About King’s
King’s College London offers an intellectually stimulating environment in which to work,
where staff are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and learning, in the service of
society. Located in the heart of London, we have an outstanding reputation for world-class
teaching and cutting-edge research. We have more than 26,500 students from more than 150
countries worldwide, and some 7,000 employees.
King’s is one of the top 20 universities in the world (2014/15 QS World University Rankings)
and among the oldest in England. It was ranked sixth nationally in the ‘power’ ranking in the
2014 UK Research Excellence Framework, and is in the top seven UK universities for
research earnings. It has an overall annual income of more than £600 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 in social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the
advances that has shaped modern life, such as the discovery of DNA and research that led to
the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.
King’s Health Partners
King’s Health Partners is one of the UK’s five Academic leading research led university
(King’s College London) and three successful NHS Foundation Trusts (Guy’s and St Thomas’,
King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley).
Our aim is to create a centre where world-class research, teaching and clinical practice are
brought together for the benefit of patients. We want to make sure that the lessons from
research are used more swiftly, effectively and systematically to improve healthcare services
for people with physical and mental health care problems. This integrated organisation
serves more than 1.5 million patients every year, has approximately 25,000 employees and
has a combined annual turnover of £2 billion. For more information, visit:
www.kingshealthpartners.org
About the Faculty
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/SSPP/index.aspx
The School of Management and Business
The School of Management and Business at King’s College has expanded rapidly in the
last few years and with the benefit of recent recruitment there are now 71 academic
faculty and 15 professional services staff in the department. There are three thriving
undergraduate programmes; the BSc in Business Management, which currently
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recruits approximately 180 high quality students each year; a BSc in Economics and
Management which commenced in September 2014 and which recruits approximately
100 students and an intercalated BSc in Health Care Management. A new BSc in
International Management will commence in September 2016 with approximately 50
students. The School is arguably the principal suppliers of undergraduate teaching in Business and Management
Studies in the University of London.
In recent years the School has developed a portfolio of advanced MSc programmes that
build upon and reflect its research strengths. These include the MSc in Accounting
Accountability & Financial Management, MSc in International Management, the MSc
in Human Resource Management and Organisational Analysis (with CIPD
accreditation), the MSc in Public Policy Management, and the MSc in International
Marketing (with CIM accreditation). Recruitment to all programmes is strong and the
School currently has 380 postgraduate students. New MSc programmes in Banking
and Finance and a part-time MSc in International Marketing will commence in
September 2016. There is also a growing doctoral programme with a cohort of
approximately 70 students, including an ESRC funded Interdisciplinary Social Science
Doctoral Training Centre. The School prides itself on its commitment to high quality
in both its teaching and research and on its friendly atmosphere between staff and
students.
The School of Management and Business is located in the Waterloo campus and plans
to move into new accommodation in Bush House during 2017. This location means it
is well located for contacts with business, the City, public sector organisations,
government, the arts and other organisations and colleges in central London. It sees
itself as a research intensive school which has the benefit of being located in a worldleading multi-faculty institution.
The University has earmarked Management and Business as an area of significant
growth over the coming years. Proposed new courses include a BSc programme in
Economics, further growth in the area of finance (building upon the MSc programme
in Banking and Finance that starts in 2016), and new MSc programmes in the area of
entrepreneurship, which has been identified as an area of strategic growth. These
developments will increase the scale of our activities and further cement our position
as a leading provider of management teaching and research.
Research in the School of Management and Business
The School of Management and Business at King’s has been acknowledged by the
Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 as one of the best departments in the UK.
In terms of its publications, when ranked by the percentage of work that is 3* and 4*,
the school ranks 8th in the UK; 82% of the published research submitted for assessment
was deemed to be world leading and internationally excellent, with more than a third
of that being rated as world leading.
Research within the School falls into nine research groups.
Accounting and Financial Management
Analysing the economic and organisational repercussions of different types of
accounting and financial management systems is the mainstay of the research of the
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Accounting and Financial Management group. Members of the group specialise in a
wide range of research areas but three particular themes are prominent.
The first area of interest is financial management and market-based accounting
research with a focus on the role of information in company valuation, empirical
analysis of accounting information, and the role of real options in investment
analysis. Accounting based research includes research on the capital market
consequences of international financial reporting standards (IFRS), and modelling
the impact of accounting and dividend information on equity valuation. Financial
management research has a strong focus on option pricing and the implications of
managerial discretion for company performance and valuation and for corporate risk
analysis. Other related topics include research on modelling and estimating the cost
