King's College London

About us:

The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.

The Student Transition and Outcomes Department works to address the sector-wide and institutional factors and barriers that contribute to lower rates of attainment, continuation and progression for students at King’s. We work collaboratively across the King’s community to provide an inclusive student experience, with a focus on traditionally underrepresented student groups.

We are part of the Students & Education Directorate, a collection of wide-ranging professional services in place to support King’s students and their education. As a directorate we manage the student lifecycle from application to graduation and beyond, to ensure a coherent and seamless student experience and effective administrative processes, working closely with King’s faculties to do so.

About the role:

The Student Outcomes Manager (Attainment) will lead a change management approach to support the King’s community to effectively tackle structural inequality in education. The role will drive activity which contributes to the closing the attainment gap between BME and white students and will support the faculties in creating an equitable student experience.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to play a key role in fostering an inclusive culture at King’s and supporting the outcomes of underrepresented students, and who wish to utilise their skills and expertise in project management and stakeholder engagement to support an equitable student experience. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in change management, particularly with respect to changing organisational culture.

We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.

This is a full time position 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. Understand how the lived experience of Black, Asian and students from other ethnic minorities is affected by structural inequality in higher education.
2. Experience of leading a team to deliver projects or events.
3. Experience of leading a programme or project to change the way people behave, think or act.
4. Experience of building relationships and bringing people from a range of backgrounds and teams together to deliver on shared objectives.
5. Experience of data analysis: measuring and impacting data and the ability to analyse, interpret and request data to facilitate collaborative decisions. To make independent decisions that have far-reaching and long-lasting impact.
6. Ability to communicate complex information orally and in writing.
7. Ability to use judgement to resolve complex problems.
8. Ability to integrate and align multiple workstreams across a directorate and the wider institution to drive focused and measurable outcomes.

Desirable criteria

1. Educated to degree or foundation degree level
2. Experience of evaluating the impact of a project or programme
3. Experience working in a Higher Education Faculty or Department.

Downloading a copy of the 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 on what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information:

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 15th September 2025.