Senior PGR Officer

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About Us

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM) is the largest Faculty at King's College London with over 2,000 staff and an annual turnover approaching £300m. The Faculty has internationally leading expertise in basic, translational, and clinical research, and delivers outstanding education programmes in biosciences and medicine. The Faculty has over 1100 international and home PGR students across our 6 Schools and Centre for Education in a wide range of disciplines with a number of doctoral training programmes funded by the Wellcome, EPSRC and MRC ( https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/research/postgraduate-research )

To find out more about the Faculty please see our webpages https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/research

About the role

We are seeking a part time job share Senior PGR Officer in the Faculty Office to deliver a wide range of operations in education and research. In this post, you will work closely with the Associate Dean for Doctoral Studies, the Lead for Doctoral Student Welfare and the School-based Operations Officers (Education).

The Senior PGR Officer post provided operational support for future researchers as they work towards their PhDs, ensuring consistent management and delivery of research degree provision. The role is varied, and you will undertake a range of operational duties, including supporting the student lifecycle processes from pre-enrolment activities through to induction and registration to graduation and beyond. You'll be utilising systems and databases such as student records systems, virtual learning environments and financial reporting systems in accordance with best practice, ensuring consistency of data, and identify and resolving issues.

You will work closely with both academic and professional services colleagues within the Faculty and across our Schools, as well as central university teams in Admissions, Registry Services, and King's Doctoral College.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is interested in a career in higher education and/or research environment, with a level of responsibility and autonomy that will enable the post holder to grow and have an impact on a large area that will endure for at least a year.

This is currently a hybrid role, dependent on business need, normally with the post holder spending part of their working week on campus and part of the week working remotely.

This is a part time post (21 Hours per week) and part of a job share (Weds-Friday), you will be offered a fixed term contract for 12 months.

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. High-level IT skills and proficiency with a wide range of software including - Microsoft Office - Outlook, SharePoint, Word, Excel, and the ability to learn new systems, databases
2. Highly developed interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact with a wide range of people at all levels within an organisation, building an effective network across various departments and stakeholders
3. Ability to multitask, and to work flexibly to different and competing priorities and demands - using own judgement and initiative when appropriate
4. Advanced written and oral communication skills including the ability to draft documents and correspondence and work with a broad range of stakeholders in a professional, approachable, and assured manner
5. Experience of delivering a high level of committed customer service including experience of clearly communicating information and responding to enquiries
6. Methodical, detailed oriented, and skilled in following procedures and processes
7. Strong numeracy skills and the ability to analyse numerical data
8. Proactive approach with the ability to work independently as well as delivering as part of a team

Desirable criteria

1. Experience working in Higher Education, ideally with PGR students or Researchers and Academics
2. Experience in the use of Higher Education databases, particularly student records systems (such as SITS), website content management systems (Contensis) or virtual learning environments (Keats)

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 due to be held on week commencing 7th or 14th October.

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