Head of Communications, Events and Creative Projects in London

Overview

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university. This is a fixed term appointment for 12 months to cover maternity leave. The LSE Law School is one of LSE’s largest academic departments. We are consistently ranked among the best Law Schools in the world. The role has overall responsibility for the communications and events outputs of the Law School. The scale of this work is significant, with over 200 events per year, usually during LSE term time. The post-holder leads a team of events and communications professionals, allocating work and ensuring quality in delivery. The post-holder also gathers data relevant to the scope of the role to review successes, plan future activity, and influence the strategic direction and presentation of the Law School.

Responsibilities

• Lead communications and events outputs of the Law School, designing, planning and delivering events and creative communications content to the professional highest standards.
• Lead a team of events and communications professionals, allocating work and ensuring quality in delivery.
• Collaborate with academic and professional leads of events and activities to design, plan and deliver events and content; gather data to review successes and influence strategic direction and presentation of the Law School.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of managing engaging and impactful events in a Higher Education setting, and experience of marketing and communications in the HE sector.
• Line management experience; excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to present ideas and proposals to influence peers and senior colleagues; drive, determination and resilience to perform consistently and under pressure to the highest levels of service delivery.

Salary and terms

Salary from £53,949 to £62,160 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £69,073 pa inclusive of London allowance. This is a fixed term appointment for 12 months to cover maternity leave.

Benefits

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

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