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Business Operations Officer (LIHE)

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£33,879 - £37,296 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
3 Dec 2024
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Job Details

About us

The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE), led by the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences (BMEIS) at King’s College London (KCL), is part of the vision for St Thomas’ MedTech Hub. The Institute is housed in a new building embedded within St Thomas’ campus, which will bring together King’s research excellence, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust’s leading clinical practice and the med tech sector’s commercial innovation power and talent, engaging multinationals, SMEs and start-ups simultaneously. Its vision is to accelerate the clinical impact of med tech innovation by building robust med tech ventures. It aims to become the hub of all MedTech activity in London and the UK by building a strong ecosystem of all key stakeholders in the industry.

About the role

The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Operational Assistant to support the efficient running of our office and operational functions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in office management, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This role is critical to maintaining smooth day-to-day operations.

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 3 years in the first instance. This role will require full time working on site, 5 days/week.

About you

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

Essential criteria 

  1. Proven experience in office management or similar administrative roles, ideally within a healthcare, research, or academic environment.
  2. Strong organizational skills with an exceptional eye for detail and the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced setting. 
  3. Demonstrated ability to multitask and manage time effectively to meet multiple deadlines. 
  4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey information clearly and professionally. 
  5. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and experience with office management software or tools. 
  6. Proactive problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently while contributing to a team environment. 

Desirable criteria

  1. Experience with budget management and financial tracking, with a good understanding of expense monitoring and reporting. 
  2. Knowledge of health and safety regulations and compliance requirements in an office or research setting. 
  3. Familiarity with event coordination and handling logistics for professional meetings, conferences, or workshops. 
  4. Experience working within an academic, healthcare, or MedTech-related organization. 

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

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”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

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. 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. 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.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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