"Business Operation Officer"

About us

King’s College London is seeking candidates at all levels of experience with the drive and passion to deliver high quality customer service to support our strategic aims. This is an ideal opportunity to commence or further your career in Higher Education administration.

This role sits within the School of Politics & Economics (SPE) and is based at our Strand campus.

Home to three inter-disciplinary departments, Department of Political Economy, Department of European and International Studies and King’s Russia Institute.

SPE also has a diverse international community of social research and education. For more information about the School, please see our website: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/politics-economics

About the role

The School of Politics and Economics are seeking a hard-working, enthusiastic and motivated individual who is committed to providing an excellent service to staff and students. The Business Operation Officer forms part of our Business team and has a key role in supporting the management of the School’s finance and purchasing, facilities, and other School and department activities. This is an ideal opportunity to develop an understanding of the wide range of processes involved in running a School and offers a good foundation for a career in higher education administration. There are numerous training and development opportunities available, supported by our College and Faculty.

The successful applicant must be well organised, with strong all-round communication skills, a keen eye for detail, along with excellent minute taking and IT skills.

They must have the proven ability to balance competing priorities under pressure of tight deadlines and a high workload. The post-holder will work both as part of a team and independently, with responsibility for multiple departments.

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

1. Experience of office administration, including the use of MS Office, SharePoint, databases, written communication skills, with a high standard of English.
2. Excellent organisational and time management skills, whilst assuring attention to detail and accuracy is at a high level.
3. Experience dealing with financial processes.
4. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, dealing with a wide variety of people in a professional and confident manner.
5. Experience of committee administration, such as minute-taking skills

Grade and Salary: £34,713 - £38,127 per annum including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 134570
Close Date: 11-Jan-2026
Contact Person: Stephanie Harrison
Contact Details: stephanie.harrison@kcl.ac.uk

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 person specification section of the job description. 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.

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