Work with us
King's is a world-famous College with an outstanding academic record. Integral to our success is the work of our staff.
Join our community
Our inclusive and vibrant community exists to advance education, religion, learning, and research. We have around 275 non-academic staff, as well as approximately 130 teaching Fellows and around 800 students.
At King's we are committed to paying all our staff the Living Wage and offer excellent benefits - the full range can be viewed in individual Candidate Packs.
We welcome enquiries from everyone and are committed to equality of opportunity, so every job applicant receives fair treatment.
Our current staff vacancies are listed below. You can find a Candidate Pack for each vacancy and apply through our dedicated recruitment portal. Should you apply for a role with us, this is how we will use your information.
Current staff vacancies
A wide range of people and roles make up the King's community. We're currently recruiting for a range of roles, which you can explore through our dedicated recruitment portal.
Academic vacancies can be found below.
Pastry Chef de Partie
Executive Assistant to the Director of Music
Chaplain (see below)
Lay Clerks 2026-7 (see below)
Chaplain
We seek to appoint an ordained member of the Anglican Communion to the permanent role of Chaplain.
Lay Clerks 2026-7
Applications are open for two Lay Clerks to join the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, in September 2026. Daniel Hyde (Director of Music) seeks to appoint excellent singers who possess a high level of musical proficiency, including robust sight-reading ability, and a solid foundation in choral singing. Positions are available for one countertenor and one tenor.
Further details can be found here.
Academic roles & Fellowships
Each year, the college holds competitions for Research Fellowships, both Stipendiary and non-Stipendiary. These support gifted young researchers for four years; generally Research Fellows are appointed within two years of the award of a doctorate. We also recruit up to eight College Research Associates every year.
We also have occasional vacancies for college teaching positions and other academic-related roles and Fellowships which may be found below.
