About Us
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.
Within the Social Mobility & Widening Participation Department we believe all young people should be able to have high expectations for their future. This means equal access to education and career opportunities. We run programmes that aim to empower young people from under-represented backgrounds to access and succeed at university.
We are part of the Students & Education Directorate, a collection of wide-ranging professional services in place to support King’s students and their education. As a directorate we manage the student lifecycle from application to graduation and beyond, to ensure a coherent and seamless student experience and effective administrative processes, working closely with King’s faculties to do so.
This is currently a hybrid working role with both work from home and on campus, with a minimum of 2 days a week based in the office at the Strand or Waterloo campuses. This role requires a substantial amount of time on campus delivering activities for young people. Regular evening and weekend work is required, as well as supporting with the administration and delivery of multiple Easter, Summer and Autumn schools during school breaks.
About The Role
The Social Mobility and Widening Participation Officer is a vital member of the department. The post-holder will support with the development, delivery and evaluation of sustained outreach initiatives. They can expect to provide both administrative and delivery support for any of our projects, but it is anticipated they will initially focus on:
- K+: King’s flagship widening participation programme
- Online lecture series: Nine series, each linked to a King’s faculty
- King’s PLUS: King’s programme of undergraduate support for widening participation students.
They may also be involved in a range of other projects run across the Social Mobility and Widening Participation Department.
The post holder will work closely with SMWP staff, student ambassadors and key partners. This role is responsible to the Social Mobility and Widening Participation Manager.
This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking for a career with social impact, and who wish to utilise their skills and expertise in administration to make a difference to young people locally and nationally.
We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.
This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered 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
- Relevant work experience and/or education: We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role. Relevant work experience might include work in schools, charities or the university sector. Relevant educational experiences might include higher education in a related discipline, professional qualifications or other training
- Experience of undertaking and completing projects which require administrative and organisational skills
- Ability to communicate complicated and specialist information orally and in writing to team members and programme participants
- Ability to work with others to deliver project aims and overcome challenges
- Ability to decide own pattern of work and manage own workload and resources
- Ability to gather and manipulate data so that it can be interpreted by yourself and others
Desirable criteria
- Experience working or volunteering with children or young people
- Educated to degree or foundation degree level
- Ability to coach or train others to undertake specific tasks and give clear direction on desired outcomes
- Understanding of the widening participation agenda and/or the role of higher education in social mobility
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
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 Wednesday 23 April 2025 at the Strand campus.
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.
Grade and Salary: £34,179 - £37,546 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 109546
Close Date: 06-Apr-2025
Contact Person: Frances Ballaster Harriss
Contact Details: frances.ballaster_harriss@kcl.ac.uk
