Overview
Project Manager (International, Engagement & Service) – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About us:
The International, Engagement & Service (IES) Directorate supports King’s College London’s to engage with communities and partners in London, across the UK, and around the world.
Driving change and responding to the needs and aspirations of the communities we serve is at the heart of everything we do in IES. Our team leads some of King’s most impact-driven programmes, including One King’s Impact, the King’s Sanctuary Programme, King’s Volunteering, and the Afe Babalola Centre for Transnational Education, among others.
Through these initiatives, together with our broader civic and place-based engagement both locally and internationally, we enrich opportunities for students, foster research partnerships that tackle pressing global challenges, and unlock the impact King’s can make for people, planet and society.
About the role:
The Project Manager plays a pivotal role in the successful delivery of several high-impact programmes across the International, Engagement and Service portfolio.
Reporting to the Associate Director of Governance, Reporting and Portfolio Oversight but working as part of project teams on a daily basis, the postholder will bring project management expertise to bear on these programmes, matched with a high level of cultural awareness and the ability to proactively problem solve to ensure their successful delivery. They will work closely with programme leads and other team members on different stages of activity, from the planning phase through to their closure and evaluation, to deliver strategic priorities. They will also work collaboratively to embed project management best practice across the directorate.
Duties will include delivering day-to-day project activities, alongside facilitating projects through the coordination of working groups, creating project management documentation, (for example, project plans, stakeholder maps, risk registers and action logs), and identifying and mitigating project risks. They will also work on programme governance, providing secretary duties to key committees and advisory groups.
The postholder will be expected to build excellent working relationships across the directorate and with a wide range of stakeholders, both within King’s and across partner institutions, to deliver their work successfully.
This is a full-time post 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
- Knowledge of the project management lifecycle and demonstrable experience of planning, delivery, monitoring, and closure of projects.
- Experience of working across multilateral projects simultaneously and at different stages of development.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with demonstrated ability to work with diverse communities and a developed sense of cultural competency and emotional intelligence.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and manage competing priorities.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to present information clearly across a range of audiences, both verbally and in written form. Competent in manipulating data.
- Solutions-focused approach with the ability to adapt to new challenges.
- Collaborative approach to working in a team, with the ability to also work independently and manage distinct projects.
- Enthusiasm for the work of the International, Engagement and Service Directorate at King’s.
Desirable criteria
- A project management qualification or similar.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification.
- Experience of working in a higher education setting.
- Experience of transnational education and widening access to higher education.
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.
