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The Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Hub, housed within the Department of Geography and the School of Global Affairs (SGA) at King's College London, is a pioneering initiative addressing the critical challenges of climate adaptation. Funded by the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and UK research councils (UKRI), the Hub will coalesce the skills and expertise needed from across relevant sectors to aid the development and implementation of climate change adaptation in the UK. The Hub draws together academic and knowledge exchange partners from across the UK to deliver on this objective.As a dynamic hub of interdisciplinary research, the School of Global Affairs (SGA) brings together world-class expertise to tackle the most pressing global issues. Therefore, we are seeking a Senior Research Operations Officer to play a pivotal role in managing the Hub's grants portfolio, ensuring smooth operations, and supporting impactful projects via delivering flexible funds.At King's, we are deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practices into all our activities so that the university is an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring place to work and study, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. King's offers inclusive benefits to staff, including flexible working, Enhanced Parental Leave, funds for Parents and Carers, and the potential to join community staff networks.About the roleWe are pleased to offer this excellent opportunity to join our ambitious dynamic team in the School of Global Affairs, as a Senior Research Operations Officer.The MACC Hub administers an xc2xa3800,000 flexible fund to help it advance these goals and is seeking a Senior Research Operations Officer to develop and deliver this flexible fund.Working closely with the Hub Manager, Director and with King's Research Management and Information Directorate (RMID), this role will be responsible for managing the flexible fund element of the Hub. Responsibilities will include - supporting the allocation of funds to successful projects, managing stakeholders in those projects, and ensuring appropriate reporting and communication of results. The flexible fund will be allocated through two models: 1) an open call for research projects in summer 2025: 2) request for proposals for consultancies and secondments to respond to government-identified research gaps.The post holder will join an exciting and high-profile UK-wide network of adaptation scholars and practitioners, as well as benefit from a dynamic working environment and cohort of research managers in the School of Global affairs research office.The post holder will be able to work as part of King's hybrid working model (Strand Campus), with the expectation to be on campus two days a week.This is a full time (35 Hours per week) role, and you will be offered a fixed term contract until Dec 2026About youTo be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:Essential criteria * Experience of managing grants or large-scale projects within HEI (or relevant sector) involving multiple stakeholders

• Excellent task management and organisation skills; ability to work under pressure with competing and shifting priorities, deadlines and workload while maintaining a high level of attention to detail
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact professionally with colleagues and stakeholders, convey information clearly, and work effectively as part of a team.
• Good working knowledge of university policies and procedures including financial, procurement and travel regulations.
• Experience of managing budgets including forecasting and virements.
• The ability to work effectively with others to share perspectives and find solutions
• A commitment to a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias

Desirable criteria * Understanding of the Worktribe grant application and approval process

• Experience drafting agreements and contracts
• Experience of working with and supporting committees
• A high level of enthusiasm for the Hub's and Flexible Funds aims
• Experience in working in a multidisciplinary context and working collaboratively across teams and departments

Downloading a copy of our Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click Apply Now. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.Further informationWe pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.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 advert. 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.To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our pages.Interviews are due to be held on w/c 17 March 2025.We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.Grade and Salary: xc2xa338,482 - xc2xa343,249, including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 106208
Close Date: 24-Feb-2025
Contact Person: Shreya Bhatia
Contact Details:CompanyKing's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King's was ranked 6th nationally in the 'power' ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King's was deemed 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than xc2xa3684 million.King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: .King's xc2xa3600 million campaign, World questions|KING's answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King's has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children's Hospital; established the King's Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King's Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at .Company info Mini-site Telephone +(44)02078365454 Location STRAND
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