Sanctuary Project Officer

King's College London - International

Location:	London
Salary:	£38,482 to £41,130 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Hours:	Full Time
Contract Type:	Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On:	31st March 2025
Closes:	13th April 2025
Job Ref:	111745

About us:

King’s Sanctuary Programme was formed in 2015 in response to the global issue for forced displacement. The programme leads on initiatives that create positive opportunities for people whose education and/or research have been disrupted due to being displaced.

The IES Directorate at King’s brings together the expertise of teams engaging with communities and partners locally, national and globally. IES provides strategic leadership for the university’s engagement at home and abroad, while providing a home for a portfolio of innovative programmes that generate and measure impact and serve the communities we work with and for. IES is home to some of King’s most innovative and impact-driven programming including Sanctuary, the Afe Babalola Centre for Transnational Education, King’s Volunteering, One King’s Impact, among others, as well as our civic and place-based engagement in London, and across the world.

About the role:

The Sanctuary Project Officer will play a key role in establishing and maintaining high-level operational support for the Sanctuary Programme. You will support case management, project coordination and reporting, event and meeting logistics and financial administration. You will also be responsible for coordinating volunteer support, including regular communication and training sessions with stakeholders across the university. This is an opportunity for you to grow your skills in project management and stakeholder engagement.

You will report into the Sanctuary Programme Manager and work closely with the Academic Director, as well as interacting with students and staff from across King’s, and external partners.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a 12 month fixed-term contract for 12 months from the start date.

Appointment to this post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service check.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

Strong commitment to supporting people with backgrounds of forced migration, and desire to learn more about issues affecting forced migrants.
Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to draft documents and correspondence autonomously to a broad range of audiences.
Excellent time management and organisational skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
Experience in the use of databases and information systems to provide management information data to a high level of detail and accuracy.
Experience of stakeholder management, ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders in a professional and assured manner.
Experience of managing and delivering a varied portfolio work, with a proactive, development focused and transparent approach.
Collaborative and relationship-oriented approach to teamwork.
Ability to work under pressure to complete a range of competing priorities and requesting and utilising support as and when required.

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Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

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 & inclusive culture at King's. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, & a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert.

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