Assistant to CEP Directors and Centres Manager

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Salary from £36,513 to £41,565 pa inclusive with potential to progress to ££44,468 pa inclusive of London allowance

Funding is currently available to support this position for 3 years, in the first instance

LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, one of Europe’s leading economic research centres, seeks a well-organised office administrator to assist the directors and centres manager. As part of a small, friendly administrative team you will ensure the smooth operation of the Centre, and other related centres. As the first point of contact you will work closely with all members of the centre responding to internal and external queries. You will provide high-level administrative support to the CEP senior management team and support a wide range of programmes and processes on a daily basis.

You must have previous administrative experience, working in a busy office environment. You should have excellent communication skills and be equally confident in dealing with enquiries in person and online. The ability to communicate appropriately across the organisation and with senior academic colleagues is essential. You will need to use your initiative in dealing with competing priorities and tasks. You should have excellent IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office, and should demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail, especially while working under pressure or to deadlines. An excellent standard of written and spoken English, working collaboratively as part of a team, and the ability to proactively recognise problems, managing or escalating these accordingly, are all essential to the role.

Visit http://cep.lse.ac.uk for further information about the Centre.

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.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities. This is a London campus-based role, with potential for some hybrid working.

The post will ideally start in September or October and we expect interviews to take place on 1^st or 2^nd September.  

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 pageIf you have any queries about applying on the online system, or require an alternative format for the application, please e-mail: C.H.Tocock@lse.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 11th August 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

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