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Salary from £44,143 to £52,749 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £56,607 pa inclusive of London allowance
100x Impact is a world-leading initiative based at LSE, on a mission to scale social innovations that can transform hundreds of millions of lives. Backed by a £55 million philanthropic gift and partnered with LSE's Marshall Institute, 100x works with a select cohort of high-potential ventures tackling major social and environmental challenges, providing the financial, intellectual and social capital to help them scale.
The Operations Manager leads 100x Impact’s core operational functions, reporting to the Associate Director: Operations. The postholder manages financial operations, including budget monitoring, reconciliation, grant payments and financial reporting, ensuring compliance with LSE Financial Regulations. They run recruitment, onboarding and offboarding, visa monitoring and the staff survey, and advise colleagues on HR and finance processes. They also oversee procurement and contracts, manage data security and GDPR approvals, and lead the annual platform audit. The role coordinates the governance calendar and committee papers, leads the weekly team meeting, manages shared space, and works closely with the Marshall Institute to align systems and ways of working.
Candidates should have experience managing budgets, forecasts, invoicing and reconciliation, including monitoring expenditure and advising budget holders on variances, as well as a strong working knowledge of HR processes, including recruitment, onboarding, offboarding and visa compliance. Candidates should also have experience coordinating governance processes, including managing the annual governance calendar, preparing Board or committee papers, and leading delivery against reporting and compliance obligations, as well as proven experience of designing and continuously improving operational systems and processes, including leading systems reviews and audits.
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 Dr Keri Rowsell (k.e.rowsell@lse.ac.uk)
The closing date for receipt of applications is 22 November 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.
£44,143 to £52,749 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £56,607 pa inclusive of London allowance