of capital and valuation and financial reporting issues related to company pension
schemes.
The second area of interest focuses on corporate governance and accountability using
a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods. This includes quantitative
empirical analysis on executive compensation and its impact on the quality of
corporate governance and more qualitative research on how corporate governance
information is incorporated into the analysis of sell-side financial analysts. The third
area is the sociology of financial markets which has a major focus on trader behaviour
and the impact of technology and other related areas such as the use of accounting
information in the investment practices of private equity.
Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
The School has one of the leading research groups in the world engaged in human
resource management, employment relations and organisational behaviour. The
research on human resource management addresses some of the major contemporary
debates concerning the relationship between human resource practices and outcomes
such as performance and worker well-being. The research is closely allied to work
exploring the structure and contribution of human resource departments and those
responsible for the function: training and development and policies to limit bullying
and harassment in the workplace.
The research on employment relations has a strong international flavour. It explores
the changing role of trade unions in contemporary organisations and how they can
maintain an effective influence. It analyses the part played by employment relations
in international mergers and acquisitions in different countries. It examines the roles
of partnership arrangements in the workplace and how these contribute to trust
relations. An allied body of research is exploring the role of the psychological contract
as a framework for considering contemporary employment relationships in both a
national and international comparative context.
Research on organisational behaviours covers a range of themes. The first is
concerned with careers and the role of contemporary careers. This includes the
careers of professional workers and in particular female professionals in areas such as
law and pharmacy. The second is concerned with work-life balance and relates to
issues of working hours and types of employment contract. The third explores work
in call centres and in particular its impact on well-being and commitment. A fourth
body of research focusses on the heath sector, applying theory and research to
address current issues including change management, the challenges of transfer from
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professional to managerial roles, the place of network and other forms of
organisation and migration of health workers. The fifth area concerns issues of
identification and employer branding in contexts ranging from recruitment to
mergers and acquisitions.
International Business and Comparative Management (IBCM)
The international business and comparative management (IBCM) research group
conducts inter-disciplinary theoretical and empirical research on the nature and
extent of international management activities. Members of the group examine
international aspects of key management and international business issues such as
entry strategies, corporate governance, consumer behaviour and strategy. Their work
has attracted numerous grants from bodies such as ESRC and the European Union.
The IBCM group approaches the international dimension to business from a
comparative perspective. Researchers explore how differences between countries and
regions impact firm and human activities. A shared feature of the research is an
interest in how national institutions shape systems and outcomes. One particular
aspect of this is how national patterns of corporate governance are similar or
different across borders. The research in this area focuses on issues of decisionmaking among corporate stakeholders. Particular emphasis is placed on how
corporate governance is linked to related management issues such as finance,
business strategy, the business life cycle, human resource management and the
diversity of financial, legal and political institutions across countries. A second aspect
of the comparative approach concerns the nature of work across borders, including a
focus on how work differs across countries and how work practices are transferred
across national borders.
The research into multinational enterprises emphasizes how various elements of
firms’ internationalisation strategies (entry-exit, global value chains, mergers /
acquisitions, human resource management and the transfer of practices) are shaped
by host and home country settings and the socio-political environment. It includes
issues such as selecting a market to enter, entry mode and forms of integration across
borders. One emphasis is on foreign direct investment choices and how diverse sociopolitical networks influence access to foreign markets, entrepreneurial opportunities
and resources. Another emphasis is on the role of ‘globalizing actors’ in establishing
and disseminating new norms across borders within multinationals, for which the
group has recently been awarded a large ESRC grant.
Marketing
The Marketing Subject Group sees marketing as an essential element of
organizational growth and long-term viability through an understanding of consumer
and market environments in the for-profit or not-for-profit sectors. Marketing is
essential for crafting attractive market offerings, conveying value to target
consumers, supplying consumers and capturing that value from consumers.
Consequently the Group’s research encapsulates the theoretical boundaries of
marketing thought as well as rigorously testing new ways of conceptualizing
marketing. Consumer behaviour, quantitative and qualitative marketing and
marketing strategy are all crossed by the Group to address important questions about
practice and theory. Research interests include: advertising and marketing
communications, consumer privacy and surveillance policy, creativity and risk, crossnational and cross-cultural marketing, digital marketing, decision-making, export
and international marketing, innovation and crowdsourcing and service provision
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strategy. The Group’s members actively collaborate with research colleagues in North
America, Europe, Asia and Australasia. Their work has been published widely in
