Project Coordinator

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

We have an opportunity for a Project Coordinator to work in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health and the International Statistics & Epidemiology Group. The group comprises 35 statisticians and epidemiologists based in London and research centres in Africa, with a portfolio of research covering a range of diseases of public health importance, including HIV, TB, malaria, neglected diseases and mental health.

The successful applicant will lead all aspects of the administrative and financial management of a portfolio of research projects. As first point of contact for those projects, the post-holder will provide guidance on their management and administration, working closely with the Principal Investigators (PIs), Department Manager, Programme Manager, and liaising with partner institutions. 

Applicants must have higher education to degree level or equivalent, or substantial relevant experience and substantial experience of providing proactive administrative support of academic (or related) research, including ability to monitor large budgets, prepare accurate costings, projections and reports. The post-holder must be able to use initiative and judgement to solve problems, manage a busy workload and work to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term for 3 years. The post is available immediately.

The salary will be on the Professional Services salary scale, Grade 5 in the range £39,182-£41,240 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to 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 at LSHTM.

Applications should be made on-line by clicking the 'Apply' button, above.

Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date.

Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.

Please quote reference EPH-EPIH-2025-07.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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