King's College London

About us 

King’s Foundations, part of the Centre for International Education and Languages (CIEL), delivers high-quality international pathway programmes, academic skills development, and English language preparation courses. Our mission is to enable and empower students to thrive at a world-leading university. We are committed to diversity, inclusivity, and cultural competence, and we pride ourselves on delivering an outstanding student experience that combines academic excellence with holistic support

About the role 

The Centre for International Education and Languages (CIEL) is seeking a forward thinking, motivated, and highly skilled professional to join the Academic Skills Team. This role offers a rare opportunity to shape a new direction for credit-bearing English modules at King’s and to lead an institutional development from concept to delivery.

King’s College London currently offers credit-bearing language modules to undergraduate and postgraduate students via the King’s Language Centre, which also sits within CIEL. Depending on the degree programme, students can either take these credits as part of or on top of their degree programme. There are currently no credit-bearing English or EAP modules available to students. The intention is to explore, with faculty colleagues, opportunities for the development and integration of modules that would enhance student opportunities and experiences.

If you are excited by the prospect of leading a high-impact project, working across diverse academic communities, and creating new opportunities for students at King’s, we would love to hear from you.

This role will be joining King’s Foundations at an exciting time as we support our teaching staff to transfer over to Academic Education Pathway (AEP) contracts. 

The position is offered on an academic (AEP) contract, reflecting the nature of the role and providing a platform for excellence. The role will be subject to a probationary period of in line with other academic roles at the College.

We welcome applications from individuals with a strong background in EAP, Learning Development, or English language teaching and experience in designing and delivering English language courses at undergraduate or postgraduate level. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a growing team and the expansion of our modern language offerings at CIEL.

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. Relevant postgraduate degree (e.g., TESOL, Applied Linguistics) and a Level 7 teaching qualification (e.g., DELTA, PGCE).  Fellowship of Advance HE (FHEA) essential, with commitment to achieving Senior Fellowship (SFHEA).
2. Experience designing, developing and delivering English language and literacy programmes or modules in a higher education setting, including alignment with relevant credit frameworks (e.g., FHEQ) and contribution to curriculum approval processes.
3. Experience coordinating or leading Academic Skills/ Insessional/ EAP modules/programmes in higher education, including responsibility for educational areas, delivery oversight, assessment procedures and collaboration with academic and professional services colleagues.
4. Substantial experience of effective EAP teaching within an HE context.
5. Experience leading projects and supporting colleagues or teams to achieve shared goals, including the ability to analyse data, synthesise research and apply evidence‑informed approaches to guide educational decision‑making.
6. Proven ability to develop effective working relationships with colleagues from across the department (academic and professional service teams) and the wider university.
7. Commitment to promoting inclusive practices in curriculum design, teaching, assessment and team leadership, aligned with department and college strategies.
8. Ability to manage a varied workload, balancing programme development, teaching, line and project management, while maintaining high quality and meeting all deadlines.

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of effective teaching on credit-bearing language courses.
2. Experience of the design, development and delivery of successful credit-bearing language programmes (ideally at UG or PG level) of study.

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.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, and we recognise its growing role in professional work. Applicants may use AI tools to support preparation of their application, for example to research the role or structure written responses. However, applications must reflect the applicant’s own work and experience. AI tools should not be used during interviews or assessment activities unless this has been agreed in advance as a reasonable adjustment. Further guidance on the use of AI in recruitment can be found here.

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.

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

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service clearances.