King's College London

About us

Our vision is to make the world a better place. King’s College London is a world-renowned university that delivers exceptional education and world-leading research. We're committed to creating positive and sustainable change in our local and global communities through outstanding education, impactful research, and genuine service to society.

Our Strategic Vision 2029 outlines our ambitious plans as we approach our 200th anniversary in 2029, 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 serves the world. Our Research Talent department lies at the heart of our commitment to cultivating world-class research and supporting the development of future leaders, in academia, research, education and beyond.

A key element of this is King’s Doctoral College, which supports a thriving community of over 4,200 doctoral researchers. We provide a broad range of funding opportunities for doctoral students. This includes fully-funded scholarship programmes, a financial aid scheme and smaller funds to support training & development, community building and conference travel. We also offer a comprehensive and inclusive development programme.

We are deeply committed to inclusion, diversity, and the wellbeing of our staff and students. Our dedication to excellence is underpinned by robust and responsive administrative processes and policies that ensure seamless access to support, clear communication, and efficient management of processes across all areas of the student lifecycle and beyond. These processes play a vital role in enabling students and supervisors to focus on what matters most: high-quality research and academic development.

About the role

We are looking for an organised and enthusiastic Quality Assurance Manager to join King’s Centre for Doctoral Studies.

We are pleased to offer an exciting secondment opportunity and warmly welcome expressions of interest from colleagues in faculties or other central teams who have an interest in quality assurance and a keen eye for process improvements. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to develop their experience in doctoral administration within a central team.

The ideal candidate will have an awareness and understanding of issues relating to quality assurance and regulatory compliance, along with relevant skills and expertise. You will bring a collaborative, team-focused outlook, with a proven ability to provide strong administrative support to projects and manage a high volume of work with a methodical and conscientious approach.

Excellent interpersonal skills are essential, as is a facilitative approach to responding to enquiries and building professional working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

We work on a hybrid basis, combining remote working with regular in-person contact at our Lavington Street offices.

The post is available on a full-time basis (35 hours per week), offered on a fixed term contract for one year.

About you

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

Essential criteria

1.       A sound understanding and knowledge of the UK Higher Education regulatory framework

2.       Experience of drafting and communicating policies and procedures

3.       Experience of working on own initiative and with a demanding workload

4.       Experience of acting as a secretary to a committee

5.       Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex analysis to diverse audiences

6.       Experience engaging with senior stakeholders to influence decisions

7.       Ability to manage multiple complex tasks with attention to detail and accuracy

8.       Experience in identifying operational inefficiencies and driving process improvements

Desirable criteria

1.       Experience using SITS or another student records system specifically working with research records

2.       Experience developing and delivering training to diverse audiences

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.

Interviews are due to be held as soon as possible after the application deadline.