KCATO Programme Manager (CTM)

King's College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution is seeking a KCATO Programme Coordinator to manage fellowship funding schemes and support the development of clinical academic leaders. The ideal candidate should have experience in training support within a research-focused context, possess excellent communication and project management skills, and be able to operate effectively within a complex environment. This full-time role is a fixed-term contract until March 2027, offering a dynamic and engaging workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience in a research-focused environment.
• Confidence to engage with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational delivery of fellowship funding schemes.
• Provide support and career development opportunities for fellows.
• Coordinate learning and development schemes across the KCATO.

Skills

Supporting training and capacity building

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Data management skills

Project management

Education

Postgraduate qualification in health-related subject

Job description

About us

We are looking for a flexible, organised and collaborative colleague to organise deliver research fellowship funding opportunities and learning and development programmes for health professional researchers.

The King's Clinical Academic Training Office (KCATO) provides research opportunities, champions clinical academic careers and provides a central contact point for health professional researchers engaging in research across different stages of their career paths.

The Centre for Translational Medicine (CTM) is a multi-million pound investment that seeks to accelerate the translation of research discoveries into benefits for patients and communities. Enabling health professionals from all disciplines to engage in research through protected research time is a core component of the CTM.

KCATO and CTM are part of King's Health Partners, the collaboration between King's College London and our three NHS Partner Trusts - King's College Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas', South London and Maudsley.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly collaborative team to support registered health professionals to become clinical academic leaders of the future. The role holder will be a core member of the King's Clinical Academic Training Office (KCATO); this role in particular will have overall programme management of the fellowship schemes funded by the King's Health Partners Centre for Translational Medicine (CTM).

The KCATO Programme Coordinator (CTM) will have overall responsibility for the operational delivery of fellowship funding schemes, support for fellows and coordinating career development opportunities in translational research for the next generation of the clinical academic leaders.

You will coordinate and deliver strategic capacity‑building schemes available to registered health professionals, specifically the Clinical Research Excellence Fellowship programmes (pre‑ and postdoctoral), and the Research Partnership Catalyst scheme (consultant level).

You will provide operational leadership/management for the fellowship schemes and appointed fellows, including advertising and engagement sessions, shortlisting and recruitment, onboarding of fellows, collecting performance metrics and supporting their ongoing academic development and future careers.

You will help ensure opportunities are inclusive to all health professions, drawing on the input and expertise of multiprofessional networks across King's Health Partners.

As the first point of contact for CTM fellows, you'll work closely with stakeholders across both the university and NHS Trusts to ensure smooth appointment and contract set up, as well as effective induction, training and support for fellows to ensure they maximise this dedicated research time for the benefit of their clinical academic career.

You will also develop and coordinate learning and development schemes across the KCATO portfolio, including a new leadership training scheme and cultural competency workshops.

This is a full time fixed term contract/or secondment until 31st March 2027.

About you

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

Essential criteria

• Experience of supporting training and capacity building, for researchers and/or health professionals in a research‑focused environment.
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with confidence and diplomacy to interact with colleagues, staff, trainees and stakeholders at all levels.
• Confident working in a complex matrix environment, balancing the needs of multiple teams and individuals, remaining resilient and solution‑focused when priorities conflict or are ambiguous
• Excellent data skills and the ability to enhance and develop processes
• Ability to work independently and flexibly, managing projects within a complex and evolving environment

Desirable criteria

• Experience in developing communication strategies and content and/or stakeholder engagement
• Postgraduate qualification and/or research experience in a health‑related subject
• Experience of managing or administering research funding schemes

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.

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Interviews are due to be held in person on Fri 13th February 2026.