Job description
About Us
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.
We are the Student Administrative Services Department, who undertake the administration of the student lifecycle including Welcome, Enrolment & Registration, Visa Support & Guidance, Student Records, Graduation, Police Registration, and Orientation. We work to ensure all students who study at King’s receive a world-class student experience by aligning support for students through their educational journey at King’s with the academic cycle of events throughout the year.
We are part of the wider 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 Role
The Student Lifecycle Events & Engagement Coordinator (Graduation) will assist in the preparation, organisation and administration of these important university events, and aim to provide a high-quality experience for all our staff and students. Working collaboratively with services and faculties across the institution, the post holder will provide quality customer service for stakeholders, responding to enquiries competently and appropriately and continually seeking opportunities to enhance the student experience. We regularly see over 10,000 students attend graduation ceremonies each year, with double this number scheduled to attend in 2022 due to postponed ceremonies as a result of the global pandemic.
Experience of working in events is desirable, though not essential, and a keen eye for detail with an understanding of the logistical requirements of event management beneficial.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual looking to support student engagement, and who wishes to utilise their skills and expertise in planning large scale events and stakeholder management.
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 post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for 17 months.
This is a full-time post, but we welcome applications from candidates seeking a flexible work pattern within our necessary service operating hours. Our core working hours are 10am – 4pm.
Please be prepared to work flexibly during delivery times and note that some events and activities take place outside of normal working hours on evenings and weekends and/or require early start times.