Business Operations Officer

About us

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.

This role sits within the School of Politics & Economics (SPE) and is based at our Strand campus.

Home to three inter-disciplinary departments, Department of Political Economy, Department of European and International Studies and King’s Russia Institute.

SPE also has a diverse international community of social research and education. For more information about the School, please see our website: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/politics-economics  

About the role

The School of Politics and Economics are seeking a hard-working, enthusiastic and motivated individual who is committed to providing an excellent service to staff and students. The Business Operation Officer forms part of our Business team and has a key role in supporting the management of the School’s finance and purchasing, facilities, and other School and department activities. This is an ideal opportunity to develop an understanding of the wide range of processes involved in running a School and offers a good foundation for a career in higher education administration. There are numerous training and development opportunities available, supported by our College and Faculty.

The successful applicant must be well organised, with strong all-round communication skills, a keen eye for detail, along with excellent minute taking and IT skills.

They must have the proven ability to balance competing priorities under pressure of tight deadlines and a high workload. The post-holder will work both as part of a team and independently, with responsibility for multiple departments.

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

• Experience of office administration, including the use of MS Office, SharePoint, databases, written communication skills, with a high standard of English.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, whilst assuring attention to detail and accuracy is at a high level.
• Experience dealing with financial processes.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, dealing with a wide variety of people in a professional and confident manner.
• Experience of committee administration, such as minute-taking skills

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. 

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. 

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance. 

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