"Project Manager"

About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to support the development and delivery of the Wellcome Discovery Award “What can bureaucratic justice do for mental health?”, based in the Dickson Poon School of Law within King’s College London. This will involve working with colleagues and across projects within the Administrative Fairness Lab research group.

The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London is one of the oldest law schools in England and recognised globally as one of the best law schools in the world. The School was established in 1831 and has played an integral role in the life of King's since the university was formed almost 200 years ago.

The Administrative Fairness Lab, directed by Professor Joe Tomlinson, is a multisite research group combining law and social science to advance understanding of administrative justice. It brings together interdisciplinary project teams to meet research challenges, and collaborate with the public, government bodies, and charities. You can read more about the work of the lab via its website (link).

The 6-year Wellcome Discovery Award programme, also led by Professor Joe Tomlinson, specially seeks to build a new body of research exploring the meaning and effects of bureaucratic justice in mental health services. It will also develop a diverse community of researchers and people with lived experience committed to advancing understanding of bureaucratic justice and its effects in the context of mental health services, and provide a platform for a new way of thinking about administrative process in mental health services and interventions that to improve treatment outcomes.

About the role

The Project Manager will provide overall operational management for projects, and ensure resources are managed and monitored effectively. They will provide administrative support to ensure the smooth running of projects. The post holder will work closely with the Lab Director and Principal Investigator, Professor Joe Tomlinson, as well as a range of partners, to develop and evaluate project activities and will support the project team in delivering the project objectives.

The role will require coordination across University Departments and with external UK partners. You will work with a variety of key stakeholders including academic collaborators, external funding partners and other university staff.

The focus of the role is on delivering the operational activities linked to the research objectives of each project, as well as helping to develop and sustain future research programmes. The role requires wide-ranging project co-ordination for the projects. You will work under the direction of Prof. Joe Tomlinson but will be required to work independently and will need to relate well to both academic staff at all levels, and non-academic stakeholders across the project – including members of the public participating in the Lab’s work, and external stakeholders in the public and private sectors. You will need to navigate governance issues and understand appropriate research funding arrangements.

This is a part time role (17.5 hours per week) and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31st December 2031.

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
2. Experience of administration or project management in an academic research environment or other large complex organisation, from the start-up phase of a project
3. Proven financial aptitude with a high level of attention to detail and the ability to produce clear and concise financial/research reports
4. Excellent oral, written communication and presentation skills
5. Experience in administering meetings and providing support to research groups with teams spread across multiple organisations/institutions, including international collaborations
6. Excellent inter-personal skills, including the ability to use tact and discretion to build effective and cooperative working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels
7. Excellent IT skills, including good working knowledge of word processing (Word), spreadsheet (Excel), email and database software, and experience in using social media for digital communications
8. Highly organised with the ability to work independently, prioritise work and produce consistent accurate, detailed work and meet deadlines

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of the field of interdisciplinary legal research, social science or humanities, or an allied area .Previous experience of working in an international and/or interinstitutional research environment
2. Experience of supporting applications for research funding
3. Familiarity with relevant HR principles and policy

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 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.

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: £45,031 - £47,379 pro rata per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 130685
Close Date: 30-Nov-2025
Contact Person: Joe Tomlinson
Contact Details: joe.tomlinson@kcl.ac.uk