Overview
Research Administrator – INTERNAL ONLY – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About Us
King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of King’s Health Partners, 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 2025, King’s is number 1 in the world for Nursing (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.
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, 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.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven individual to work with Professor Matthew Maddocks and his research team in the field of integrating palliative care and rehabilitation. Candidates should be highly motivated individuals with excellent communication skills, the ability to work independently, and with experience of supporting health and care research.
- The post-holder will primarily provide delivery support to the INSPIRE Study Team. The INSPIRE study includes a multi-national randomised controlled trial investigating a rehabilitation service for people with incurable cancer (https://palliativeprojects.eu/inspire). The role includes data collection visits, liaison and communication with study partners across six European Countries, monitoring project tasks and milestones, meeting coordination and administration, diary management, booking travel/accommodation, processing purchase orders and expenses, and formatting and proofing reports and papers for publication.
- The post-holder will undertake some administrative duties for Professor Maddocks including purchase orders and expenses, preparing agendas and minutes, publication support, finance and budgeting support, and arrange events, meetings and calendars.
- The post-holder will support general departmental activities as part of the working culture and environment. They will work with project leads, senior administrators, academics and research staff/students.
The post-holder will have the opportunity to learn about research processes and and develop their knowledge and skills in palliative care and rehabilitation research.
This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31.08.2026.
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 on Denmark Hill campus.
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