King’s is currently undertaking a strategic project to put in place strategy, policy, systems and processes to enable King’s staff to work overseas. The primary function of this role is to co-ordinate the global staff mobility service at King’s, in line with the Overseas Working Framework (published in April 2022) and Global Staff Mobility Policy (due to be published in autumn 2022). This role provides an excellent secondment opportunity for staff with administrative experience who are looking to support the development of a new service at King’s and develop their skills in supporting a senior university committee.

Reporting to the Global Staff Mobility Manager within the Tax Services team, this role will work as part of a team supporting this service.

The role holder will form and maintain strong working relationships across Finance, HR, Global Engagement, the Research Management & Innovation Directorate and colleagues across faculties and directorates.

One of the key areas of the role will be to support the Global Staff Mobility Committee, which considers applications from staff to work/live in a specific overseas country for periods of more than 60 days. This is a senior university committee, chaired by the Senior Vice President (Academic), which involves significant complexity relating to global mobility.

The role holder will also be required to support the global mobility assignment process and manage some of the associated case work. Training will be provided for this aspect of the role.

About the Finance Directorate

The Finance Directorate comprises some c.110 roles located across all of our campuses in central London.   The Financial Services department of c.75 roles provides various accounting, assurance, advisory and financial processing functions for the whole university. This department is partnered by c.30 member team of Management Accountants and 8 members of staff in the Purchasing Strategy Team.

The Finance Directorate has returned to hybrid 2-3 days a week on campus working from October 2021. The team is based, whilst on campus, in our Lavington Street offices (SE1).  Longer term, regular attendance on campus may be required.
 

This post will be offered on an a fixed-term contract for 1 year from the start date.

This is a full-time  post - 100% full time equivalent

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria

1. Strong analytical skills and detailed orientated
2. Customer service skills and a service approach in your professional work
3. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in the written word, in person and on the telephone
4. Numerate and IT literate with the ability to use the standard suite of office software together with knowledge of one or more corporate Finance
5. Experience of developing systems and processes
6. Experience of supporting senior committees
7. Ability to build and manage internal and external relationships
8. Self-management and ability prioritise, and work independently to meet deadlines
9. Attention to detail and working to a high-level of accuracy
10. Ability to manage change and respond positively to new challenges
11. Commitment to high service standards and customer focus

Desirable criteria

1. Professional Tax or CIPD qualification
2. Degree level qualification
3. General knowledge of expat tax, social security, law and immigration, salary/payroll issues
4. An understanding of the university sector and its reliefs would be an advantage
5. Relevant experience working in global mobility within a multi-national organisation or a consultancy supplying such services
6. Experience of having worked in or with the university sector