Executive Assistant to the DSI Senior Academic Team

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Salary from £36,008 to £40,991 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £43,854 pa inclusive of London allowance

This is a fixed term appointment for 1 year, in the first instance, with the possibility to extend subject to funding

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Data Science Institute’s small busy team. Established in late 2020, the Data Science Institute forms the institutional cornerstone of data science and artificial intelligence at LSE. Our mission is to convene, catalyse and communicate LSE activity in data science and AI through teaching, research and events.

As part of a small, friendly administrative team you will help to ensure the smooth operation of the Institute. You will provide high-level administrative support to the DSI Senior Academic Team. Your duties will involve managing incoming emails and correspondence, prioritising items of business, organising and maintaining diaries, scheduling in-person as well as remote meetings, making travel arrangements, and acting as an ambassador for the Senior Academic Team. This is a London campus-based role, with potential for some hybrid working or part-time.

It is essential that you have a professional outlook, excellent communication and relationship building skills, and can provide an exceptional level of customer service at all times. You will need a wide range of office and administrative skills, including excellent IT skills (particularly Microsoft Office), together with a flexible ‘can do’ attitude to the varied requirements of the role. This is a responsible role that requires a high level of confidentiality, diplomacy, reliability, efficiency, accuracy, and organisation in order to juggle competing demands.

For further information about the Data Science Institute please visit https://www.lse.ac.uk/DSI.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, some potential for 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 click the 'Apply' button above. 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: DSI.Manager@lse.ac.uk. 

The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 30 March 2025 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

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