Change Management Lead

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university.

Salary from £53,949 to £62,160 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £69,073 pa inclusive of London allowance. 

LSE is a global community of people and ideas in the heart of central London. We are a specialist social sciences university, ranked third in the world in the QS subject rankings 2022 and as the top university in London in the Complete University Guide 2023.

As Change Management Lead, you will be responsible for planning and co-ordination of people-focussed aspects of LSE change initiatives in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders across the LSE community. The Change Management Lead ensures organisational changes are understood; adopted; successfully transitioned to business as usual; and sustained, enabling benefits realisation.

The successful candidate will:

• Understand the importance of supporting people through change and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Have experience of working with cross-functional teams across organisational boundaries and motivating them towards a common goal aligned with the organisation’s core values and strategic aims.
• Be a highly skilled communicator with a history of successful stakeholder engagement to build trusted partnerships.
• Have the ability to create, work to and adapt change plans to meet the needs of the organisational and those impacted by the change.

LSE is a campus-based university and staff are expected to attend the London campus in fulfilling their role. For this role, the postholder will be required to attend campus as required, typically a minimum of 2 days per week.

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.

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 the Head of Change Management, Cheryl Edwardes C.A.Edwardes@lse.ac.uk. 

The closing date for receipt of applications is 24 August 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

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