King's College London

About Us

This post will be embedded in the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, a vibrant community of engineering focused on developing and clinically translating cutting-edge healthcare technologies based, at St Thomas’ Campus.  

The Senior Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Officer will work as part of the Public Engagement Team Staff and PhD students focus on the science and engineering of medical imaging and aims to improve outcomes for patients with cancer, brain and heart conditions.   

About The Role

​The Senior PPIE Officer will manage the PPI Advisory Group for the School, as well as that of King’s Health Partners Digital Health Hub (DHH) which aims to support the development and implementation of digital health technologies.  

The Senior PPIE Officer will support researchers, PhD students, and projects adopted by the DHH with their PPIE activities.

The role will contribute to building a culture of engagement by developing training and engagement opportunities for staff within our School.

This role is an excellent opportunity for an experienced public and patient engagement professional with experience connecting patients with lived experience to science and researchers. You will be highly motivated, strategic, and creative with a commitment to the principles and practice of equality, diversity and inclusion.

This is a full time (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 2 years.

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 has relevant work experience   
2. An in-depth understanding of the purpose of PPIE and best practice 
3. Experience of running public engagement and patient involvement activities 
4. Experience of working directly with patients and managing patient advisory groups 
5. Experience of working collaboratively as part of a team 
6. Excellent ability to engage with individuals of different diversities, age and levels of expertise, including scientists, medical doctors, patients, school children, and artists 
7. Experience of using a variety of engagement methods 
8. Experience of project management – working in parallel on projects of different scale and complexity, prioritising and meeting deadlines within budget

Desirable criteria

1. Post Graduate qualification in communications, particularly science communication/public engagement 
2. Experience of working in the higher education sector 
3. Experience of delivering training in public engagement and/or patient involvement 
4. Commitment to personal professional development 

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.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.