Overseas Projects Manager

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

We are seeking to appoint an Overseas Projects Manager to work in the Clinical Research Department in the Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases 

The successful applicant will be taking a leadership role in the overall management of various clinical trials and studies on infectious diseases of public health importance in Sub-Saharan Africa (e.g. in Tanzania, Sierra Leone, and DRC) by providing efficient leadership, management, financial, logistical, project and administrative support to the portfolio of projects which have multiple overseas collaborators and complex deliverables. The post-holder will develop a good understanding of the research/consultancy deliverables for the projects, providing sound advice and ensuring compliance to these and the school policies and procedures. The post-holder will be a member of the department administration team and be accountable to the research portfolio for Principal Investigator Professor Deborah Watson-Jones.

The successful applicant will be educated to degree level or equivalent, or substantial relevant experience, proven experience of managing multi-million pound projects with multiple overseas partners, proven experience of budget management, including creating budgets, monitoring accounts and producing financial projections and reports. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time and 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term until 30^th November 2025.

The post is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UKRI and is available as soon as possible.

The salary will be on the Professional Services salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £43,947 - £49,908 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.

Applications should be made on-line by clicking the 'Apply' button, above.

Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date.

Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.

Please quote reference ITD-CRD-2024-03.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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