King's College London

About us

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities is distinctive in representing academic excellence across a diverse range of disciplines, from longer established disciplines such as Philosophy, Classics, and English, to more recently established fields including Digital Humanities and Film. Located in the heart of London, the Faculty enjoys close ties with globally significant cultural institutions such as the British Museum, Shakespeare’s Globe, and the National Portrait Gallery. It’s more than 400 Postdoctoral Research students (PGR) are an integral part of the Faculty’s research environment, contributing to its vitality and innovative outlook. 

About the role

The Faculty is seeking a Senior Institute Manager to lead and manage the Digital Futures Institute’s day-to-day operations and to provide administrative support to deliver its strategic growth ambition. This role becomes available at an exciting time as this interdisciplinary Institute, and its associated Centres are growing fast and are connecting colleagues from within the faculty and across the institution to forge a better relationship between the individual and technology.  

Working in close partnership with the Institute’s academic leadership, they will manage and deliver a wide range of business operations activity in support of the Institute’s developing research and professional education portfolio. The postholder with manage the Institute budget and will work closely with the Institute Director to facilitate effective governance (including monitoring and advising Institute leadership on progress against KPIs), and will lead on provision of management data to underpin internal and external reporting. The postholder will network and connect both within and externally to the institution when appropriate to share best practice. 

The successful applicant will be a proactive person with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build good working relationships with colleagues across the College and externally. They will have significant experience in managing financial processes, including budget management. They will be highly organised and numerate, with strong written and verbal communication skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, strong team working skills, and a proactive, can-do attitude.  

King’s considers the professional and personal development of our staff a priority and we offer an inspiring range of opportunities for training and career progression. Our Organisational Development team provide in-house and bespoke learning. 

This post will be offered on a full-time, indefinite contract. 

About you

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

Essential:

1. Demonstrable experience of overseeing operations within a business, department, or faculty environment, including determining resource allocation, establishing policies and processes and contributing to the development of efficient and effective operational services. 
2. Significant experience of managing budgets including monitoring, reporting and acting on financial performance. 
3.  Excellent communication skills, including the ability to draft documents and correspondence, build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders and participate in senior management meetings.   
4. Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively, work with efficiency and to tight deadlines.   
5. Ability to work independently, proactively, and flexibly, using own judgement and initiative when appropriate. 
6. Ability to understand and analyse complex information and present data to a range of audiences. 
7. Ability to influence/lead others, whilst contributing effectively as part of a team with a ‘hands-on’ approach to working. 
8. Experience leading, managing or mentoring individuals or teams, including supporting development and workload planning, with an inclusive management style. 

Desirable:

1. Experience of research grant application processes, procedures and compliance requirements, or working in a research management role. 
2. Demonstrable experience of servicing senior level committees that have included a wide range of secretarial duties. 

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.  It is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

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 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.

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