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 School Research Manager to lead the team and ensure the smooth running of our School’s research portfolio.  

At King’s, we are deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practices into all 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.  

About the role

We are pleased to offer this role as a maternity cover, and an excellent opportunity to lead our ambitious dynamic research support team in the School of Global Affairs, providing leadership of our fantastic team proving pre-and-post award support across our School.

The School Research Manager (SRM) will set the strategic direction for and manage the School Research Team.   They will provide comprehensive support and advice for staff wishing to apply for research funding and consultancies. 

The SRM will oversee the delivery of research support services for all staff and students within the School of Global Affairs, working with the Faculty and Arts & Science Research Offices.  The role will work closely with the relevant officers and offices within the University and with research funders to secure and manage grants.  They will support the development, writing and submission of research proposals in accordance with policies and procedures for research grant submission as agreed with the Faculty and the Arts & Sciences Research Office.   The SRM will work with the Faculty Research Team to provide the full range of administrative support for the Research Excellence Framework in conjunction with Faculty colleagues and academic leads of the various Units of Assessment within the School.  

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an a fixed term 12 month contract until July 2026.

About you

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

Essential criteria

1. Demonstrable experience of research management within the HEI sector, and a strong understanding of the research funding landscape
2. Excellent task management and organisation skills; ability to work under pressure with competing and shifting priorities, deadlines and workload while maintaining a high level of attention to detail
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with evidence of building good working relationships with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally
4. Experience of supporting with REF 
5. Good knowledge and familiarisation with universities policies and procedures including financial, recruitment, procurement and travel regulations.
6. High standard of numeracy with proven budget management and proven ability to advise on budget deviancies to ensure best project outcomes
7. Experience of managing a diverse team and resources
8. A commitment to a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias

Desirable criteria

1. Understanding of the Worktribe grant application and approval process
2. Relevant professional qualification
3. Interest in impact and engagement

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.