"Mental Health Adviser"

Salary from £43,277 to £51,714 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £55,497 pa inclusive of London allowance

Fixed term contract until 31 December 2026

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is one of the foremost social science universities in the world, with a global reach and an international student intake. Student Wellbeing is central to the student experience: we aim to ensure that every student feels that they belong to a welcoming, inclusive, supportive, caring, scholarly community.

LSE’s Student Wellbeing Service provides a single, integrated approach to support students, offers advice to staff across The School, and leads a wider initiative to improve student wellbeing.

We are recruiting a fixed term, full-time Mental Health Adviser (MHA) to help support students with mental health difficulties in our multi-disciplinary service.

The post-holder will play a key role in decision-making in relation to student risk, acting as Duty Mental Health Adviser, triaging, assessing and managing risk and will carry a caseload of students, offering ongoing support.

They will liaise both across The School and with community based mental health and primary care services in order to ensure students receive the right support.

The MHA role also includes putting in place reasonable adjustments for students with mental health conditions in order to meet LSE’s responsibilities under the Equality Act (2010) as well as helping to promote inclusive practice across The School, by carrying out training and awareness-building activities for both staff and students in relation to mental health and disability. 

We are looking for:

• Candidates who can bring expertise to the role, working independently to manage their caseload and workload, whilst being an engaged and collaborative team member.
• Candidates will have significant experience of working with students with complex mental health difficulties and have expert knowledge of mental health conditions as well as understanding their impact upon students.
• Candidates should demonstrate an ability to make decisions independently, including assessing and managing risk issues and be aware of when to appropriately escalate concerns.
• Candidates will be skilled in working with a range of clients from diverse backgrounds, as well as with a variety of presenting issues.

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.

To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button above.If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email Mariam Kelekun, Deputy Head of Disability and Mental Health Service (mental health) at m.kelekun@lse.ac.uk.  

The closing date for receipt of applications is8 March 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

Interviews will be held online week commencing 23 March 2026.

This position will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Any offer of employment made is conditional on receipt of a satisfactory DBS check.