Our Principles in Action
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About King’s College London
Kings has over 40,000 students from over 150 countries studying in person and online, and has over 12,000 employees. King’s academics are members of 9 Faculties, based on 5 campuses in central and SE London. Together the King’s community delivers a comprehensive portfolio of outstanding and impactful research and education in close partnership with the vibrant arts and culture ecosystem across London along with other universities and partners across the globe. We are ranked 31st in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026) and 36th in the world (Times Higher Education World Rankings 2025). King's College London offers an intellectually stimulating environment in which to work, where staff are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and learning in the service of society. We are a multi-Faculty institution, providing high-quality education, research and innovation across the humanities, sciences, medicine, law, dentistry, and social sciences. King’s vision is to make the world a better place through world-leading education, research and service to society. King’s provides world-class education which enables students to become rounded critical thinkers, set up for success and with the character and wisdom to strive for social change. Through enquiry-driven research, King's delivers transformative insights and solutions that have the power to advance and accelerate global progress.
Our Faculties
Our comprehensive range of disciplines are organised into nine Faculties: • Faculty of Arts & Humanities • Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences • Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine • Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences • Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy • Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care • Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience • King’s Business School • The Dickson Poon School of Law
Appointment details
Reports to: Mr Jeremy Cook OBE
Salary
Competitive
Terms
Indefinite
Hours of work
Full time (35 hours per week)
Closing date for applications:
26 August 2025 23:59
Vacancy ID
121445
Role Overview
Reporting to the Senior Vice-President Operations, this is a critical and strategic senior leadership role responsible for designing and leading King’s approach to student recruitment and admissions. Working closely with, and routinely directly tasked by, the SVP Academic and the University Executive to deliver on the Integrated Planning Process the university’s student number targets.
Key responsibilities
• Lead a directorate that has undergone a significant change, in terms of structure, priorities and culture. • To represent King’s at the highest level in relation to Global Student Recruitment and Admissions and to build strong stakeholder relationships across Directorates and with Faculties. • Develop and deliver a student recruitment (UK and International) and admissions strategy which ensures resources are deployed effectively to provide a sustainable pipeline of undergraduate and postgraduate students to meet our student number plans laid out in the Integrated Planning Process. • Ensuring King’s consistently delivers an excellent experience to all student applicants, at every stage of their journey though first contact, application, offer and admission, focussing particularly on developing effective conversion activity in partnership with in-country teams and Faculties. • Develop and expand King’s in country presence in key regions. • Review King’s agent network and commission levels consistent with planned growth in target markets. • Leading the Insights team to develop market-led data which is used to inform the development of our recruitment strategy and Faculty offerings. Providing data and information to Faculties to inform the development of new products which attract students from our target markets. • Delivering student enrolment targets and income streams, enabling us to meet our ambitious financial and strategic goals, and achieving an effective approach to student number planning, whilst managing key risks. • Leading the team to work dynamically in partnership with Faculties to support their student recruitment needs including significant stakeholder engagement with Deans and Faculties, development of region-specific recruitment and partnership plans. • Work with the Executive Directors in other Professional Services areas to ensure that overlapping processes are coherent and supporting systems integrate with the university enterprise design. • Establish a data and KPI driven customer-focused approach to student recruitment and admissions. Develop and deliver the global market recruitment strategy over a three-year rolling basis.
• The successful candidate will have a highly commercial, service-orientated mindset and a proven track record of successfully leading and developing a high performing student recruitment and admissions function in the HE sector, with experience of both international and home markets. • You will have experience of developing and leading successful student recruitment strategies, including growing previously untapped markets as well as having optimised data analytics and technology to improve performance in recruitment and admissions. • You will be expected to undertake periods of international travel to meet key stakeholders, agents and in-country teams. • You will have experience of using data analytics and business intelligence to identify new markets and new products and work with stakeholders to develop plans for delivery. • You will have excellent leadership and managerial skills with the ability to drive high performance and measurable outputs, as well as exceptional stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills with the ability to land change well with varied stakeholder groups.
Vision 2029
King's Vision builds upon our history of service to society and takes us to our 200th anniversary in 2029
About the Global Student Recruitment and Admissions Directorate
We are the leading destination for ambitious students from across the world because of our academic excellence, reputation and research impact. The focus for King’s is to ensure the best possible student experience, from the beginning of their journey with us as prospective students through to enrolment so that our students can thrive in our diverse and inclusive community in central London. Each year we attract around c.17,000 new students from across the UK and wider globe to come and study at our five London campuses. The Recruitment and Admissions functions work in partnership with the faculties to create strategies to attract students from across global markets, as well as from the UK. Our student recruitment team are also brand ambassadors for King’s, where they nurture and develop relationships with key stakeholders around the world, from schools to parents and counsellors. The Directorate has just completed a significant transformation to a new structure and operating model across the different recruitment channels, with work already well underway to improve the processes and systems we use to manage the entire student journey from application through to enrolment. The final stage of this process, to integrate and then review the admissions processes and systems, has already begun.
About King's
Background information about King's
Our people
Through all our work, we aim to make the world a better place.
Faculties & Departments
Our 9 academic faculties
Please quote the vacancy id: 121445 in all correspondence.
