King's College London

About us

The Research Support Officer will join the research support team in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London. The IoPPN is a leading centre for mental health and neuroscience research in Europe, transforming care through world-class research to serve communities both locally and globally.

About the role

The Research Support Officer will be based in the School of Academic Psychiatry working closely with academics, researchers, and the College’s Research Management & Innovation Directorate (RMID) to provide operational support throughout the research grant lifecycle. The role holder will primarily support post-award activities and will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of awards including assisting with HR duties and procurement related tasks.

The successful candidate will have experience of administering financial transactions, can effectively manage competing priorities whilst working accurately and efficiently, demonstrates a willingness to learn and can build and maintain effective working relationships across the school and core service teams.

The role will provide the post holder with a wide variety of experience and skills working across research administration within a large-scale and diverse school. In return, you will be supported to progress your career within research administration across the University.

We are recruiting to 2 part-time roles:

1)      Part-time at 80% FTE (28 hours per week) offered on an indefinite contract.

2)      Part-time at 60% FTE (21 hours per week) offered on an indefinite contract.

Applications will be considered for both positions unless stipulated in your supporting statement.

About you

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

Essential criteria

1. Previous relevant experience in delivering administrative operational support
2. Good numeracy and experience of financial transactions and using financial management systems.
3. Knowledge of HR processes and regulations
4. Experience of using Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word & Outlook
5. Good communication and interpersonal skills and experience of relaying information to diverse groups of people.
6. Able to work independently, and as part of a team to contribute to broader team’s goals and objectives.
7. Good organisation and time management skills, with the ability to organise own workload and manage competing priorities.
8. Good accuracy and attention to detail, with the ability to follow and adapt to new procedures and processes.

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of working within the Higher Education or research sectors.
2. Experience of using Unit 4 Business World and PeopleXD or other similar HR or budget management systems

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 page. 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.

Interviews are due to be held on week commencing 28th July 2025.