Administrative Officer

About King's College London

The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.

About the Social Mobility & Widening Participation Department

Within the Social Mobility & Widening Participation Department we believe all young people should be able to have high expectations for their future. This means equal access to education and career opportunities. We run programmes that aim to empower young people from under-represented backgrounds to access and succeed at university.

About the Students & Education Directorate

We are part of the Students & Education 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 Administrative Officer Role

The Administrative Officer will provide efficient administrative support for the Social Mobility and Widening Participation Department. This includes inbox management, financial management, diary management, data input and processing, as well as other wide-ranging administrative tasks.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to expand their knowledge of the Higher Education sector, and who wish to utilise their skills and expertise in administrative support. This is an opportunity to work in an impact-driven team and develop relationships with colleagues across the wider university to make a difference to young people locally and nationally.

We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.

This role is offered as either a single position on a full time basis (5 days a week) or as two part‑time positions: a 0.6 FTE post (3 days per week) and a 0.4 FTE post (2 days per week). Please state your preference in your supporting statement.

You will be offered an indefinite contract.

What We're Looking For

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

• 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 general administration, or education/programme administration. Relevant educational experiences might include higher education in a related discipline, professional qualifications or other training.
• Experience of undertaking and completing tasks which require administrative and organisational skills
• Experience using Microsoft 365, as well as video conferencing products
• Experience of diary and inbox management
• Ability to clearly communicate information orally and in writing
• Ability to use initiative and judgement to resolve day-to-day problems
• Ability to manage multiple workload priorities and deliver work to deadlines
• Ability to decide own pattern of work and manage own workload and resources
• Ability to gather and manipulate data so that it can be interpreted by others

Further Information

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Interview date: 9th March 2026.

Key skills/competency

• Administration
• Organizational Skills
• Inbox Management
• Diary Management
• Financial Management
• Data Entry
• Communication
• Microsoft 365
• Problem-Solving
• Time Management