Postgraduate Research Manager - Internal Only

Kings College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

King’s College London is seeking a Postgraduate Research Manager to support postgraduate researchers, coordinate administrative workflows, and ensure compliance with student procedures. The role requires collaboration with diverse academic staff and students to uphold standards and processes.

You will manage sensitive information, provide policy-based guidance, and liaise with faculties to ensure timely reporting and data accuracy.

Qualifications

• First degree or other appropriate qualifications.
• Substantial prior work experience in higher education administration supporting students.
• Extensive experience using student systems and student records databases and understanding student procedures and regulations.
• Experience of providing concise and clear guidance to different audiences using existing policies and procedures.
• Ability to make decisions, prioritise and plan workload across different areas, meet deadlines and use initiative to identify and suggest changes/improvements.
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communications skills and proven ability to build working relationships across an organisation.
• Ability to handle matters requiring sensitivity and a high level of confidentiality.
• Excellent IT skills (MS Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, Word).

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Discretion / confidentiality

Decision making & prioritisation

Organisational / time management

Policy guidance

Education

First degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Outlook

Excel

SharePoint

Word

Job description

About you

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

Essential criteria

• First degree or other appropriate qualifications.
• Substantial prior work experience in higher education administration supporting students.
• Extensive experience of using student systems and student record databases and following/understanding student procedures and regulations.
• Experience of and the ability to provide concise and clear guidance to different audiences using existing policies and procedures.
• Ability to make decisions, prioritise and plan workload across different areas, meet deadlines and use initiative to identify and suggest changes/improvements.
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communications skills and proven ability to build working relationships with others across an organisation.
• Ability to handle matters requiring sensitivity and a high level of confidentiality.
• Excellent IT skills (including MS Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, Word)

Desirable criteria

• Experience of line management
• Prior experience supporting postgraduate/doctoral research
• Experience of analysing data and producing reports
• Experience of managing budgets

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 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. 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. Interviews are due to be held 1-2 October.

Postgraduate Research Manager - INTERNAL ONLY London, GB