marketing and management journals in North America, Europe and Australasia.
Public Services Management
The cross-disciplinary Public Services Management Group is responsible for a strong
and growing cluster of health, education and public sector management research with
a high level of funding from such sources as ESRC and National Institute of Health
Research. Much of this research is applied and involves working closely with national
and local policy makers and practitioners. Current health management research in
the department is examining networks in health care, knowledge mobilisation in
health care, the visible and invisible effects of medical regulation and the enactment
of management knowledge by general and clinical managers. There is also an ongoing
research stream on the structure and management of the health and social care
workforce, in particular examining the development of new roles and ways of
working. There are good links with research being undertaken in the Medical School
in the areas of implementation science, public health and primary care. Work on
education concentrates on post-compulsory structures and funding, including work
on the responses of higher education institutions to funding changes, and the
implications of different apprenticeship delivery models.
Economics
This group has grown over the past few years and contains a growing cluster of
economists who are highly active in a number of research areas. One stream is
concerned with microeconomic issues focusing on the analysis of labour markets and
education. This includes the measurement of human capital and its impact on
comparative growth in industrial countries, the mechanisms that underpin the
growth in postgraduate study, and the relationship between the supply of skills and
changing employer demand for skills, in the context of changing technology and
globalization. Research in this stream also covers the economics of inequality and
disadvantage, the economics of migration, hours of work and employment protection
legislation. A second research stream is in macroeconomics, monetary policy and
international finance. This includes fiscal & monetary policy, central banking,
monetary policy and financial markets, exchange rate fluctuations, capital flows,
portfolio choice and current accounts. Members of staff have also an active research
agenda on housing markets.
Health economics is also an area of strength involving research on the performance of
the healthcare sector across European countries, pharmaceutical competition, pricing
and reimbursement, the link between health and recessions, the economics of
preventative healthcare, and risky behaviours in the context of health. Members of
this group also research in the areas of industrial organization; organizational
economics; the methodology of economics; public private partnerships, corporate
governance and political economy including research on public service delivery and
participatory democracy in Brazil, as well as between media and political
accountability.
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This group has links with other economists in the Faculty (e.g. Department of
Political Economy, IOPP) and has strong links with external bodies such as the
National Institute of Economic and Social Research. There are strong links with
many national and international economics groups such as the Royal Economic
Society, the Society of Labor Economists, the European Association of Labour
Economists, the Money, Macro and Finance Research Group and the International
Association for Research on Income and Wealth.
Centre for Work, Interaction and Technology
The Work, Interaction and Technology group specialises in video-based field studies
of social interaction in work and organisational settings. These studies draw from
analytic developments in the social sciences, namely ethnomethodology and
conversation analysis, and address the multimodal, situated character of social
action. Current projects include studies of health care, including optometry, dentistry
and surgical operations, of command and control, auctions, markets, stores, and
museums and galleries. Many of the studies have a particular focus on the ways in
which tools and technologies feature in work and interaction. Projects are funded by
the UK research councils including the EPSRC, ESRC and AHRC, the EU IST
programmes and a number of other public and private sector institutions. Many of
the projects are undertaken in close cooperation with industry and the services,
including leading industrial research laboratories, and involve collaboration with
academic partners in the UK, mainland Europe and the Far East.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship research within the school has grown considerably in the last two
years, taking in topics such as the psychology of entrepreneurs, strategic
entrepreneurship, financing entrepreneurial ventures, social entrepreneurship as well
as entrepreneurial family firms and serial entrepreneurs, employing classical
methodologies from management science, whether quantitative or qualitative. Future
entrepreneurship research seems set to become more interdisciplinary in the sense of
integrating knowledge from technical areas as well as from natural sciences and
political and social sciences. The recently launched Centre for Entrepreneurship and
Innovation will contribute to our understanding of how businesses build sustainable
solutions to some of the most pressing problems around the world, such as access to
fresh water, healthy food, education and by that to help to build a better world. At the
same time, it will also study so-called ‘intrapreneurship’, innovating within existing
organizations and initiating and growing within organization projects that foster new
solutions.
Banking and Finance
The banking and finance group is a new group in the school that has been set up at
the start of this academic year to support the development of research and new
postgraduate programmes in finance. At the moment it is made up of three academics
who work in the interface of banking, finance, economics and econometrics. There
are ambitious plans to more than double the group, to support its teaching and
research activities.
In terms of research, the academics in the group have been working in a variety of
topics that have in the past been supported by bodies such as ESRC, the Bank of
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England and Eurostat. These topics include banking efficiency, timely detection of
