Faculty Affairs Officer

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Training & development opportunities

Job summary

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) invites applications for a Faculty Affairs Officer in the Department of Economics. The role sits within the Operations team and supports senior academics and the Faculty Affairs Manager in delivering objectives and business support.

We seek a candidate with proven administrative experience, strong finance skills, and excellent communication abilities, capable of managing busy workloads and liaising with senior contacts across the School.

Qualifications

• Proven administrative experience at senior level.
• Experience of financial and business support is desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support high profile professors and the Faculty Affairs Manager.
• Provide high quality business support and planning across the department.
• Take minutes for high-profile meetings and liaise with senior external contacts.
• Communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders across the School.
• Balance workloads and deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail.

Skills

Administrative experience

Finance support

MS Office

Meeting minutes

Stakeholder liaison

Workload planning

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

LSE values diversity and strives to promote equality at all levels

Department of Economics

Faculty Affairs Officer

Salary from £36,513pa to £41,565pa inclusive with potential to progress to £44,468pa inclusive

The Department of Economics is one of the largest economics departments in the World, with over 70 faculty and 1100 students.

The Department is seeking a highly committed and motivated Faculty Affairs Officer

to work within the department’s Operations team, supporting high profile professors and the Faculty Affairs Manager in delivering objectives and business support.

The post holder will need to have proven administrative experience at a senior level with a particular focus on outstanding attention to detail and accuracy.

Experience of financial and business support is highly desirable.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential, together with experience of taking minutes for high-profile meetings and confidence in liaising with senior external contacts.

Previous experience in a higher education setting is desirable, as is an understanding of academic processes.

The post holder will be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders and work collaboratively with colleagues across the School and within the Department.

The elements of the role require a high level of planning, organising workloads and collaborative working, along with balancing the needs of individuals, whilst managing expectations.

The post holder should be able to demonstrate experience of planning a busy workload with a variety of tasks and multiple deadlines as well as financial experience at a high level.

Candidates must have strong previous finance experience, an excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook, an ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy and the ability to communicate with a wide range of people, at all levels.

• We offer flexible working, where working in the office will be required only twice a week.
• We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 1 September 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

Interviews will take place week commencing 7 September 2026, subject to change.