King's College London

About Us

The AKC (Associateship of King’s College) is the original award of King's College London, dating back to the University’s foundation in 1829 and reflecting its first motto: sancte et sapienter, "holiness and wisdom".  The 21st-century AKC offers an inclusive, research-led programme of lectures open to all students at King’s which enriches the academic curriculum and runs alongside students’ main programme of study.  The programme has expanded rapidly in recent years and more than 4000 members of the King’s community – undergraduates, postgraduates staff and alumni – now follow the AKC every year. For more information about the AKC programme, see kcl.ac.uk/akc.

About The Role

Reporting to the AKC Manager and working as part of a creative and supportive team, the postholder will be responsible for the operational management of the AKC programme. This will include:

1. oversight of all student lifecycle processes for the AKC programme, including admissions, enrolment, assessment, and graduation
2. taking the lead on identifying areas for improvement within current processes and platforms, and finding innovative technology-assisted solutions as we expand
3. responsibility for AKC analytics and reporting, using data to shape and inform AKC strategy.

The successful candidate will be committed to the AKC’s distinctive ethos, enjoy contributing to an environment of collaboration and continuous improvement, and be an encouraging and capable mentor of others. As part of King’s hybrid working policy, the postholder will be required to be present on campus for a minimum of two days a week (including Mondays in term time). 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. Educated to degree level or equivalent and evidence of continuous professional development
2. Experience of developing and implementing innovative solutions in response to complex issues, and experience of having a longer-term view of service provision (including the ability to plan for both the immediate future and for future developments)
3. Proven track record of working successfully as part of a team, willingness to be accountable to senior stakeholders and to support high academic standards
4. Strong analytical and numeracy skills and the ability to analyse and present complex numerical data clearly
5. Advanced IT skills with particular reference to student record systems (e.g. SITS), reporting software and the Microsoft Office suite of programmes
6. Excellent communication skills including the ability to draft documents and correspondence, lead and contribute to meetings with a range of stakeholders
7. Experience of managing change, setting standards, exercising independent judgement and mentoring others
8. Service-focused, collaborative and committed to excellence

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of managing others
2. Substantial administrative experience gained within an HE environment

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 in early December.