"Associate Director"

About us:

For almost 200 years, King’s has been a place where ideas turn into action. We have recently launched our new strategy: King’s Strategy 2030, which sets out how we will take that purpose forward over the coming years, in an environment where higher education and society is changing dramatically.

We are seeking an outstanding professional to join the university’s Strategic Planning team to help us take the next steps on that journey. We are a small, motivated and development-focused team, and you will have the opportunity to work on a range of projects and with a wide range of stakeholders across the university.

About the role:

The Strategic Planning team supports the university in effective strategy development, implementation and planning, including strategy development projects, institutional strategy implementation, portfolio management and the university’s integrated planning process (IPP). Strategic Planning is a small team based in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, who works widely with colleagues from across the university on range of projects.

The team is focused on implementation of King’s Strategy 2030, which was launched in January 2026. This role works across the range of the teams activities. This will include supporting ongoing strategy implementation, integrated planning, investment prioritisation, and programme portfolio management. The post-holder will work on a range of strategic special projects across a broad spectrum of the institution’s work.

The postholder will work across a wide range of topics and strategic issues. The postholder will be expected to lead on projects with institution-wide implications, often complex, ambiguous and/or high-value, with relatively limited direction.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), 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:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Experience in developing strategic cases or full business cases, including case for change, and early-stage implementation planning
• Outstanding analysis skills, including drawing on a variety of perspectives and own expertise to frame questions effectively, structured problem solving, breaking down issues, and communicating outcomes clearly
• Highly numerate and analytical, can collect and synthesise a variety of complex data sources to develop new insights and perspectives. Particularly adept at working with financial data
• Confident working in and co-ordinating multidisciplinary teams, and building strong working relationships to drive effective outcomes
• Excellent written, PowerPoint and verbal communication skills
• Adept at engaging with sponsors and stakeholders, including with senior colleagues and externals, adapting message, style and manner as needed

Desirable criteria:

• Experience running a business planning process in a complex organisation
• Experience within the Higher Education sector or adjacent/similar sector

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.