King's College London

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 2026, King’s is top-two in the world for Nursing and #1 in the UK for the 8th year in a row (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.

King’s BHCF will focus on addressing the needs of individuals with complex illnesses and multimorbidity, where the value of care is often suboptimal. By establishing a multi- and inter-disciplinary research and education centre, it will emphasize care for children and adults with complex conditions, support their families, and enhance the skills of healthcare professionals. This centre will be a hub for innovative research and education, fostering collaboration across disciplines to improve health outcomes and care practices on a global scale.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled individual to take a pivotal role in the coordination, management, and successful delivery of the newly established King’s Better Health & Care Futures (BHCF).

You will lead the overall coordination and management of BHCF’s core activities and programmes, acting as the primary point of contact for queries, liaising with a wide range of individuals and organisations. Supporting the Director and the Leadership and Delivery teams, you will ensure the seamless operation of BHCF, facilitate the winning and delivery of research projects and academic programmes, establish effective communication and networks, monitor, evaluate and contribute to reporting activity.

Engaging in strategic planning development and day-to-day decision making, you will implement robust organisational and administrative processes, support financial and administrative management of BHCF’s research projects and academic programmes to support its growth and success.

We are seeking a skilled and proactive individual with the ability to work independently as well as part of a team and enjoy working on more than one project at a time. The post-holder will be motivated, highly organised, flexible with their communication style, creative and able to respond to a fast-paced role. They will be proficient in financial budgeting and research management, have high attention to detail, and skilled in a range of mediums (e.g. web-based and print) and software programmes (e.g. MS Office, website content management programmes and virtual communication platforms). The role would suit someone who is eager to shape a role, comfortable with an evolving portfolio of work and committed to continuous improvement.

This is a full time (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract (maternity cover) until 16th July 2027 or upon return of substantive postholder. 

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 per week on campus (Waterloo & Denmark Hill)

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Degree, HND, NVQ 4 qualified or equivalent in relevant subject, plus relevant experience in similar or related roles
2. Strong numeracy skills, able to check financial data and prepare and respond appropriately
3. Excellent IT skills, including experience of using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint (or equivalent)
4. Experience and skills in project coordination, administration and project management
5. Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and email, including managing large reports and verbal, in person and written communication with different stakeholders
6. Well organised, and works with a high degree of accuracy, written and numerate, and attention to detail
7. Ability to prioritise and manage competing demands to ensure projects are managed efficiently
8. Ability to use initiative, judgement and creativity to solve problems using defined guidelines and procedures and within budget

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in university, health or charity sector
2. Ability to use initiative, judgement and creativity to solve problems using defined guidelines and procedures and within budget
3. Proven ability to accurately plan timelines to meet production and application deadlines
4. Honed acumen, experience or understanding of one or more of key areas of role, e.g. centre development, co-ordination, financial management, etc.

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

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

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.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.

We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.

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