financial crises, forecasting financial and economic variables in a changing world
after the great financial crisis, the effects of unconventional monetary policies, such
as quantitative easing, on the financial system and the macro-economy, and the
statistical underpinnings of portfolio management in the presence of large datasets.
The latest topic is an example of a broader research agenda of the group, on the use of
Big Data to aid financial and economic analysis.
Further details of the research groups and the activities of specific staff can be found
on the department web site at:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/mgmt/research/
Staff in the School of Management and Business
The School of Management and Business currently comprises just over seventy full or
part-time academic staff, as well as a growing number of research staff and a strong
administrative support team.
Academic Staff (February 2016)
Sam Aryee, Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Stephen Bach, Professor Human Resource Management
Keith Brouthers, Professor of Business Strategy
Georgios Chortareas, Professor of Applied Economics
Colin Clubb, Professor of Accounting and Financial Management
Stephen Deery, Professor of Human Resource and Public Sector Management
Tony Edwards, Professor of Comparative Management and Industrial Relations
(Head of School)
Ewan Ferlie, Professor of Public Services Management
David Guest, Professor of Organisational Psychology and Human Resource
Management
Christian Heath, Professor of Work and Organisation
Jon Hindmarsh, Professor of Work and Interaction
George Kapetanios, Professor of Finance and Econometrics
Ian Kessler, Professor of Public Service Policy and Management
Paul Luff, Professor of Organisation and Technology
Mary O’Mahony, Professor of Economics
Riccardo Peccei, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource
Management
Alex Preda, Professor of Accounting, Accountability and Financial Management
Sabine Rau, Professor of Entrepreneurship
Lenos Trigeorgis, Professor of Finance
Janet Walsh, Professor of Human Resource Management
Douglas West, Professor of Marketing
Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management
Tarik Driouchi, Reader in Finance
Annita Florou, Reader in Accounting and Financial Management
Martin Edwards, Reader in Human Resource Management
Jo Lindley, Reader in Economics
Jane Sturges, Reader in Organisational Behaviour
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Catherine Chen, Senior Lecturer in Finance
Michael Clinton, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management
Augustin De Coulon, Senior Lecturer in Economics
Kristina Dahlin, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Andreas Kornelakis, Senior Lecturer in International Management
Neophytos Lamnbertides, Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Dirk vom Lehn, Senior Lecturer in Work, Interaction, and Technology
Leone Leonida, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance
Graeme Lockwood, Senior Lecturer in Law
Stephen Pratten, Senior Lecturer in Economics
Thomas Roulet, Senior Lecturer in International Management
Filipa Sa, Senior Lecturer in Economics
Gerhard Schnyder, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Management
Matt Vidal, Senior Lecturer in Work and Organisations
Oguz Ali Acar, Lecturer in Marketing
Juan Baeza, Lecturer in Health Policy
Joel Bothello, Teaching Fellow in International Management
Alexandra Budjanovcanin, Lecturer in Work Psychology and Public Sector
Management
Trevor Colling, Director of Studies
Evangelos Diokitopoulos, Lecturer in Economics
Sonia Goncalves, Lecturer in Economics
Aditi Gupta, Lecturer in Accounting
Gabriella Gutierrez, Teaching Fellow in Human Resource Management
Amanada Jones, Teaching Fellow in Human Resource Management
Philipp Kern, Teaching Fellow in International Management
Evangelia Katsikea, Lecturer in Marketing
Neil Lambert, Teaching Fellow in Strategy and International Business
Jean Ledger, Teaching Fellow in Management
Yong Li, Lecturer in Financial Management
Victor Martin-Sanchez, Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship
Frauke Mattison Thompson, Lecturer in Marketing
Andrew McFaull, Teaching Fellow in Accounting and Finance
Prokriti Mukherji, Lecturer in Marketing
Yeswanth Nama Venkatswwaralu, Lecturer in Accounting
Vandana Nath, Lecturer in Human Resource Management
Evagelos Pafilis, Lecturer in Public Sector Organisations
Sarah Park, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Kirk Plangger, Lecturer in Marketing
Riccardo Rodrigues, Lecturer in Human Resource Management
Nikoletta Siamagka, Lecturer in Marketing
Simon Tan, Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
Emre Tarim, Teaching Fellow in Behavioural Finance
Sotiris Vandoros, Lecturer in Health Economics
Alexia Ventouri, Lecturer in Economics and Finance
Fatima Wang, Lecturer in Marketing
Mingzhu Wang, Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
Ling Zhang, Teaching Fellow in International HRM
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Research Staff and Visiting Fellows
John Edmonds, Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Industrial Relations
Howard Gospel, Professor (Emeritus) of Management and Senior Research Fellow in
Human Resource Management
Richard Laughlin, Professor (Emeritus) of Accounting
Pat Oakley, Visiting Research Fellow, Human Resource Management
Professional Services Staff
Flores Anderson, Graduate Programme Officer
Akash Chohan, UG Programme Officer
Cathy Barlow, School Manager
Ewa Dorobek, Graduate Programme Officer
Simon Halpenny, Senior Research Officer
Sarah Luo, School Administrative Assistant
Gillian McAnuff, UG Programme Officer (Year 3)
Will McGeough, Graduate Programme Officer
Runa Rahman, UG Programme Officer (Assessment)
Charlotte Woodward, UG Programme Officer (Years 1 &2)
Eleanor Walkington-Ellis, UG Programme Officer (Ec&Mgt)
Eve Zawadzki, Teaching Support Manager
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/management/index.aspx
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Job description
Post title
Teaching Fellow in Accounting and Finance
Department/Division
School of Management and Business
Faculty
SSPP
Responsible for
N/A
Responsible to
Head of School
Campus
Waterloo Campus
Period of appointment
2 year fixed term contract from 1.8.16
Grade/salary
Grade 6 - £32,600 - £38,896 per annum
plus £2,323 London Weighting Allowance per annum
Role purpose

