The Role

Are you a people manager seeking to thrive in a collaborative environment, whilst motivating a small team?

The Subject Area Manager (SAM) plays a key role in supporting faculty in their research and teaching through the development and delivery of the subject area strategic plan. They provide operational support to the Subject Area Chair (SAC) in delivering the plan as well as administrative leadership of a team of faculty assistants. Subject Area Managers collaborate across all subject areas and programme offices to ensure that a culture of continuous improvement is embedded.

Please note, this post is fully campus based for 3-months and will require 3 days office attendance per week thereafter.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the delivery of key activities within Management Science Operations to support excellence in teaching.
• Manage budgets, activities and events for both teaching and research initiatives.
• Lead a team of 3 faculty assistants to ensure administrative services are delivered in an efficient, responsive and professional manner.
• Work closely with the SAC in the recruitment and onboarding of new faculty and PhD students, taking a lead in key activities.
• Responsible for subject area budgets, fulfilling financial management requirements and ensuring the cost-effective use of financial resources within budget.
• Define and communicate the team’s priorities and workload and manage performance and engagement, ensuring individual priorities and collaboration are achieved.

Who we are looking for

• Line management experience developing and motivating a team.
• Financial management experience and commercial acumen.
• In-depth knowledge of business education/specialist area.
• Experience in effectively managing external suppliers/contractors.
• Significant project/programme management experience with advanced planning skills.
• Ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage a variety of audiences.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

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.

First stage interviews are anticipated to commence 6^th November – 10^th November.

Closing Date – 3^rd November 2023

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