Knowledge Exchange Senior Officer

About us

This role is located within the REF, KEF and Research Impact team. We use our expertise to support research impact across all nine of King's faculties, and to deliver the processes that demonstrate to research funders and wider society the university's excellence in research and knowledge exchange.

The team is part of the Research Strategy & Performance Unit within the Research Management & Innovation Directorate (RMID). RMID enables world-class research at King’s by providing grant support, platforms and services that accelerate the work of King’s researchers.

About the role

Knowledge Exchange at King’s brings together universities, business, users of research and wider communities to ensure our research translates into societal impact. King’s has a long history of service to society and a strategic focus on being a civic university which serves to shape and transform. This role is a crucial part of ensuring our Knowledge Exchange activities are effective, impactful, and align with our strategic direction. The role supports essential work for our impact-related statutory returns.

The Knowledge Exchange Officer supports the Knowledge Exchange Manager to enable the Knowledge Exchange processes and returns for King’s. They contribute to the strategic development of policies and procedures for knowledge exchange. They are responsible for identifying, collating and analysing relevant data, and for clearly communicating the outcomes with colleagues across the university. The Knowledge Exchange Officer sits withing the wider REF, KEF and Research Impact team and supports elements of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) process and the Public and Community Engagement with Research team.

The role will co-ordinate and refine the process for the university’s Higher Education Business and Community Interaction (HEBCI) Survey return. They will also provide support for elements of the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) and REF returns. They will co-ordinate and organise the Knowledge Exchange and Public and Community Engagement with Research staff networks and act as secretariat for meetings. The Knowledge Exchange Officer will operate across King’s, building relationships with colleagues including senior leaders.

This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week), offered on 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. Experience in handling large data sets and collecting and managing data, ideally in a Higher Education context.
2. Excellent analytical skills, with ability to analyse and interpret complex information and present in an easily comprehensible way for a range of audiences, including senior leaders.
3. Excellent IT skills, including database systems, spreadsheets and word processing.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to develop and manage positive stakeholder relationships and influence others.
5. Familiarity with the UK Higher Education research and knowledge exchange landscape, including awareness of key exercises in research performance (HEBCI, KEF and REF).
6. Ability to work autonomously to organise and prioritise a varied workload.

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in coordinating committees including organising meetings, producing agendas and taking minutes.
2. Previous involvement in HEBCI, KEF or REF processes.

Full details of the role and the skills and experience required, can be found in the attached job description which is provided on the next page.

Further Information

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