To take a role in planning, organisation and delivery of undergraduate and
postgraduate programmes

To carry out administration as requested by the Head of School
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Supervise postgraduate research students and/or research staff

To undertake scholarly activity commensurate with a leading School of Management

Take responsibility for the planning, organisation and delivery of both
undergraduate and postgraduate teaching activities within the School

Develop and use a variety of methods to assess student learning and provide
feedback that is timely, relevant and appropriate

Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be requested by the Head of School
Role profile
Outline the key responsibilities and objectives of the job in line with the relevant role profile

To take a role in the planning, organisation and delivery of teaching activities within
the School in accordance with established school practice

Contribute to the ongoing development and design of the curriculum, in a manner
that supports a research-led approach to student learning

Act as personal tutor to students as agreed with the Head of School and assist with
the difficulties, e.g. learning support problems

Participate fully in assessment and examination processes as appropriate using a
variety of methods and techniques and provide effective, timely and appropriate
feedback to students to support their learning

Engage in professional development as appropriate

Accept academic responsibility within the School and Faculty, involving school
administrative responsibilities in respect of student services, student recruitment
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and advice as well as participating in aspects of Faculty governance on Faculty
Committees
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Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be requested by the Head of School
Decision making, planning & problem solving:

Identify programme development needs and propose how these should be achieved

Design, deliver and assess modules through conventional means and through elearning

