Research Administrator: Cardiovascular care

This is a part-time post (21 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31 August 2029.

Research staff at King's are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the , applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the for more information. King's considers the professional and personal development of our staff a priority and we offer an inspiring range of opportunities for training and career progression. Our Organisational Development team provide in-house and bespoke learning. Location: Hybrid - minimum of 2 days per week on Waterloo campus About you To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteria

• Degree, preferably in relevant subject area
• Administrative/secretarial qualification and/or experience
• IT literacy to high standard: word processing and typing skills (Microsoft Word), preparation of presentations (Microsoft Powerpoint) and spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel)
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to adapt communication as appropriate to the situation
• Strong organisational and planning skills, with a proven ability to support delivery of projects
• Good time management skills with ability to multi-task and prioritise and complete tasks within a set deadline
• Excellent relationship building skills, such as with public members, researchers and external networks
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team including researchers, clinicians and patient and public members
Desirable criteria
• Experience dealing with academic reports and manuscripts, including referencing
  
  is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of , we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.
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), Grade Point Average and Power. REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.
As of 2026, King's is top-two in the world for Nursing and #1 in the UK for the 8th year in a row (QS world rankings). 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. King's is the largest provider of health care education in Europe. is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the , the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams. Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes. We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth., At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.