities to 1) run efficiently and mitigate risk 2) extend the King’s portfolio and 3) build King’s international brand.

The role is primarily based at King’s Strand Campus; however, the post holder may be required to travel to other locations on occasion, be prepared to attend events in the evening/at weekends and may be required to undertake national and international travel. All team members can work remotely for part of the week if they wish to do so, subject to the demands of the post. 

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

About you

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

Essential criteria

1. Degree or equivalent level of qualification or substantial vocational experience
2. Business development, external engagement, programme or project management experience in an educational setting; to include working with numbers and budgets  
3. Clear and concise communication skills appropriate to both internal and external audiences  
4. Excellent time management and organisational skills
5. Knowledge of contracts, intellectual property and other commercial considerations
6. Excellent IT and presentation skills across the MS Office Suite
7. Demonstrated analytical skills and the ability to process and explain information in a clear, concise manner
8. Ability to work as part of a team and willingness to learn

 Desirable criteria

1. Experience of bid and proposal writing and public procurement processes 
2. Experience of reviewing commercial contracts  
3. Project management qualification and/or use of project management software/tools/CRM

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 on 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.

Interviews are due to be held on week commencing Monday, 7th April 2025  

This role does meet the requirements of the Home Office and therefore we are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who require the right to work in the UK.