HR Administrator (Salaried)

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

Salary from £32,890 to £36,052 per annum (pro-rata) inclusive with potential to progress to £38,422 pa inclusive of London allowance

This is a part-time (0.8 FTE), fixed-term appointment until 31 July 2028

The Human Resources division provides advice and support to approximately 5,500 staff. We are looking for a pro-active, self-motivated, and highly organised HR Administrator to join the team.

You will be required to undertake a range of administrative duties including end-to-end recruitment processes for salaried members of staff, ensuring a smooth onboarding process and providing an excellent service to new starters at the School. You will be responsible for building professional rapport with the areas you support and possess a good level of resilience. Your role will also involve liaising closely with Payroll in relation to any employee changes, ensuring that the HR and Payroll system is always maintained.

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Experience of working in an HR environment and using HR systems
• Demonstrable experience of providing a high standard of customer service and advising colleagues and managers on organisational processes, policies, and procedures
• Clear and concise written and spoken English and the ability to communicate with a wide variety of people, at all levels, using the most appropriate format
• Ability to prioritise workload and to manage several tasks effectively and accurately, maintaining attention to detail at all times
• Ability to develop good working relationships with internal and external contacts and deal professionally with confidential information and maintain discretion
• Ability to use own initiative, be proactive and solution orientated
• Experience in actively contributing towards team annual and cyclical objectives
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel and Outlook

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.

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Should you have any queries about the role, please email hr.jobs@lse.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 29 October 2026 (23.59 UK time).

Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications

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