"Chair of Advisory Board for King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence"

About the role

King’s College London seeks to appoint an individual with a strong public profile, established and influential networks, and experience of fulfilling roles of national significance in an AI context to establish and chair an advisory board for the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

This new board, and its chair, will contribute to positioning King’s as a globally recognised thought-leader in AI research and policy. The successful candidate will bridge academia, industry and policymakers, leveraging high-level networks to elevate the Institute's external profile and impact.

This will be a 0.2FTE role offered on a fixed term basis for an initial term of 3 years.

This is a part time post (7 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 16 January 2029.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Leadership: strong track record of strategic leadership at a nationally significant level in technology and/or policy environments
2. AI policy and application expertise: Deep understanding of UK AI ecosystem and experience at a senior level in public policy on AI, or extensive interaction with AI policy leaders at the highest levels
3. Network, profile and partnerships: Extensive professional networks spanning industry, government and academia, with ability to convene and influence senior leaders, and track record in brokering and sustaining high-value strategic partnerships, including securing funding
4. Communication: outstanding public speaking and media relations skills with experience representing organisations at the highest levels
5. Understanding of the UK higher education landscape, including sector-wide challenges; appreciation of university culture, governance structures, and the complexities of inter-sector collaboration in a UK context

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 next page after you click “Apply Now”.

Further Information

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.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

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, in a maximum of 3 pages.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are due to be held in early December 2025.

Grade and Salary: Competitive Salary

Job ID: 127225

Close Date: 12-Nov-2025

Contact Person: Professor Sir Bashir Al-Hashimi

Contact Details: vpri@kcl.ac.uk