School Manager

King's College London; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in the UK is seeking an experienced manager to lead professional services operations for the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences. The successful candidate will have extensive operational management experience in Higher Education and a commitment to supporting academic activities. This role offers a chance to work closely with the School's leadership team and contribute to significant educational initiatives.

Qualifications

• Extensive operational and strategic management experience in Higher Education or complex organizations.
• Experience managing large, multi-skilled teams.
• Ability to manage significant human, physical, and financial resources.
• Commitment to professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the professional services operations of the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences.
• Implement the School's academic strategy.
• Deliver outstanding operational support to academic activities.
• Collaborate with King's central directorates.

Skills

Operational management

Strategic management

Excellent communication

Analytical abilities

Education

Level 6 qualification (undergraduate degree or equivalent)

Job description

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About Us

The Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine is one of the largest and most successful centres for biomedical research and education in the UK, with an annual turnover of more than £280m. The Faculty, which operates across four main campuses, has internationally-leading expertise in basic, translational and clinical research, and delivers renowned education programmes. The Faculty employs more than 2000 staff and holds an Athena SWAN Silver award. It has a comprehensive programme of initiatives to support an inclusive environment and culture, and to promote diversity across our staff and student communities. The Faculty's activities embody the King's ambition to serve our society - both at a local and global level which underpins the King's Vision 2029 and the university's international strategy.

About The Role

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine is seeking a highly motivated and experienced manager to lead the professional services operations of the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences.

Reporting to the Faculty's Director of Operations and the Head of School, you will work closely with them and the School's Executive team to develop and implement the School's academic strategy. As an important member of the School's leadership team, you will be responsible for delivering the operations of a highly ambitious research and education portfolio.

You will be responsible for the provision of outstanding operational support to academic activities, for leading the School's professional services team with a sense of cohesion and common purpose, and for collaborating with colleagues in King's central directorates to ensure seamless support of the School's activities.

You will represent the School at relevant meetings in the university and with external partners/stakeholders, deputising for the Faculty's Director of (Version 2.0 March 2024) Page 4 of 6 Professional Services Human Resources Operations when required and contributing to projects that have impact across the wider university. The professional services operations in the School include technical/laboratory support, HR, finance, education including short course and postgraduate research programmes and student support, research grant management and knowledge transfer

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Hold a minimum level 6 qualification in a relevant subject, such as an undergraduate degree or equivalent OR have extensive work experience in operational posts relevant to this role with progression to increasingly complex management responsibilities.
2. Have extensive operational and strategic management experience in the Higher Education sector or a similarly complex organisation, which includes managing a large, multi-skilled and dispersed team and demonstrable experience of the ability to effectively manage significant human, physical, and financial resources to meet operational requirements.
3. Enjoy working with a wide range of different people and be able to show successful experience of taking a facilitative and consensual approach to management.
4. Demonstrate a genuine commitment to the work of the School and to making the world a better place through excellence in teaching, research, and service to society.
5. Have knowledge and experience of the development and practical application of regulations, policies and procedures relevant to the operations of a research-active educational organisation, and experience of working with relevant compliance processes.
6. Show evidence of an active commitment to your own professional development and the development of wider staff teams.
7. Have excellent numerical and analytical abilities, using a data and information driven approach to identify and respond to problems. 8. Be a highly effective communicator with excellent spoken and written communication, combined with motivating, negotiating and influencing skills

Desirable criteria

1. Hold a postgraduate and/or professional qualification relevant to the post.
2. Have project management and leadership expertise and experience.
3. Have experience of working in a complex organization with clinical and non-clinical research, including laboratory-based research, and extensive collaboration with colleagues employed by the NHS.
4. Have experience of successfully leading strategy development, strategic resource planning and implementing strategic change.

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 next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. 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 advert. 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.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ' How we Recruit ' pages.

Interviews are currently scheduled for 30th September.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.