​​King’s College London  is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of  King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.

 

​The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), Grade Point Average and Power.  REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

 

​As of 2026, King’s is top-two in the world for Nursing and #1 in the UK for the 8th year in a row (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe.

 

​The  Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the  Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams.

 

​Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes.

 

​We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.

We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Senior Programme Officer (SPO) to support the delivery of two brand new postgraduate taught programmes: the newly developed MSc Healthcare Management and the MSc Cardiorespiratory Care programme.  The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the smooth and effective delivery of these programmes.

 

Working as part of a wider professional services team, the SPO will take ownership of core operational activity across the entire student lifecycle, from enrolment through to graduation. The post holder will play a key role in coordinating processes, maintaining service continuity, and identifying and mitigating potential risks to programme delivery.

 

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing timely, accurate, and student-focused support to both academic colleagues and students, ensuring that administrative systems and processes are efficient and aligned with best practice.

While the primary focus will be on these two programmes, the role will also contribute more broadly across NMPC PGT programme administration where needed.

 

The post holder will also line-manage one Programme Officer.

 

In addition, the SPO will support faculty-wide priorities to streamline and standardise processes across postgraduate taught (PGT) post-qualification provision. This will involve working collaboratively with colleagues to improve consistency, enhance efficiency, and drive continuous improvement in programme delivery.

 

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative postgraduate education provision. The ideal candidate will bring strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment, alongside a commitment to delivering high-quality programme administration.

 

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 2 years. 

 

King’s considers the professional and personal development of our staff a priority and we offer an inspiring range of opportunities for training and career progression. Our Organisational Development team provide in-house and bespoke learning.

 

Location: Hybrid – minimum of 2 days per week on campus (Waterloo)