About us

We are seeking a dynamic, highly organised and collaborative individual to coordinate delivery of flagship clinical academic training programmes delivered across King’s Health Partners (KHP) through the King’s Clinical Academic Training Office (KCATO).

King’s College London, together with our NHS Foundation Trust partners (Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust) provides a leading multidisciplinary environment in which to train as a clinical academic.

We offer internally and externally funded training opportunities, with a proven track record of developing clinical academic leaders, making a difference for patients and communities across South East London and beyond.

KCATO aims to champion clinical academic careers across the broad spectrum of health professional disciplines.  We do this by delivering funding schemes such as the Integrated Academic Training Programme, by creating bespoke training opportunities, and by being a central, visible contact point for health professional researchers.

About the role

The post holder will support the coordination and delivery of strategic capacity-building schemes for clinical academics, including the Integrated Academic Training Programme (IAT).

By supporting these schemes, the postholder will build knowledge and expertise in growing a clinical academic pipeline and community, and ensure the researchers enrolled on both programmes benefit from the world-class clinical academic training environment provided through the organisations of KHP. They will coordinate cohort-building opportunities across the programmes, and proactively seek ways to streamline and enhance processes and opportunities for the benefit of all involved.

The King’s NIHR IAT programme has been running since 2006 and has trained over 400 doctors and dentists. King’s College London hosts a large number of trainees, funded through a bi-annual NIHR bid. The postholder will provide a point of contact and advice for stakeholders including trainees, supervisors, academic and clinical training leads, and external stakeholders including NHS England and the NIHR. They will offer expertise and operational support in recruitment, contracts and onboarding, advising on queries from trainees and supporting their professional development through signposting and administering the IAT bursary scheme. They will also co-ordinate future NIHR bids and provide data to support decision-making and programme development.

The role holder will foster strong collaborative partnership links with colleagues across the health faculties at KCL, research and development colleagues across the partner NHS Trusts, and with local centres supporting capacity building such as the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre.

This is a full time (0.8FTE considered) post, offered on a fixed term contract for two years from the start date. KCATO works in a hybrid manner; we operate across all of the KHP campuses so flexibility in location is required.

Please get in touch if you like further information about the role.

About you

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

Essential criteria

1. Experience of supporting training and capacity building, for researchers and/or health professionals.
2. Accuracy and attention to detail
3. Excellent data skills and the ability to enhance and develop processes
4. Excellent oral and written communication skills
5. Excellent interpersonal skills, with confidence and diplomacy to interact with colleagues, staff, trainees and stakeholders at all levels.
6. Understanding of the priorities of research-focused institutions and/or partnerships
7. Ability to work independently and flexibility, managing projects within a complex and evolving environment.

Desirable criteria

1. Postgraduate qualification and/or research experience in a health-related subject
2. Experience of managing or administering research funding schemes
3. Experience of managing a direct report

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.

Interviews are due to be held on the 6th May; likely second round interviews the following week

Grade and Salary: £44,355 - £51,735 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 111905
Close Date: 21-Apr-2025 
Contact Person: Kate Murray
Contact Details: Kate.1.murray@kcl.ac.uk