Head of Engagement & Enterprise

About us:

The Head of Engagement & Enterprise leads the dynamic new Engagement and Enterprise team within the world-renowned Faculty of Arts and Humanities at King’s College London. The team will build an innovative third-stream education portfolio, transform our educational offer around skills building and industry engagement, and drive forward industry-focussed research and commercialisation collaborations. Its aim is to increase the impact of Arts & Humanities research and teaching, in particular in relation to the cultural and creative industries sectors, to ensure the financial sustainability and excellence of our education offer and to capitalise on the potential of our central London location to co-create a thriving creative cultural ecosystem and campus.

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is located in the centre of the Northbank District of London’s Heritage Quarter, surrounded by galleries, theatres, museums, heritage sites & thousands of businesses, which range from FTSE 100 companies to the rich local ecosystem of creative SMEs and startups. The new team will catalyse the engagement and enterprise opportunities emerging from King’s unique central London location to create a sustainable and dynamic future for the faculty and its students. We will work with local commercial and cultural partners to animate the Strand Aldwych site to create a flourishing campus and environment.

About the role

This role is a key senior level professional services role responsible for leading the faculty’s external business development and engagement functions and managing the delivery of a portfolio of services across the faculty including; business development of professional education, communications, events, contracts management, industry partnerships, learning designers, marketing and admissions, alumni and stakeholder engagement, project management and process development and improvements.

The role holder will be responsible for acting as the key interface between the faculty and the university’s Corporate Communications, Global Student Recruitment & Admissions; Fundraising and Alumni; Research and Impact; International, Engagement and Service; Careers & King’s Edge; and King’s Professional Education Development (KPED) functions. They will hold shared accountability with these functions in terms of managing internal and external communications, third stream education, enterprise development and management, alumni and fundraising activities, alongside overseeing student recruitment marketing campaigns and admissions management.

Crucially, they will bring a commercially driven approach to seek out and develop opportunities for third stream revenue generation, working in closely with the Vice Deans and other members of the Professional Services Leadership team, to shape and deliver the Faculty’s Engagement and Enterprise Strategy.

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the successful candidate will be a strong leader with experience of line management & creating high-performing, motivated administration teams. They will have extensive experience of delivering excellent business operations administration and experience in a fast-paced and demanding environment. Communication with diverse audiences and building collaborative relationships is a key aspect of the role, so we are looking for a confident & self-assured individual with demonstrable experience of building networks & influencing and negotiating with stakeholders.

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

As a significantly place-based role, we expect the postholder to spend a significant proportion of their time on campus. While flexible / hybrid working will be possible, we expect the postholder to need to attend campus no less than 3 days per week on average, adopting a flexible approach as befits the needs of the role.

Interviews are due to be held on 27 July 2026, TBC.

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