Quality and Academic Standards Manager

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Greater London; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 30 working days pro rata

Wellbeing days

Pension scheme

Job summary

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in London invites applications for a Quality & Academic Standards Manager. The role administers academic quality processes and supports the school’s education portfolio, ensuring standards across taught programmes and research degrees.

The successful candidate will provide expert advice on governance, contribute to new programme validations, and help develop collaborative provision, reporting to the Pro-Director Education.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree (or equivalent professional qualification) and experience with HE quality assurance.
• Experience preparing policies, procedures, reports and guidance for quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Administer processes for the School's academic portfolio and quality assurance activities.
• Support development of collaborative provision and new programme approvals (validations).
• Provide independent, expert advice on Academic Governance and related processes.

Skills

Quality assurance experience

Policy development

Governance advice

Report writing

Education

Undergraduate degree (or equivalent professional qualification)

Job description

Department Education Services Salary £46,643 to £52,909per annum pro rata inclusive ClosingDate Friday 27 November 2026 InterviewDate Tuesday 08 December 2026 Reference CEN-EDU-2026-12-R

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities.

The Division of Education is led by the Pro-Director Education. The Pro-Director is responsible for leading the strategic development of the School’s education provision and maintaining oversight of its operational delivery in conjunction with the Registrar & Director of Education Services.

The Division manages and supports the School’s education provision (taught programmes, CPD short courses and research degrees), by bringing together staff from across the School's academic faculties and professional support areas, to maximise and enhance the quality of learning and education provision and the student experience.

The Quality & Academic Standards Manager will be responsible for administering a number of processes and procedures for the School’s academic portfolio, including undertaking routine academic quality and standards work. The post-holder will support the development of new collaborative provision; providing expert, authoritative advice regarding the establishment and maintenance of collaborative provision activities. They will also be responsible for providing independent, expert and authoritative advice on matters relating to Academic Governance and ancillary processes, including new programme approvals (validations), internally and with partners through collaborative provision.

The post-holder will have an undergraduate degree (or equivalent professional qualification) or have evidence of significant experiential learning, and experience of preparing Higher Education policies, procedures, reports and guidance documents related to quality assurance activity. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time, 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and permanent.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £46,643 to £52,909 per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.

• Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part-time staff.
• In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”.
• Membership of the Pension Scheme is available.

The post is based in London.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, successful, and happier at work. While we have more work to do, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential.