Programme Officer

Job id: 084886. Salary: £32,979 to £36,396 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 21 February 2024. Closing date: 06 March 2024.

Business unit: Social Science & Public Policy. Department: Politics & Economics School Office.

Contact details:Tarin Cupido. [email protected]

Location: Strand Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.

King’s College London is seeking candidates at all levels of experience with the drive and passion to deliver high quality customer service to support our strategic aims. This is an ideal opportunity to commence or further your career in Higher Education administration. 

The School of Politics and Economics includes the departments of Political Economy, European & International Studies, and King’s Russia Institute. The Education team look after about 2500 undergraduate and postgraduate students and are based in Bush House on the Strand campus. 

The Programme Officer supports students and academic staff as the first point of contact for queries, whether face-to-face, via phone or electronic media. The role is responsible for essential work to support the delivery of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and for ensuring that student lifecycle activities run smoothly, ensuring that our students and staff experience our services in a seamless and effective manner. With support to develop a working knowledge of regulations and processes, the Programme Officer is a valued and trusted member of the team with a keen eye for accuracy and detail.   

If you are thinking about applying and aren’t sure about how best to craft your application, please have a look at the HR pages on ‘Applying for jobs at King’s’. These give clear and useful advice on how to write an application, including tips on language, structure and how to tell your story clearly. Further information about shortlisting and interview processes is also available on how the ‘How we recruit’ pages. 

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract 

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent

• Support student lifecycle processes from pre-enrolment activities, through induction and registration to graduation and beyond, utilising systems and databases- e.g. student records systems and virtual learning environments – accordingly, and in accordance with best practice, ensuring consistency of data and identifying and resolving issues.
• Support all student assessment processes in line with university deadlines and regulations and faculty and external requirements
• Take responsibility for resolving students’ and academics’ enquiries, including face-to-face and via email, responding within agreed timeframes and escalating complex enquiries as appropriate.
• Assist in ensuring that quality assurance requirements and, where required, accreditation requirements are met for relevant programmes. Support student, module and programme evaluation processes in line with current university best practice
• Servicing committees as directed by your line manager
• Actively participate in the development and improvement of programmes and processes to support students and academic staff through identifying and suggesting improvements based on user feedback
• Work flexibly as part of a team, supporting others in times of high-volume activity, providing cover, and supporting the training and development of new staff members
• Take responsibility for own performance and development, through agreeing clear performance objectives, maintaining up-to-date knowledge, and reflecting on own performance
• Take personal accountability for the data quality of student records, ensuring records are accurately maintained in accordance with the agreed retention schedules
• Ensure all work is carried out in a professional and timely manner, with appropriate confidentiality and sensitivity. Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the data protection requirements and to support Freedom of information and subject access requests

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Essential criteria

1.      Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to draft documents and correspondence

2.      Excellent organisation and time management skills

3.      Strong numeracy skills and ability to analyse complex numerical data

4.      Methodical, detail oriented and flexible in approach to work, maintaining a high level of accuracy.

5.      Ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders in a professional and assured manner.

6.      Proactive with the ability to work independently as well as delivering within a team.

7.      Curious, customer service oriented, with a commitment to personal accountability and continuous improvement

8.      Comfortable with adapting to change, driving own professional development

9.      Commitment to equality and diversity in the workplace

Desirable criteria

1.       Degree level or equivalent qualification or experience

2.       Experience in the use of databases, student records systems (such as SITS) and website      content management systems

The selection process will include a panel interview and an assessment.