Collaborate with colleagues on implementation of assessment procedures

Advise on strategic issues such as student recruitment and marketing

Contribute to accreditation and quality control processes

Ensure student needs and expectations are met

Manage projects relating to own area of research

Take responsibility for administrative duties such as admissions, time-tabling,
examinations, attendance, etc
Communication and networking

Communicate conceptual and complex ideas to a variety of audiences using
appropriate media and methods

Lead and develop internal networks

Communicate with students through the e-learning platform

Disseminate conceptual and complex ideas to a wide variety of audiences using
appropriate media and methods t promote understanding
Service Delivery

Provide specialist or professional advice to students

Independently provide advice and deal with queries of a specialist nature, interpret
student requirements

Give support to colleagues in dealing with queries and monitoring service objectives
and standards
Team work, teaching & learning support

Act as a responsible team member, leading where agreed, and developing productive
working relationships with others

Collaborate with colleagues to identify and respond to student needs both on campus
and in the e-learning environment

Design teaching material and deliver across a range of modules within subject area

Use appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods

Supervise student projects

Contribute to the planning, design and development of objectives and materials

Identify areas of current provision in need of revision or improvement

Set, mark and assess work and examinations and provide feedback to students
Specific aspects - indicate frequency D (daily), W (weekly), M (monthly) where applicable:
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Intensive Display Screen Equipment work
(eg data entry or digital microscopy)1:
D
Direct patient contact involving exposure
prone procedures (EPP)2:
Heavy manual handling1:
Direct patient contact, no EPP2
Highly repetitive tasks (eg pipetting or reshelving books)1:
Work with patient specimens (eg blood or
tissue samples)2:
Shift work, night work or call-out duties2:
Work with GM organisms or biological
agents that may pose a hazard to human
health2:
Work involving risk of exposure to
environmental or human pathogens (eg in
waste streams or soils)2
Hazards which require health surveillance
eg respiratory sensitisers (allergens,
substances with risk phrase R42, wood dust
etc) or loud noise2
Driving vehicles on university business2:
Food handling or preparation2:
Work at height (eg ladders, scaffolds etc)1
Work in confined spaces (eg sump rooms,
etc)1
1. These hazards do not require health assessment but may require advice from OH if a successful candidate
declares a disability or health condition in the Health & Capability Declaration.
2. These hazards automatically require the successful candidate to undergo employment health assessment to
identify any necessary health surveillance, recommended vaccinations or other risk control measures. The
Occupational Health option must be checked on the SRAF or the Employment Checks page in the eRecruitment system.
Organisational chart
Executive Dean _________ Head of School____________Teaching Fellow
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Additional requirements
 All employees are expected to adhere to King’s policies and procedures which are published
on the HR webpages.
 Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to
undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
 This post may be required to work irregular hours in accordance with the needs of the role.
 For Arts & Sciences only (delete if not applicable) You will be expected to teach and/or
assist, as appropriate, using both traditional and innovative methods in such areas as
eLearning, short courses, blended learning, summer courses, distance learning, multimedia learning, this list is not exhaustive but to give an indication of the type of areas
currently offered.
Please note: This job description reflects the core activities of the role and as the university
and the post-holder develop there will inevitably be changes in the emphasis of duties. It is
expected that the post-holder recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work and be
willing to participate in training.
If changes to the job become significant, the job description should be reviewed formally by
the post-holder and line manager. The Human Resources department should then be
consulted as to the implications of the proposed changes.
Occupational Health Clearance
As part of our pre employment checks the successful applicant will be sent a ‘Health and
Capability Declaration Form’ and if they declare that they do have a health condition or
disability that may require accommodation measures so that they are able to carry out their
work comfortably and efficiently, they will be sent an Occupational Health Questionnaire to
determine whether any reasonable accommodation measures are required for the candidate
to take up the post.
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Person specification
Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom
Applications are welcomed from international candidates. The recruitment of this post meets
Home Office advertising requirements that qualify the role for sponsorship under Tier 2.
Consequently, if required, the university could potentially sponsor the successful candidate in
applying for a visa under Tier 2 of the points based immigration system, providing all other
