King's College London

About us

The School of Global Affairs (SGA) is a dynamic hub of multi-disciplinary scholarship that seeks to address the most pressing issues facing our world today. We wish to appoint a Business Support Officer to play a key role in the smooth running of our School. If you are a quick-thinking individual, who loves working with a variety of people, and want to learn more about business administration, this role is for you. 

About the role

We offer the opportunity to be part of an ambitious and encouraging team, supporting ground-breaking programmes and research, in a world-famous institution. You will work with staff and students, using and developing your skills on a broad range of business administration functions, including Finances, Human Resources, Strategy and Governance, Space and Safety Management.

At King’s, we are deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practices into all of our activities so that the university is an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work and study, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. King’s offers inclusive benefits to staff including flexible working, Enhanced Parental Leave, funds for Parents and Carers and the potential to join community staff networks.

At King's College London, our vision is to make the world a better place.

The post holder will be expected to conduct work on campus for 3-4 days a week

This is a full time and you will be offered an indefinite  contract

About you 

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

Essential criteria

1. Educated to A-level standard (or equivalent experience), including GCSEs in English and Maths
2. Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft 365 (including MS Office and SharePoint)
3. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
4. Excellent organisational and time management skills
5. Practical understanding of basic business financial processes
6. Ability to work with a wide variety of people in a professional and assured manner, both independently and as part of a team
7. Well-motivated and an approachable attitude
8. Proactive, methodical, flexible approach with excellent attention to detail and high degree of accuracy

Desirable criteria

1. Administrative qualification
2. Experience of administration in the Higher Education sector
3. Ability to demonstrate a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
4. Experience of office and committee administration

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.

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