Job id: 134965. Salary: £39,076 - £43,909 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 06 January 2026. Closing date: 18 January 2026.
Business unit: Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care. Department: NMPC Faculty Services.
Contact details: Sadaf Qureshi. Sadaf.qureshi@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Waterloo Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.
THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
About Us
King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.
The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), Grade Point Average and Power. REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.
As of 2025, King’s is number 1 in the world for Nursing (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe.
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams.
Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes.
We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.
About the role
The Senior PGR Officer role sits in the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care Postgraduate Research team, which provides support for PGR students and their supervisors across our 4 research divisions: Care in Long Term Conditions, Cicely Saunders Institute, Digital Health and Applied Technologies and Methodologies. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is interested in a career in higher education and/or research environment.
The Senior PGR Officer role focuses on providing administrative support for future researchers as they work towards their PhDs, ensuring consistent management and delivery of research-degree provision.
The role is varied, and you will undertake a range of administrative duties, including supporting the student lifecycle processes from pre-enrolment activities through to induction and registration to graduation and beyond. You’ll be utilising systems and databases such as student records systems, virtual learning environments and financial reporting systems in accordance with best practice, ensuring consistency of data, and identify and resolving issues.
You will work closely with both academic and professional services colleagues within the faculty and across our departments, as well as central university teams in Admissions, Registry Services, and the King’s Doctoral College.
This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
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.
Location: Hybrid – minimum of 2 days on campus James Clerk Maxwell Building, Waterloo Campus and at Cicely Saunders Institute, Denmark Hill every 4-6 weeks approximately.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
**Essential criteria **
- Educated to degree level or significant relevant experience
- Experience of programme administration, an understanding of the student life cycle
- Extensive experience of working with student record databases and a high degree of understanding of student systems and Registry procedures
- Proficient IT skills (including databases, Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
- Effective oral and written communication skills, including the ability to produce concise written material for a range of audiences
- Customer service oriented with excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills at all levels
- Ability to manage confidential matters discreetly
- Excellent administration and organisational skills (high level of accuracy and consistent attention to detail) and a high level of numeracy
**Desirable criteria **
- Substantial Postgraduate administrative experience
- Experience of line management or leading a team
- Experience in event management
- Ability to use own initiative, work independently and demonstrate a proactive approach
- Experience of using financial administrative software (e.g. Unit4)
**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
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When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.
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 person specification section of the job description. 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.
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