Global Mobility Senior Officer (Outgoing Students Co-ordinator)

About us:

The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategy 2030 sets out how we take that purpose forward. The environment in which universities operate is shifting: the way higher education is funded is under strain, expectations of students and communities continue to evolve, and universities must increasingly show – through our actions and impact – the value we bring to society. Technology is changing how we teach, learn and research, and public scrutiny has never been stronger. In this context, standing still is not an option but King’s must be both fixed in our purpose and adaptable in our choices.

The Global Mobility Office is a student-facing and external-facing professional services team of twelve. This is an opportunity to join a small, centralised professional services team providing inbound and outbound study and work abroad lifecycle support and reporting, mobility partnership agreement negotiation and management, and administration of Erasmus+, and Turing in pursuance of the university’s Education and International strategies.

We are part of the Student & Academic Services 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 Global Mobility Senior Officer (Outgoing Students Co-ordinator) co-ordinates with the Global Mobility Officer (Outgoing Student Support) and Global Mobility Officer (Increasing Opportunities) to manage King’s outgoing Study Abroad opportunities, facilitating King’s students to study or work overseas for a semester, year or summer. The role combines programme administration, event management, student support and international relationship liaison.

The Global Mobility Senior Officer (Outgoing Students Co-ordinator) has operational responsibility for a set of tasks and processes within the Global Mobility Office’s wider remit. They work within and across multiple teams at the university, engaging with a wide range of colleagues.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you:

Essential criteria

1. Relevant work experience and/or education: We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role. Relevant work experience might include work in other universities or any other large, complicated organisation, or else in roles with a diplomatic sensibility. Relevant educational experiences might include higher education in a related discipline, professional qualifications or other training.
2. Outstanding administrative skills and experience to manage complex mobility programmes
3. Excellent English language and communications skills in all media with the ability to communicate information – including regular matters of a non-routine nature – clearly
4. Efficient and effective knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Teams and particularly Excel
5. Excellent organisational, planning and time-management skills
6. Excellent and varied stakeholder relationship management skills
7. Strong ability to work with others and alone, under pressure, to manage challenging deadlines for self and others
8. Understanding the need for sensitivity and confidentiality as well as when and how to escalate sensitive matters

Desirable criteria

1. Ability to work with others across organisations to support project and programme aims and overcome challenges
2. Experience of administering study abroad and/or exchange programmes
3. Experience of using SITS:Vision or other student record databases

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