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Planning Division

Planning Officer (Power BI Developer)

Salary from £43,277 to £51,714 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £55,497 pa inclusive of London allowance

This is fixed term for one year

The London School of Economics and Political Science is one of the foremost social science universities in the world. The Planning Division is integral in supporting and monitoring the School’s progress towards achieving its strategic objectives. The Planning Officer (Power BI Developer) supports a range of tasks undertaken across the School, primarily relating to the production of Power BI reports, dashboards and applications to support insight and strategic decision making across the School.

Candidates should have:

• Experience designing and maintaining high‑quality visualisation reports, dashboards and applications.
• Experience of ETL processes using Alteryx, PowerQuery (M) or Fabric tools (e.g. Dataflows, Lakehouse, pipelines) to create reliable datasets for reporting.
• Experience developing and managing robust semantic models (dimensional/star schema) to underpin scalable and reusable reporting solutions including DAX optimisation and model design best practice.
• Experience working with end-users and stakeholders to translate business requirements into data models, measures and visualisations that deliver actionable insights.
• Ability to relate to and work with technical and non-technical staff at every level of the School.
• Ability to provide training and support to peers and end-users in-person and online.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please go to www.jobs.lse.ac.uk . If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email Planning.Division@lse.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 15 November 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.