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The Marshall Institute

Institute Administrator

Salary from £30,570 to £35,108 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £37,717 pa inclusive of London allowance

We will consider any requests from applicants to work flexibly on a part-time basis (0.8 FTE)

The Marshall Institute (lse.ac.uk/marshall-institute) aims to inform and coordinate the efforts of practitioners, researchers, private citizens, corporations, public bodies and social entrepreneurs who are working to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. Drawing upon the exceptional global reach, expertise and resources of existing departments, centres and institutes within LSE, the Marshall Institute seeks to bring together the best of the world’s thinking to equip the foremost figures in the field, and the leaders of the future, with the knowledge they need to put philanthropic funding and social endeavour to best use.  

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team of an interdisciplinary institute at LSE that works to improve the impact and effectiveness of private action for public benefit through research, teaching and convening.

The Institute Administrator role provides administration as well as project support for the Marshall Institute across its operations. This includes the planning and implementation of a range of events, office and facilities management, management team support and supporting the institute’s governance processes and communications.

The Institute Administrator role offers considerable scope for the development of responsibilities to expand your current skill set in the areas of executive support, the administration and management of a research and teaching institute, as well as in event management, and communications support. As a key member of the team your initiative and creativity will be crucial to ensuring the smooth running of the Marshall Institute and the success of its operation.

We are looking for an individual with enthusiasm for the aims of the Marshall Institute who has previous experience providing diary and travel management as well as event administration in a busy and evolving environment. You should be comfortable multi-tasking and working across a large number of projects, be accessible and driven by the motivation to provide outstanding support and administration to the Marshall Institute and to deliver projects of the highest quality that make a difference in the world. Prior experience working, or demonstrable interest, in developing your career in higher education is desirable, and you should be skilled in corresponding with a wide range of stakeholders.  

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave 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.

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 marshallinstitute@lse.ac.uk  

The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 3 March 2020 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.