Faculty Impact Manager

About us

King’s College London is an internationally renowned research-intensive university based in the heart of London.

King’s Business School is the ninth and newest faculty at King's College London, having opened in 2017.  It is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS and was rated one of the top 10 business schools for research in the UK based on the Research Excellence Framework 2021. The Business School is looking to find new approaches to business in a rapidly changing world.  It is perfectly positioned to draw upon the interdisciplinary strengths across the King’s community, to partner with business and civil society, and to develop a mission critical strategy focused on a sustainable economy.

The Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London is one of the oldest law schools in England and recognised globally as one of the best law schools in the world. The School has a long-standing reputation for excellence in the laws of England and Wales, European, International and Transnational Law. Our research interests cover all areas of public and private law. These include the philosophy and sociology of law as well as doctrinal, empirical, historical, interdisciplinary, and comparative approaches to the study of law.

About the role

The Faculty Impact Manager will take a lead role in the development, coordination and delivery of research impact activities within King’s Business School (KBS) and the Dickson Poon School of Law (DPSoL), working closely with the faculties’ Associate Deans (Impact) and an Impact Officer for both faculties, line managed by this position, as well as colleagues in the Research and External Engagement teams.  The role-holder will provide input into both faculties’ impact strategies and ensure their implementation by:

• Providing expert support and advice for academic staff and faculty-based research centres in planning their impact activities at all stages of a research project’s trajectory.
• Supporting the College Impact Committee and working closely with academic colleagues in both faculties to lead on the development and support of impact case studies for REF and other HEI assessments involving impact (for example, KEF).
• Working closely with relevant academic and PS staff colleagues within the two Faculties and the wider College to enable strategic collaborations and knowledge-sharing for greater impact possibilities.
• Leading strategic initiatives to maintain and enhance the impact culture of both faculties.
• Please see the full job description for a full list of this role’s key responsibilities.

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), 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 degree level
2. Excellent understanding of and experience working in the UK HEI landscape in an impact capacity, ideally with previous experience supporting REF Impact Case Studies
3. Experience supporting relationships between HEIs and non-HEIs.
4. Experience of project management
5. Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills; able to present and communicate ideas to a range of stakeholders, including senior members of academic staff
6. Proficient IT skills (including MS Office suite and ideally web content management systems)
7. Ability to work flexibly and independently and manage a diverse workload
8. Strong team working skills and experience

Desirable criteria

1. Good knowledge of methodologies for developing and maximizing research impact
2. Experience with KEF (Knowledge Exchange Framework, UK)
3. Line management experience

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