Doctoral Landscape Awards Manager

About us

Launched in 2025 within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King s College London, the King s Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities is the home of research and training excellence, and represents a major investment in the future of arts and humanities research.

Drawing on external partnerships, industry connections and our own expertise in open research, digital methods and public engagement, the Doctoral School equips doctoral students with the skills to succeed in their research, and in rewarding careers within and beyond academia. Initiatives, including a placement programme, expanded training opportunities and professional support, benefit doctoral students throughout their time at King s and in their path to professional success. King s College London is also the lead institution for the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award Hub for London and the East of England.

About the role

The Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLA) Hub Manager will be responsible for the management of the AHRC DLA Hub G (London and East of England), including finance and budget management The Hub consists of 12 HEIs with King s being the Hub Lead.

You will be the key contact point for all Hub members, planning and co-ordinating the shared Postgraduate Research training and cohort development activities and ensuring effective access to the Hub training offer to all PGR students at King s and the Hub partner institutions.

You will manage, schedule and arrange training sessions and events, in liaison with the Hub s academic Director and Steering Group. You will implement and oversee a booking system that enables all Hub PGRs to register on training events and activities across the Hub, and enable effective promotion, recording and monitoring of training activity attendance. You will ensure useful and relevant reporting of training activities (for example booking numbers and attendance) and collate PGR feedback to inform future training provision. You will manage and maintain the Hub website, keeping this up to date with relevant information for both Hub colleagues and Hub PGRs.

You will manage the business of the Hub Strategy Committee and Hub Steering Group (and any sub-committees), acting as Secretary and working closely with the Chair and Senior PGR Manager. You will ensure that the UKRI/AHRC Terms and Conditions of both Hub membership and Hub Lead are met through these governance structures and through efficient and clear business processes and workflows.

This is a full time post and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31st March 2035.

About you

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

Essential criteria

1. First Degree or equivalent experience
2. Excellent IT skills (particularly MS Office (with strong Excel skills), Sharepoint, student record systems, website maintenance, event booking systems)
3. Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to produce concise written material and reports (narrative and data) for a range of audiences
4. Excellent analytical and numerical skills; a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
5. Experience of working in PGR or research administration within a UK Higher Education Setting
6. Evidence of working on own initiative to successfully implement new business processes and workflows (but with the appropriate checks and balances) alongside strong collaborative working practices, working effectively with a number of partners
7. Excellent organisational and time management skills to meet multiple fixed deadlines and manage a wide range of requests.
8. Experience of organising, supporting and playing a key role in committees, working groups and other professional networks.

Desirable criteria

1. Postgraduate Level Qualification or equivalent experience
2. Familiarity with the UK PGR funding landscape
3. Experience of event management
4. Experience of managing or supporting the training and development of PGRs and/or researchers

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

Further information

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.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfill our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King s guidance.

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 person specification section of the job description. 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 during week commencing 16th February 2026.

This post is subject to a Occupational Health Clearance.

Grade and Salary: £45,031 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 135345
Close Date: 30-Jan-2026
Contact Person: Richard McCormack
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