Research Governance Manager

About us

Research and innovation are at the heart of King’s College London’s mission to make a positive difference in the world. The Research Management & Innovation Directorate (RMID) leads this ambition by shaping and enabling the university’s research and innovation agenda, ensuring an environment in which our researchers, professional staff and doctoral students can excel. This work is guided by King’s Strategy 2030, which emphasises academic excellence, real‑world impact, and a culture where research and innovation can truly thrive.

The Department of Research Governance, Ethics and Integrity (RGEI) plays a critical role in safeguarding the quality and credibility of King’s research. The department ensures that all research conducted across the university is safe, ethical, lawful and carried out to the highest standards of integrity and rigour. Our teams develop and deliver policies, systems, guidance, training and initiatives that support researchers in navigating ethical and regulatory requirements, enabling them to conduct high‑quality research with confidence while feeling supported and valued.

About the role

The Research Governance Manager post leads the Research Governance Office (RGO) at King’s, providing operational research governance leadership to ensure all research sponsored by King’s College London (KCL) is conducted in accordance with University policy, the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research, and all relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

The post holder will contribute to the effective and efficient support of research and innovation at King’s through the delivery, promotion, and robust management of research governance processes across the College. They will lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of a broad range of institutional and local policies, procedures and guidance to support high-quality, compliant research activity.

The role holder will have, and continue to develop, an expert knowledge of research governance requirements across the evolving regulatory landscape, including guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA), the Health Research Authority (HRA) and NHS R&D. They will provide expert advice to researchers on HRA and university governance processes, including data protection legislation, NHS ethics requirements, and related regulatory pathways, and will lead the development of internal systems and processes to support these functions. The role holder will also provide specialist guidance on data governance requirements as related to research.

The role supports effective Sponsor oversight across the KCL research portfolio and works closely with colleagues across King’s and King’s Health Partners (KHP). The recent establishment of the KCL Clinical Research Hub and King’s transition to a sole‑sponsorship model for clinical IRAS research have led to the expansion of the Research Governance Office (RGO). The post holder will play a key role in supporting clinical research governance through this transition and will report to the Clinical Sponsor and Quality Lead.

The role is responsible for line managing the Research Governance Office team. The team sits in the Research Ethics, Governance & Integrity Department (RGEI) within the Research Management & Innovation Directorate (RMID). 

King’s adopts a hybrid working model.  When on campus, the role holder will be based at the Lavington Steet Building, part of the King’s Waterloo Campus, with a minimum on-site presence of one day per week.

We reserve the right to close the application process early in the event of a large volume of applications.

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