"Research and Engagement Assistant"

About Us

King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health and social care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development. Through a strong partnership, King’s College London working together with the charity Cicely Saunders International, created the Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams to pioneer ways to improve treatment and care for people and their families facing serious and life-threatening disease.

Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies and services, the health and care experiences and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal) and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint) with over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. King’s is no 1 in the world QS rankings for nursing.

King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe. Our award-winning education programmes span pre-registration programmes and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes, with teams in the Cicely Saunders Institute teaching medical, nursing and physiotherapy students, and running two multiprofessional MSc programmes. We welcome colleagues with fresh ideas who are motivated to help shape the future of palliative care.

We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.

About the role

Are you passionate about improving care for people living with serious illness? We have an exciting opportunity to join the palliative care research group at the renowned Cicely Saunders Institute as a Research and Engagement Assistant.

In this role, you will contribute to high-quality applied research in palliative, health, and social care, helping to enhance therapies, outcome measurement, and support for patients and families. Working closely with King’s College London, Cicely Saunders International, and other partners, you will play a key part in maximising the reach, visibility, and impact of collaborative projects.

We are looking for a highly motivated, creative, and organised individual who enjoys working across multiple projects. You should be confident using digital tools and able to adapt your communication style for different audiences. Experience in applied research delivery, and its engagement, or communications is desirable, and we particularly welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

You will play a central role in ensuring that the work reaches and engages the widest possible audience. This includes preparing agendas, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, reports, and presentations; maintaining Researchfish, SARD, CVs and other funder records; managing website, LinkedIn, and digital content; and supporting meetings, events, and education workshops. You will help ensure research findings and project outputs reach health and care professionals, service organisations, training networks, NHS organisations, policy-makers, patients, and families. This includes promoting Cicely Saunders International’s Action Plan for Better Palliative Care: You Matter Because You Are You. You may also assist with the supervision of student projects relevant to your expertise.