Programme Manager (Professional Education)

About us 

King’s Professional & Executive Development (KPED) is a central directorate and business owner of Professional Education at King’s.  KPED work with King’s faculties to deliver Professional Education to a wide international and domestic audience, partnering to design, develop and deliver open and bespoke educational programmes in line with King’s Vision. Our multimodal programmes include Continuing Professional Development, Executive Education, post-experience degrees and micro-credentials.  We are a small, high-powered team in an exciting area of growth and development for King’s College London.  Our portfolio is growing rapidly and expanding to include opportunities afforded through public tender, international consultancy, and market foresight. 

About the role 

This role will play a key part in ensuring KPED responds to the university’s plans for growth in professional education and to extend access to lifelong learning. The Programme Manager (Professional Education) is part of the Operations Team and will lead on our strategic academic projects and initiatives, including our approach to flexible postgraduate awards and micro-credentials and the coordination of activities for the online professional education courses. The post holder will ensure the smooth running of these innovative initiatives and an excellent student experience for our professional participants.

As Programme Manager (Professional Education), you will work with Faculties, central service departments and the wider KPED team, to take lead responsibility for ensuring the correct set up of programmes on relevant systems, as well as a seamless enrolment and onboarding experience for our new professional participants. You will take the lead in running all aspects of strategic programmes and will be the first point of contact for professional participants, Faculties and central service departments. This is an exciting opportunity to further develop and refine our operational approach, helping to shape and continuously improve the participant experience at King’s.

We are currently working closely with a key partner to enable the growth of professional education through a portfolio of self-paced online courses. You will be the operational lead for third-party collaborations, managing the portfolio and leading the operational delivery of the partnership.

The successful candidate will have outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills. They will have an excellent understanding of the needs of professional education participants, as well as ensuring success in a complex operational structure. This post will sit within the Operations Team, which is tasked with supporting Faculties delivering our full range of educational programmes.

The role is primarily based at King’s Strand Campus though you may be required to travel to other campuses on occasion. As part of King’s trial of hybrid working, all team members can work remotely for part of the week if they wish.

This is a full-time post and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

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