The Role

London Business School have a key supporting role available across our Strategic Planning Team. The Project & Communications Manager requires close collaboration with other members of the team as well as establishing and excellent working relationship with DECC leadership along with high level internal and external stakeholders to help fulfil objectives.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team that are growing to implement the 5 year LBS plan.

Main Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver a range of straightforward projects or project workstreams and contribute to more complex projects with guidance from more senior colleagues to ensure delivery against project time, cost and quality standards and targets.
• Working with a team to deliver key communication & engagement events for DECC, including taking lead responsibility for delivery of c. 9 DECC Town Hall meetings, an annual staff development day, and seasonal celebrations as well as ad-hoc sessions as required.  
• Supporting the Executive Directors (EDs) in setting up departmental meetings.
• Establishing key working relationships with Executive Leadership team, Dean’s Office, key faculty and key senior staff.

Who we are looking for

• Strong project planning and management skills with experience of leading and managing multiple projects at once
• Being able to manage a complex and varied workload and at times conflicting priorities as well as tracking progress on a wide range of tasks and flagging potential challenges
• Proven strong organisational skills
• Strong communication skills, including writing/editing
• Strong research and analytical skills with the experience of preparing and presenting draft papers/research to senior management
• Solution focused approach
• Proven ability to appropriately deal with confidential information
• Proactive and enthusiastic with a positive attitude
• Self-motivated but strong team-player
• Experience of leading process improvement
• Experience with Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word to an advanced level
• Experience in higher education or corporate  environment

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location. 

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days PLUS extra between Christmas and New Year!
• Generous pension package, 21.4% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health
• Up to 5 days volunteering leave or parent /carer emergency leave

All enjoyed in a Smart (hybrid) Working environment so we’re looking forward to discussing how, where and when you might work best to deliver in your new role.

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging 

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large.  We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard. 

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

Closing date 24th February 2023

London Business School