Programme Manager

King's College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

King's College London is seeking a part-time Programme Manager to act as the central coordination point for a technically complex, interdisciplinary programme spanning protein design, membrane engineering and materials science.

The role involves coordinating activities across the full programme lifecycle, ensuring milestones, metrics, budgets and funder expectations are met, with broad operational support to the research group.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating multi-partner research programmes, grants, or projects in higher education or related research environments.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills with ability to develop and maintain systems.
• Experience managing multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder relationships across boundaries.
• Experience preparing regular progress and financial reports, meeting papers, and project documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication, ability to convey complex information clearly.
• Extensive IT skills including Microsoft 365 and digital project management tools.
• Ability to work independently, exercise good judgement and take initiative in problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Serve as central coordination point for the programme across its full lifecycle to ensure delivery against milestones, metrics, budgets, governance and funder expectations.
• Coordinate activities across institutions and maintain clear communication with academic, industry and funder stakeholders.
• Provide broader operational and administrative support to the research group as needed.
• Prepare and maintain programme documentation, reports and meeting papers for internal and external audiences.

Skills

Multi-partner coordination

Organisational skills

Stakeholder management

Progress & financial reporting

Written & verbal communication

IT skills (Microsoft 365, PM tools)

Independent working & initiative

Job description

The Programme Manager will be the central coordination point for this technically complex, interdisciplinary programme involving protein design, membrane engineering, and materials science. Responsible for coordinating project activities across the full programme lifecycle, ensuring delivery against milestones, programme metrics, budgets, governance requirements, and funder expectations, the role also provides broader operational and administrative support to the wider research group.

The successful candidate will be a proactive, highly organised individual who can work independently, manage multiple priorities across institutions, and maintain clear communication across a diverse team of academic, industry, and funder stakeholders.

This is a part-time post (17.5 hours per week) and will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/05/2028 in the first instance, with the possibility of extension until 31/08/2029., 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.

Interviews are due to be held on 4 September 2026.

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

• 1. Experience coordinating multi-partner research programmes, grants, or projects in higher education or a related research environment including budget monitoring.
• 2. Excellent organisational and project management skills and experience, with the ability to develop and maintain effective systems and processes.
• 3. Experience managing multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder relationships simultaneously across institutional or organisational boundaries.
• 4. Experience preparing regular progress and financial reports, meeting papers, and project documentation for internal and external audiences.
• 5. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly to a range of audiences.
• 6. Highly proficient IT skills, including Microsoft 365 and digital project management or collaboration tools.
• 7. Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement, and take initiative in problem-solving.

Desirable criteria

• 1. Experience of creating webpage and social media content.
• 2. Project management qualification or accreditation (e.g. APM, PRINCE2, PMI).
• 3. Knowledge of finance and research management systems (e.g. Business World, KFIN) or equivalent university systems.

We are looking for a Programme Manager to manage the successful delivery of an ARIA-funded multi-institution research programme led by Professor Mark Wallace in the Department of Chemistry at King's College London and in collaboration with the University of Bristol., 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.

Grade and Salary : £45,031 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Job ID : 155525