Ref Impact Officer (Main Panel D)

Kings College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Kings College London is seeking a candidate for a role focusing on research support and administrative duties within the Higher Education context. The position emphasises knowledge exchange and impact, with responsibilities spanning data handling, stakeholder communication, and meeting support.

Applicants should have degree-level qualifications or equivalent experience, strong IT skills, and the ability to balance competing priorities while delivering accurate, timely outputs.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or comparable work experience.
• Experience of research support, preferably with some understanding of knowledge exchange and/or research impact.
• Administrative experience in the Higher Education sector, ideally in an impact, knowledge exchange, communications or research area.
• Excellent IT skills, including database systems, spreadsheets and word processing. Experience of desk-based research, analysis and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and appropriately to stakeholders at all levels – both academic and Professional Services colleagues.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience of balancing competing, shifting priorities under pressure of deadlines and workload.
• Experience of supporting meetings, including note taking or minuting meetings.
• Experience of desk-based research, analysis and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.

Skills

Research support

Admin in HE

IT skills

Stakeholder communication

Note-taking/minuting

Data analysis

Independent and team work

Prioritisation under deadlines

Desk-based research

Education

Degree level or equivalent experience

Job description

About you

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

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or comparable work experience.


• Experience of research support, preferably with some understanding of knowledge exchange and/or research impact.


• Administrative experience in the Higher Education sector, ideally in an impact, knowledge exchange, communications or research area.


• Excellent IT skills, including database systems, spreadsheets and word processing. Experience of desk-based research, analysis and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data.


• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and appropriately to stakeholders at all levels – both academic and Professional Services colleagues.


• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.


• Experience of balancing competing, shifting priorities under pressure of deadlines and workload.


• Experience of supporting meetings, including note taking or minuting meetings.


• Experience of desk-based research, analysis and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data.


• Accuracy and attention to detail.

Desirable criteria

• Familiarity with the Research Excellence Framework.


• Familiarity with the disciplinary areas represented within the Main Panel D area.


• Familiarity with evaluation and social sciences methods to evidence research impact.

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 on 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.

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 on Friday 9th October.

REF Impact Officer (Main Panel D) • London, GB