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This is an exciting role offering opportunity for the successful candidate to work in Student Solutions within IT Solutions.Our Student Solutions team provides comprehensive technical student solutions, including solution analysis, architecture, design, and development, for a wide range of student applications-from applicant management through to supporting students during their academic journey at our university.Our mission is to implement solutions that not only meet our business needs to support the delivery of the university 2029 vision and Education strategy but also adhere to our architectural principles and standards, ultimately transforming both administrative and learning experiences.We lead the technical development roadmap for student service products, working collaboratively with academics, professional services staff across all departments, and external partners. Our goal is to design, develop, and deliver a wide range of innovative student solutions. As a forward-thinking team, we have ambitious growth targets in this crucial area of development. We are committed to fostering a supportive culture and community that prioritizes both individual and collective wellbeing.The role will report to the Head of Student Solutions.About the role:The overall purpose of this role is to provide expertise in design, develop, and deliver IT solutions that support the university's Student Solutions in alignment with the University 2029 Vision and Education strategy. The role has a high level of independent responsibility and discretionThe work includes developing and shaping technical architecture vision for all the products across Student ART and implementing Student Solutions for the area and contributing to longer-term planning within the context of the University's broader functions and strategic aims.This role focuses on ensuring that the solutions developed and implemented for the university's Student Solutions are effective, meet business requirements, and adhere to architectural standards. They will be expected to set quality and professional standards.The role is responsible for creating end-to-end IT solutions, including infrastructure, hardware, and software components, integration with other enterprise systems and for ensuring that each product fits within the broader IT service architecture. Collaboration with Student Product Owners, Solutions Designers, and various IT teams is essential to successfully deliver these solutions.The role will manage a dynamic of solution designers, working alongside other Solution Design Managers to ensure that each assigned product within the Education & Students domain meets business needs, adheres to agreed standards, and fits within architectural requirements. The role will focus on developing the technical vision for solutions, encompassing infrastructure, hardware, and software, integration with other enterprise system to build effective and efficient systems. This role requires deep domain knowledge in Education & Students, expertise in solution architecture, and collaboration with various teams within the IT Directorate to ensure successful implementation and integration of solutions.This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contractAbout you:To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:Essential criteria * Education to degree standard and/or equivalent qualification and experience or substantial experience and proven success in a strategically important broad function/specialist area.

• Good knowledge or working experience of providing designing/developing/supporting one or more applications/systems within Student domain (e.g. SITS, Timetabling (Teaching/Exam), Library Management systems, Admission Portal, InPlace, Kaizen, etc)
• In-depth expertise of SITS technologies including eVision task development, SRL, StuTalk and Web Services
• Proactively advocate for the adoption of new technologies and improvements to existing systems that add value to the business
• Extensive, demonstrable experience in the integration aspects of solution architecture using a variety of protocols and transport mechanisms
• Evaluate and provide strategic insights into the student solutions domain, influencing the development of service product strategies that align with the college's long-term objectives
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive technical architecture for the digital student platforms and solutions, aligning with the vision and goals
• Design scalable and flexible systems that can cater to the needs of each product vision and accommodate future growth and technology advancements.

Desirable criteria * Architecture, Project Management and Service Management qualifications/experience (e.g. TOGAF, SAFe architecture, ITIL 4 )

• Appreciation of key issues within the HE sector (political, social, economic) and appreciation of how these forces drive technology requirements and solutions
• Knowledge and experience of Cloud technologies (AWS and Azure) and Integration and API understanding

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.We 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 'How we Recruit' pages.Grade and Salary: 363,596 - 372,757 per annum inclusive of London Weighting
Job ID: 105685
Close Date: 02-Mar-2025
Contact Person: Xiaoyan Xu
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 3684 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 3600 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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