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.

​We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.

About the role

We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Senior Programme Officer (SPO) to support the delivery of two brand new postgraduate taught programmes: the newly developed MSc Healthcare Management and the MSc Cardiorespiratory Care programme.  The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the smooth and effective delivery of these programmes**.**

Working as part of a wider professional services team, the SPO will take ownership of core operational activity across the entire student lifecycle, from enrolment through to graduation. The post holder will play a key role in coordinating processes, maintaining service continuity, and identifying and mitigating potential risks to programme delivery.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing timely, accurate, and student-focused support to both academic colleagues and students, ensuring that administrative systems and processes are efficient and aligned with best practice.

While the primary focus will be on these two programmes, the role will also contribute more broadly across NMPC PGT programme administration where needed.

The post holder will also line-manage one Programme Officer.

In addition, the SPO will support faculty-wide priorities to streamline and standardise processes across postgraduate taught (PGT) post-qualification provision. This will involve working collaboratively with colleagues to improve consistency, enhance efficiency, and drive continuous improvement in programme delivery.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative postgraduate education provision**.** The ideal candidate will bring strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment, alongside a commitment to delivering high-quality programme administration.

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

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)

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Demonstrable experience of programme administration within a Higher Education environment
2. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, tailored documentation and correspondence for diverse audiences
3. Strong numerical and analytical skills, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail when working with complex data, and the ability to support data‑informed decision making
4. Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, and identify when to escalate or seek support
5. Proven stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships and engage confidently with a wide range of stakeholders
6. Experience working in a customer-facing environment, with the ability to manage complaints and service issues professionally and efficiently
7. Ability to work both collaboratively and independently, demonstrating a proactive and solution-focused approach
8. Strong IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to quickly learn and use new systems

Desirable criteria

1. Team leadership or staff management experience
2. Experience of leading and implementing process improvements
3. Experience in the use of databases and/or student records systems (such as SITS) and virtual learning environments (such as KEATS)   

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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