Widening Participation Officer (Outreach for Medicine & Dentistry and Partnerships)

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About Us

The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. 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 wider 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.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to start a career in Widening Participation and Social Mobility, and who wish to utilise their skills and expertise in administrative tasks to support the OfMD and partnerships teams deliver a range of projects. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in outreach and make a difference to young people locally and nationally.  

The Widening Participation Officer (OfMD and Partnerships)  is a vital member of the Outreach for Medicine & Dentistry and Partnerships team. The purpose of this role is to provide administrative support including financial and data tasks to our Outreach for Medicine & Dentistry (OfMD)  programmes plus key partners such as The Brilliant Club, IntoUniversity and The Elephant Group. For more information please see: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/outreach/widening-participation.

This role will lead on the delivery of MedSoc for year 10-13 pupils, develop teacher lesson plans, coordinate regular newsletters, coordinate partner visits and events for primary and secondary pupils, represent the department at partner events and support the internal WP Champions community for King’s staff. The post holder will work closely with the wider OfMD team, our student ambassadors and key partner staff. This role is responsible to the Widening Participation Manager (Partnerships) .

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 role is maternity cover lasting approx. 12 months.

This is a full-time post, but we welcome applications from candidates seeking a flexible work pattern within our 10am to 4pm service operating hours.

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