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King's is a world-famous College with an outstanding academic record. Integral to our success is the work of our staff.

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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 some excellent benefits including a generous holiday entitlement, free meals on duty, car parking, membership of a healthcare cash-plan, a Cycle to Work scheme, and use of a gym.

Our support staff vacancies are listed below. You can find each job description and apply through our dedicated recruitment portal. 

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.

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Director of Development

King’s College, Cambridge is embarking on the next chapter of its long and influential history and is seeking a Director of Development who can imagine, articulate and drive a bold philanthropic vision for the College.

 

Find more information here.

Academic roles & Fellowships

Further information about our competitions for stipendiary Research Fellowships can be found here.

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.

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Fellows, including Bye-Fellows, Emeritus and Life Fellows
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Research Fellows and College Research Associates
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College Lecturer in English; Eighteenth-century English literature

Applications are invited to a six month appointment to the post of College Lecturer in English at King’s College.

Find more information here

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Questions about working at King's?

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