Operations Assistant - Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About Us
This post is a member of the Professional Services team in the School of Basic & Biomedical Sciences (BMBS) at King’s College London. The post holder will be an experienced and highly motivated administrator to provide support to the BHF Chair of Molecular Cardiology, Prof Mathias Gautel, the King’s Mechanobiology Centre, and to the Hub for Applied Bioinformatics (HAB).
About the role
The post holder will work closely with Prof Gautel, the School’s Professional Services team, Dr Alessandra Vigilante, HAB academic lead and colleagues across the University. This post holder will be providing a range of administrative and operational services to highly research-focused academic groups, with the opportunity to use and develop their skills across the whole range of operations. The post holder will provide executive support to Prof Gautel and his group acting as first point of contact for internal and external queries, supporting key operational areas including HR and research finance processes, as well as supporting conferences and events that facilitate scientific collaboration and public engagement.
The post holder will gain experience more broadly across the institution through supporting the activities for the KCL Mechanobiology Centre led by Prof Gautel and the Hub for Applied Bioinformatics, led by Dr Alessandra Vigilante. Time will be allocated using a shared workplan, and priorities will be coordinated jointly by Prof Gautel and Dr Vigilante, with the expectation of a balance of responsibilities between the Gautel group and the Hub for Applied Bioinformatic.
The role is highly varied. The post holder must have excellent organisational skills, be accurate, with good attention to detail in a busy environment with tight deadlines. They will have excellent communication skills and be able to develop good working relationships with the School’s academics and researchers as well as King’s Human Resources, the Faculty’s Management Accounts Team and the Research Management & Innovation Directorate. Experience in research administration would be desirable but not essential, as the post is supported by the wider operations team within the department and School and training will be provided where necessary.
This is a full- time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 3 years.
The role is based fully on site with the potential to work in a hybrid fashion following successful completion of Probation Period and in agreement with the Line Manager.
Start date is no sooner than 2nd March 2026.