requirements are met.
Information on Tier 2 sponsorship can be found on the UK Visas and Immigration website:
www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/overview
How identified
and assessed*
Desirable
Essential
Criteria
*For ‘How identified and assessed’ use: AP - application, AS - assessment, I - interview, P - presentation, R - references
Education / qualification and training
PhD, or about to complete PhD (within six months), in a relevant
subject area
X
AP
Some experience of teaching at Undergraduate and Postgraduate
levels
X
I, P, R
Evidence of good presentational skills
X
P, I
Some experience of carrying out academic administration
X
I, R
Some experience of being innovative in teaching and curriculum
design
X
P, I, R
Some experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate
students
X
AP, I, P
Some experience of carrying out academic administration
X
AP, I
Engagement in professional organisations (conference papers,
workshops, memberships)
X
AP
Temperament suitable to teaching
X
AP, I, P
Some experience of being a team player
X
AP, I
Knowledge / skills
Experience
Personal characteristics/other requirements
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How identified
and assessed*
Desirable
Essential
Criteria
*For ‘How identified and assessed’ use: AP - application, AS - assessment, I - interview, P - presentation, R - references
Desire to promote the subject at all levels
X
AP, I
Willingness to contribute to the pastoral care of students
X
AP, I
Willingness to collaborate with colleagues on courses
X
AP, I
Role specific requirements
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Summary of Terms and Conditions of Service
This appointment is made under the King’s College London Terms and Conditions of Service
for Academic staff a copy of which is available from the Recruitment Team upon request.
Probation
Six months
Annual leave
27 working days per annum pro rata (please note the annual leave year runs from JanuaryDecember) bank holidays and customary closure days in are in addition to the annual leave
entitlement. Staff receive four additional customary closure days in December. Notification
as to how these days are taken is circulated at the start of the academic year.
Superannuation
This appointment is superannuable under the USS www.uss.co.uk pension scheme. In
accordance with recent legislation, we automatically enrols our staff in a pension scheme if
they meet certain age and earning criteria. This is known as auto-enrolment. The university
collects pension contributions via a salary sacrifice method called PensionsPlus. These
deductions are made before the calculation of tax and national insurance is calculated;
therefore reducing the amount you pay.
Staff already superannuated under the NHS Superannuation Scheme may opt to remain in
that scheme provided an application to do so is received by the NHS scheme trustees within
three months of appointment to King’s College London. Please note that NHS
Superannuation Scheme: Medical Schools are classed as “Direction Employers” and some
benefits of the NHS Scheme are not available to Direction members.
Alternatively staff may opt to take out a personal pension. Please note that the university
does not provide an employer's contribution towards a private pension plan.
Staff benefits
King’s College London offers a wide range of staff benefits. For the full comprehensive list of
staff benefits please refer to our website:
www.kcl.ac.uk/hr/staffbenefits
Equal opportunities
King’s College London recognises that equality of opportunity and the recognition and
promotion of diversity are integral to its academic and economic strengths.
King’s has been a member of the Athena SWAN Charter since 2007 and gained its Bronze
institutional award in 2008. Our award was successfully renewed in September 2013 for a
further three years. The Athena SWAN agenda forms part of a wider suite of diversity and
inclusion work streams. Working with the Charter is helping King’s to identify best practice
for the working environment of all staff working in science disciplines.
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Applying for the post
At the bottom of the HireWire advert you will be directed to download and complete the
required application form. Please then upload your application form via your profile into the
HireWire system.
We will not accept curriculum vitae in isolation and you must complete the required
application form for your application to be considered.
Applicants with disabilities
King’s College London is keen to increase the number of disabled people it employs. We
therefore encourage applications from individuals with a disability who are able to carry out
the duties of the post. If you have special needs in relation to your application please contact
the Recruitment Coordinator responsible for the administration of the post
recruitmentteam14@kcl.ac.uk
Response and feedback
Unfortunately we are not able to provide feedback to candidates who are not shortlisted for
the role. We are only able to provide feedback to interviewed candidates upon request. We
would like to assure you, however, that every application we receive is considered in detail
and a shortlist only drawn up after careful reference to a detailed person specification.
If therefore, your application is not successful, we hope that you will not be discouraged and
will still apply for other suitable vacancies at King’s College London as and when they are
advertised.
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