Head of Wellbeing

The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.

The Student Wellbeing team is a cross-institutional, faculty-based student support team, organised on a ‘hub and spoke’ basis with faculty-based staff who are supported and coordinated by specialist teams in Student Support & Wellbeing Services.

The purpose of the team is to triage on a variety of presenting issues, including wellbeing, mental health support, Support to Study and fitness to practice as appropriate, student of concern, safeguarding, harassment and bullying.

The team also support the wider institution in embedding systems and practices that enhance student wellbeing.

The Head of Wellbeing will lead and manage a team, or be a subject matter expert, in the key operational service area of Wellbeing, ensuring the senior team, and wider Directorate, are fully supported with effective processes and systems across a wide range of business and operational workstreams.

This is a full time post, and you will be offered an a fixed term contract until 28/11/2025

This 12 month fixed term contract is being advertised for a shorter period than usual as we need to fill this position urgently to ensure the smooth running of our Wellbeing Team.

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 review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are due to be held on 20th November in person

This role does not meet the requirements of the Home Office and therefore we are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who require the right to work in the UK.

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