Senior Vice President (Operations) / Chief Operating Officer

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Senior Vice President (Operations) / Chief Operating Officer

Company:

King’s College London

Job description

King’s College London is passionate about the advancement of knowledge, transforming learning and understanding in the service of society. Ranked among the top universities in the world and based in the heart of London, King’s is home to a diverse community of 40,000 students from over 150 countries and over 10,000 staff. A comprehensive research-intensive university with a turnover of over £1.3 billion, King’s is internationally renowned for delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. As a University community, we are dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place.We are building on strong foundations, but the challenges we are facing as a sector and a University – from the current financial climate to the rapid advances in Digital and AI – mean that to retain and enhance our reputation and position we must transform our operations and processes. To achieve our enormous potential, we need to leverage new technology, embrace new ways of working, and innovate to enhance our staff and student experience, and to support the growth of the world-leading research we are known for.It is within this context that we are now seeking an exceptional candidate for the role of Senior Vice President (Operations) / Chief Operating Officer to lead our professional services and deliver on our aspirations. We are seeking an inspiring individual with an exceptional record of delivery and passion for supporting large, ambitious and complex organisations to deliver their core mission. This a career-defining role for someone excited by the opportunity to support this special University to reach its potential for its 200th anniversary in 2029.For information on how to apply, please visit: quoting reference number 7483.For informal inquiries please contact Ryann Schutt on or +44 (0)20 7340 6224.Protecting your personal data is of the utmost importance to Perrett Laver and we take this responsibility very seriously. Any information obtained by our trading divisions is held and processed in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation. The data you provide us with is securely stored on our computerised database and transferred to our clients for the purposes of presenting you as a candidate and/or considering your suitability for a role you have registered interest in.Perrett Laver is a Data Controller and a Data Processor, as defined under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legal basis for much of our data processing activity is ‘Legitimate Interests’. You have the right to object to us processing your data in this way. For more information about this, your rights, and our approach to Data Protection and Privacy, please visit our website:CompanyKing’s College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King’s has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.King’s has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 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 social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King’s Health Partners. King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: .King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at .Company info Mini-site Telephone +(44)02078365454 Location STRAND
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Central London

Job date

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:52:18 GMT

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