Senior PGR Officer

The Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES) comprises of Chemistry, Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics departments. All departments are highly rated in research activities and a wide-ranging portfolio of education programmes.

Celebrating diversity and supporting staff is important to us and we offer a range of provision including flexible working, caring support (including a Parenting and Carers Fund and the Carer’s Career Development Fund), training, and a variety of diversity and inclusion networks. We offer comprehensive leave policies for parental, adoption, surrogacy, dependant and shared leave.

The university is making investment in NMES and both student and staff numbers are growing. Our staff come from over 45 countries and 56% of our students are from outside the UK. Principally located on the Strand Campus in the heart of central London, further details available at www.kcl.ac.uk/nmes.

The Senior PGR Officer role sits in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES) Postgraduate Research team, which provides support for PGR students and their supervisors across our five departments, Chemistry, Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is interested in a career in higher education and/or research environment. The Senior PGR Officer role focuses on providing administrative 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 administrative duties, including supporting the student lifecycle processes from pre-enrolment activities through to induction and registration to graduation and beyond.

You will 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 departments, as well as central university teams in Admissions, Registry Services, and the Centre for Doctoral Studies. This is currently a hybrid role, and the role holder will spend part of their working week on campus and part of the week working remotely.

This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

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