Closing date for applications: 26 August 2025 23:59
Application process
To apply for this post you will need to register on the King’s College London job opportunities page and submit the application form, along with the following: • a concise statement setting out your reasons for applying for the post and highlighting the particular skills and experience which you feel you would bring to the role (two pages maximum) • a curriculum vitae
Selection process
Equal opportunities
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion are central tenets of King’s Vision 2029 which sets out the roadmap for King’s ambition to provide an exceptional student experience and to be an employer of choice. Integral to this is ensuring equality of opportunity and outcome, recognising, celebrating and improving our diversity and inclusion. As a responsible employer we aim to provide and promote a positive working, learning, and social environment which is free from prejudice, discrimination and any forms of harassment, bullying or victimisation. Our commitment to inclusion means that King’s aims to create an environment where differences are not just respected, but also valued and celebrated. Everyone should be able to bring their whole self to King’s. All King’s students, staff and affiliates are responsible for meeting these commitments to value diversity and create an inclusive environment. King's will support and equip all members of its community to do this, embedding inclusion throughout the university’s policies, procedures, and practices.
Jobs at King's
Current vacancies and career opportunities
Role Overview
Reporting to the Senior Vice-President Operations, this is a critical and strategic senior leadership role responsible for designing and leading King’s approach to student recruitment and admissions. Working closely with, and routinely directly tasked by, the SVP Academic and the University Executive to deliver on the Integrated Planning Process the university’s student number targets.
Key responsibilities
• Lead a directorate that has undergone a significant change, in terms of structure, priorities and culture. • To represent King’s at the highest level in relation to Global Student Recruitment and Admissions and to build strong stakeholder relationships across Directorates and with Faculties. • Develop and deliver a student recruitment (UK and International) and admissions strategy which ensures resources are deployed effectively to provide a sustainable pipeline of undergraduate and postgraduate students to meet our student number plans laid out in the Integrated Planning Process. • Ensuring King’s consistently delivers an excellent experience to all student applicants, at every stage of their journey though first contact, application, offer and admission, focussing particularly on developing effective conversion activity in partnership with in-country teams and Faculties. • Develop and expand King’s in country presence in key regions. • Review King’s agent network and commission levels consistent with planned growth in target markets. • Leading the Insights team to develop market-led data which is used to inform the development of our recruitment strategy and Faculty offerings. Providing data and information to Faculties to inform the development of new products which attract students from our target markets. • Delivering student enrolment targets and income streams, enabling us to meet our ambitious financial and strategic goals, and achieving an effective approach to student number planning, whilst managing key risks. • Leading the team to work dynamically in partnership with Faculties to support their student recruitment needs including significant stakeholder engagement with Deans and Faculties, development of region-specific recruitment and partnership plans. • Work with the Executive Directors in other Professional Services areas to ensure that overlapping processes are coherent and supporting systems integrate with the university enterprise design. • Establish a data and KPI driven customer-focused approach to student recruitment and admissions. Develop and deliver the global market recruitment strategy over a three-year rolling basis.
Our Principles in Action
In everything we do, we apply Our Principles in Action
Professional Services
Services that support our students and staff.
• The successful candidate will have a highly commercial, service-orientated mindset and a proven track record of successfully leading and developing a high performing student recruitment and admissions function in the HE sector, with experience of both international and home markets. • You will have experience of developing and leading successful student recruitment strategies, including growing previously untapped markets as well as having optimised data analytics and technology to improve performance in recruitment and admissions. • You will be expected to undertake periods of international travel to meet key stakeholders, agents and in-country teams. • You will have experience of using data analytics and business intelligence to identify new markets and new products and work with stakeholders to develop plans for delivery. • You will have excellent leadership and managerial skills with the ability to drive high performance and measurable outputs, as well as exceptional stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills with the ability to land change well with varied stakeholder groups.
Vision 2029
King's Vision builds upon our history of service to society and takes us to our 200th anniversary in 2029
About the Global Student Recruitment and Admissions Directorate
We are the leading destination for ambitious students from across the world because of our academic excellence, reputation and research impact. The focus for King’s is to ensure the best possible student experience, from the beginning of their journey with us as prospective students through to enrolment so that our students can thrive in our diverse and inclusive community in central London. Each year we attract around c.17,000 new students from across the UK and wider globe to come and study at our five London campuses. The Recruitment and Admissions functions work in partnership with the faculties to create strategies to attract students from across global markets, as well as from the UK. Our student recruitment team are also brand ambassadors for King’s, where they nurture and develop relationships with key stakeholders around the world, from schools to parents and counsellors. The Directorate has just completed a significant transformation to a new structure and operating model across the different recruitment channels, with work already well underway to improve the processes and systems we use to manage the entire student journey from application through to enrolment. The final stage of this process, to integrate and then review the admissions processes and systems, has already begun.
About King's
Background information about King's
Our people
Through all our work, we aim to make the world a better place.
Faculties & Departments
Our 9 academic faculties
Please quote the vacancy id: 121445 in all correspondence.
Closing date for applications: 26 August 2025 23:59
Application process
To apply for this post you will need to register on the King’s College London job opportunities page and submit the application form, along with the following: • a concise statement setting out your reasons for applying for the post and highlighting the particular skills and experience which you feel you would bring to the role (two pages maximum) • a curriculum vitae
Selection process
Equal opportunities
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion are central tenets of King’s Vision 2029 which sets out the roadmap for King’s ambition to provide an exceptional student experience and to be an employer of choice. Integral to this is ensuring equality of opportunity and outcome, recognising, celebrating and improving our diversity and inclusion. As a responsible employer we aim to provide and promote a positive working, learning, and social environment which is free from prejudice, discrimination and any forms of harassment, bullying or victimisation. Our commitment to inclusion means that King’s aims to create an environment where differences are not just respected, but also valued and celebrated. Everyone should be able to bring their whole self to King’s. All King’s students, staff and affiliates are responsible for meeting these commitments to value diversity and create an inclusive environment. King's will support and equip all members of its community to do this, embedding inclusion throughout the university’s policies, procedures, and practices.
Jobs at King's
Current vacancies and career opportunities