School Manager

About Us

The  Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine is one of the largest and most successful centres for biomedical research and education in the UK, with an annual turnover of more than £280m. The Faculty, which operates across four main campuses, has internationally-leading expertise in basic, translational and clinical research, and delivers renowned education programmes. The Faculty employs more than 2000 staff and holds an Athena SWAN Silver award. It has a comprehensive programme of initiatives to support an inclusive environment and culture, and to promote diversity across our staff and student communities. The Faculty’s activities embody the King’s ambition to serve our society – both at a local and global level which underpins the King’s Vision 2029 and the university’s international  strategy.

About the Role

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine is seeking a highly motivated and experienced manager to lead the professional services operations of the School of Life Course & Population Sciences.

Reporting to the Faculty’s Director of Operations and the Head of School, you will work closely with them and the School’s Executive team to develop and implement the School’s academic strategy. As an important member of the School’s leadership team, you will be responsible for delivering the operations of a highly ambitious research and education portfolio.

You will be responsible for the provision of outstanding operational support to academic activities, for leading the School’s professional services team with a sense of cohesion and common purpose, and for collaborating with colleagues in King’s central directorates to ensure seamless support of the School’s activities.

You will represent the School at relevant meetings in the university and with external partners/stakeholders, deputising for the Faculty’s Director of Operations when required and contributing to projects that have impact across the wider university.

The professional services operations include technical/laboratory support, HR, finance, education including short course and postgraduate research programmes and student support, research grant management and knowledge transfer.

Essential criteria

• Hold a minimum level 6 qualification in a relevant subject, such as an undergraduate degree or equivalent OR have extensive work experience in operational posts relevant to this role with progression to increasingly complex management responsibilities.
• Have extensive operational and strategic management experience in the Higher Education sector or a similarly complex organisation, which includes managing a large, multi-skilled and dispersed team and demonstrable experience of the ability to effectively manage significant human, physical, and financial resources to meet operational requirements.
• Enjoy working with a wide range of different people and be able to show successful experience of taking a facilitative and consensual approach to management.
• Demonstrate a genuine commitment to the work of the School and to making the world a better place through excellence in teaching, research, and service to society.
• Have knowledge and experience of the development and practical application of regulations, policies and procedures relevant to the operations of a research-active educational organisation, and experience of working with relevant compliance processes.
• Show evidence of an active commitment to your own professional development and the development of wider staff teams.
• Have excellent numerical and analytical abilities, using a data and information driven approach to identify and respond to problems.
• Be a highly effective communicator with excellent spoken and written communication, combined with motivating, negotiating and influencing skills.

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