Senior Programme Officer

Job description The Department of Physics has an exciting opportunity for someone interested in pursuing a career or taking their next step in Higher Education administration. We are looking to recruit a Senior Programme Officer to support the running of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.    The Senior Programme Officer provides essential support to students and academics. Working in a fast-paced environment, the role includes taking responsibility to resolve complex queries and issues, supporting activities such as timetabling and the production of handbooks, using databases and Microsoft Excel to maintain accurate student data on progress and achievement, and delivering a high-quality service across the student lifecycle. Working with colleagues to plan and coordinate a varied set of activities, you will have opportunities to further develop your knowledge of regulations and process, and be part of professional networks promoting best practice. As part of the departmental team, you may supervise the work across a team of Programme Officers, and as part of the King’s community, you’ll work alongside inspiring academic staff, administrators and students. The Department of Physics has had a distinguished scientific tradition since its foundation in 1829. We are committed to both educational and research excellence with a wide variety of BSc, MSci, and postgraduate programmes driven by research.  The Department of Physics at King’s College London is diverse, international and friendly with a positive atmosphere of collaboration and support between research groups. We currently hold a silver Athena Swan award and Juno Champion status from the Institute of Physics (IOP). We offer a welcoming environment and welcome applications from applicants of all backgrounds.  Celebrating diversity and supporting staff is important to us and we offer a range of provision including flexible working, caring support (including a Parenting and Carers Fund and the Carer’s Career Development Fund), training, and a variety of diversity and inclusion networks. Staff can apply for flexible working to help them balance the demands of their professional and personal commitments and we offer comprehensive leave policies for parental, adoption, surrogacy, dependant, and shared leave.  The Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES) comprises Chemistry, Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics – all departments are highly rated in research activities and have a wide-ranging portfolio of education programmes. The university is making investment in NMES and both student and staff numbers are growing. Our staff come from over 45 countries and 56% of our students are from outside the UK. KCL staff are principally located on the Strand Campus in the heart of central London, further details available at https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nms and  https://www.kcl.ac.uk/physics This post will be offered on a permanent contract. This is a full-time  post - 100% full time equivalent