Senior Research Operations Officer

About us 

The Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Hub, housed within the Department of Geography and the School of Global Affairs (SGA) at King’s College London, is a pioneering initiative addressing the critical challenges of climate adaptation. Funded by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and UK research councils (UKRI), the Hub will coalesce the skills and expertise needed from across relevant sectors to aid the development and implementation of climate change adaptation in the UK. The Hub draws together academic and knowledge exchange partners from across the UK to deliver on this objective.

As a dynamic hub of interdisciplinary research, the School of Global Affairs (SGA) brings together world-class expertise to tackle the most pressing global issues. Therefore, we are seeking a Senior Research Operations Officer to play a pivotal role in managing the Hub’s grants portfolio, ensuring smooth operations, and supporting impactful projects via delivering flexible funds.

At King’s, we are deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practices into all our activities so that the university is an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring place to work and study, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. King’s offers inclusive benefits to staff, including flexible working, Enhanced Parental Leave, funds for Parents and Carers, and the potential to join community staff networks.  

About the role

We are pleased to offer this excellent opportunity to join our ambitious dynamic team in the School of Global Affairs, as a Senior Research Operations Officer.

The MACC Hub administers an £800,000 flexible fund to help it advance these goals and is seeking a Senior Research Operations Officer to develop and deliver this flexible fund.

Working closely with the Hub Manager, Director and with King’s Research Management and Information Directorate (RMID), this role will be responsible for managing the flexible fund element of the Hub. Responsibilities will include – supporting the allocation of funds to successful projects, managing stakeholders in those projects, and ensuring appropriate reporting and communication of results. The flexible fund will be allocated through two models: 1) an open call for research projects in summer 2025: 2) request for proposals for consultancies and secondments to respond to government-identified research gaps.

The post holder will join an exciting and high-profile UK-wide network of adaptation scholars and practitioners, as well as benefit from a dynamic working environment and cohort of research managers in the School of Global affairs research office.

The post holder will be able to work as part of King’s hybrid working model (Strand Campus), with the expectation to be on campus two days a week.

This is a full time (35 Hours per week) role, and you will be offered a fixed term contract until Dec 2026

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