King's College London

About us:

The IES Directorate at King’s brings together the expertise of teams engaging with communities and partners locally, national and globally. IES provides strategic leadership for the university’s engagement at home and abroad, while providing a home for a portfolio of innovative programmes that generate and measure impact and serve the communities we work with and for.

IES is home to some of King’s most innovative and impact-driven programming including Sanctuary, the Afe Babalola Centre for Transnational Education, King’s Volunteering, One King’s Impact, among others, as well as our civic and place-based engagement in London, and across the world.

About the role:

The Partnerships Manager Americas & South Asia role sits within the Global Engagement team in the IES directorate and is responsible for the management of key relationships in the regions, supporting all King’s faculties in their engagement, both in education and research, in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South Asia (mainly India and Pakistan). They are responsible for the development and management of a series of essential strategic projects and partnerships which will contribute to King’s International Strategy.

The role supports King’s engagement by leading or contributing to strategic initiatives related to the Americas and South Asia, and by developing and providing country-specific information to colleagues, including senior management. The postholder has a key role in the building of a versatile, high-quality partnerships & international programmes portfolio at King’s College London; the postholder will project-manage the development of new collaborative programmes internally with faculty and with overseas partners. S/he will be a proactive contributor to the design of academic programmes, including service-focussed ones.

They will be responsible for managing the development of partnerships in the assigned region, being a key contact for the King’s community on all matters related to the Americas and South Asia. The postholder will work very closely with the Regional Director for Latin America, based in Brazil, and line manage the Senior Partnerships Officer based in India; they will develop strong relationships with embassies, governments, funders and other key stakeholders. They will seek opportunities, provide intelligence on the Americas and South Asia, and will be responsible for managing incoming and outgoing delegation visits, for expanding our networks in the region as well as preparing briefings, organizing events and other activities as necessary to implement King’s engagement strategy for these regions.

The postholder will work closely with academics from all nine faculties and with Professional Services colleagues across the university, as well as external stakeholders such as British Council, Universities UK, and governments in the regions.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), 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. First degree or demonstrable equivalent experience
2. Proven experience in the development of academic international partnerships
3. Experience and expertise on the Americas and South Asia higher education environment
4. Proven experience in project management and preparation of briefings and international delegations
5. Experience with data collection, analysis and dashboards
6. Proven experience managing internal and external stakeholders
7. Good strategic thinking and excellent attention to detail

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in developing international collaborative education programmes and other forms of TNE
2. Fluency in a second language, for example Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Urdu or Tamil
3. Experience organising high-profile events involving senior stakeholders
4. Experience in line-management

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.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

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.