Department Administrator

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 are seeking to recruit an experienced administrator to provide support to the Department Manager in the day-to-day administration and operations of the Department of Infection Biology.

The role holder will arrange departmental meetings, provide administrative support for HR processes, manage travel arrangements, and provide assistance in financial transactions. 

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or have equivalent or relevant experience, have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work to tight and often conflicting deadlines. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time 35 hours and permanent. 

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 3 in the range £30,231 - £33,925 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 at LSHTM (Keppel Street). 

Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website. 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 ITD-DIB-2025-16.

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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