About Us
Research and innovation are at the heart of King's College London's mission to make a positive difference in the world. The Research Management & Innovation Directorate (RMID) leads this ambition by shaping and enabling the university's research and innovation agenda, ensuring an environment in which our researchers, professional staff and doctoral students can excel. This work is guided by King's Strategy 2030, which emphasises academic excellence, real-world impact, and a culture where research and innovation can truly thrive. The Department of Research Governance, Ethics and Integrity (RGEI) plays a critical role in safeguarding the quality and credibility of King's research. The department ensures that all research conducted across the university is safe, ethical, lawful and carried out to the highest standards of integrity and rigour. Our teams develop and deliver policies, systems, guidance, training and initiatives that support researchers in navigating ethical and regulatory requirements, enabling them to conduct high-quality research with confidence while feeling supported and valued.
About The Role
The Research Support Assistant role is an exciting opportunity for an individual keen to develop a career in research support and involves providing essential administrative support to the Research Governance and Research Ethics Offices within the Department of Research Governance, Ethics and Integrity (RGEI). The role contributes to maintaining high standards of research governance, ethics, and compliance by supporting established review processes and assisting the research community across the university. The position offers broad exposure to research governance and ethics activities, with significant scope for learning and professional development. The post holder will act as a key point of contact for staff and students, support effective communication and coordination across the teams, and assist with the operation of systems and processes that underpin ethical and responsible research at King's.
The post will have a particular focus on supporting clinical governance sponsorship administrative support, which may involve engagement with other RMID teams as part of a newly created Clinical Research Hub. Tasks will vary depending on the needs of each team, making this an ideal role for someone eager to gain a wide variety of learning and development opportunities. This is a busy and varied role based within a rewarding, fast‑paced and stimulating environment. King's adopts a hybrid working model, and the post holder will be based at the Lavington Street Building, Waterloo Campus, when on site. Comprehensive training will be provided. We reserve the right to close the application process early in the event of a large volume of applications. This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential Criteria
* Degree/Equivalent or equivalent experience OR a minimum of one year's administrative experience in a relevant setting
* Proven ability to provide clear, accurate and concise advice or guidance to staff, students, or service users
* Strong organisational skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced environment, managing priorities and deadlines while maintaining high‑quality outputs.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
* Demonstrable ability to use initiative and work independently, as well as collaboratively across multiple teams
* High level of accuracy and attention to detail, particularly when handling data, documents, or confidential information
* Good IT skills, including confidence working with database, online systems, and Microsoft office applications
* A strong customer service approach, with the ability to engage professionally and helpfully with staff and students at all levels. service approach, with the ability to engage professionally and helpfully with staff and students at all levels.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working in a higher education or research environment
* Experience in maintaining webpages or using content management systems
* Familiarity with research governance, research ethics, or regulatory processes (e.g. NHS REC, HRA, clinical or HEI research systems)
* Experience providing administrative support to committees, including agenda preparation and minute taking.
* Experience supporting training delivery (e.g., coordinating sessions, developing materials, or liaising with facilitators).
Downloading a Copy Of Our Job Description
Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
Further Information
At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King's guidance.
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 person specification section of the job description. 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.
We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our 'How we Recruit' pages.
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