King's College London

About us

King’s Arts & Humanities is distinctive in representing exceptional strength in both the longer established disciplines (such as Philosophy, Classics, Theology, English, History, Languages, and Music) and world-leading quality in more recently established fields (such as Digital Humanities, Film, Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts, and Culture, Media and Creative Industries).

The Faculty is organised into three Clusters, each of which has dedicated professional services teams. This role will be based in the Humanities Cluster.

Our students come from all over the world from many different backgrounds, attracted by our reputation for and dedication to excellent teaching, by the work we do to create a dynamic and inclusive community, and by the opportunity to study right in the heart of London, a global and multilingual city where we experience languages and cultures in action every day. 

About the role

We are looking for a part-time Senior Programme Officer to join our Professional Services team, working within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at one of the most prestigious universities in the UK.

The role offers an exciting opportunity to anyone who is interested in providing high quality comprehensive support for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Working as part of a job-share with another part-time Senior Programmes Officer, you will act as the first point of contact for students and academic staff, providing a professional, supportive, responsive and personable service. The role supports processes across the whole academic cycle, ensuring accurate and timely record management across multiple systems. This would be an ideal role for anyone with a passion for supporting the delivery of excellent education from the heart of London.

This role is 0.4 Full Time Equivalent, or 14 hours per week. Ideally the role holder will be available on Thursdays and Fridays, but we are keen to receive applications from candidates with different availability too.

This will be offered on a fixed term contract until 2nd January 2026.

About you

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

Essential criteria

1. Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to draft document and correspondence, with excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint, and Outlook
2. Excellent organisation and time management skills.
3. Ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders in a professional and assured manner.
4. Comfortable with adapting to change, driving own professional development
5. Curious, customer service oriented, with a commitment to personal accountability and continuous improvement
6. Ability to build positive working relationships with team members, collaborating effectively to get things done.
7. Methodical, detail oriented and flexible in approach to work, maintaining a high level of accuracy
8. Commitment to equality and diversity in the workplace

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in the use of databases, student records systems (such as SITS) and website content management systems
2. Prior experience of working in a customer facing environment
3. Experience of using virtual learning environments
4. Previous experience of working in HE

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.