Timetabling Manager (Data Quality)

About us:

The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2030 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.

Timetabling Services are responsible for overseeing the delivery of student timetables and room allocations for all teaching and ensuring the optimisation of space utilisation and provision of a high-quality service to staff and students.

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.

About the role:

The Timetabling Manager (Data Quality) will be responsible for robust data governance and meaningful reporting to support operational and strategic decision-making.

The Timetabling Manager (Data Quality) will work with the Timetabling Manager (Planning) and Timetabling Manager (Operations) on leading the institution’s timetabling function, and ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and effective use of timetabling and curriculum data.

The role works closely with academic and professional services departments to deliver high-quality timetables and manages a small team of Senior Timetable Officers.

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

1. Significant experience in timetabling, scheduling, or a related operational planning role.
2. Experience managing or supervising staff.
3. Strong understanding of data quality principles and data management in complex systems.
4. Proven ability to work collaboratively with academic and professional stakeholders.
5. High level of analytical skill, with experience producing reports and management information.
6. Excellent organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Desirable criteria

1. Experience working in higher or further education (or a similarly complex environment).
2. Knowledge of space management or resource planning.
3. Experience in process improvement or systems implementation projects.

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 person specification section of the job description. 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.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.

Interviews are due to be held on 24th June 2026.

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