The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities.

LSHTM is a research-intensive institution with a large portfolio of circa £180m grant spend per year and around £500m in applications. The Research Finance Team aims to deliver LSHTM’s mission to improve health worldwide through provision of an efficient and effective post-award service that ensures the good governance and management of risk in an extensive and complex research portfolio, while working in partnership with project teams, providing highly valued expertise and a focus on finding solutions in pursuit of shared goals.

The Research Finance Officer is responsible for the financial management of a portfolio of complex research and consultancy projects working closely with academics and project administrators in the faculties. This is a busy and varied role that requires the post holder to: prepare financial reports for funders, monitor income from funders, raise supplier invoices, approve high-value financial transactions, provide guidance on funder terms and conditions, and provide an efficient service to academic and professional services staff in the faculties.

You must be educated to a higher education to degree level or equivalent, or equivalent relevant experience. The post-holder must be confident with prioritisation and independent working but also able to work as part of the team and flexibly when required.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1 FTE and permanent. Please note that LSHTM anticipates that the successful post holder will work from the office two days a week minimum.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 5 in the range £39,984- £45,728 per annum pro-rata (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 via our jobs website.

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

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.

Interview Date: Friday 31 July 2026

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities.

LSHTM is a research-intensive institution with a large portfolio of circa £180m grant spend per year and around £500m in applications. The Research Finance Team aims to deliver LSHTM’s mission to improve health worldwide through provision of an efficient and effective post-award service that ensures the good governance and management of risk in an extensive and complex research portfolio, while working in partnership with project teams, providing highly valued expertise and a focus on finding solutions in pursuit of shared goals.

The Research Finance Officer is responsible for the financial management of a portfolio of complex research and consultancy projects working closely with academics and project administrators in the faculties. This is a busy and varied role that requires the post holder to: prepare financial reports for funders, monitor income from funders, raise supplier invoices, approve high-value financial transactions, provide guidance on funder terms and conditions, and provide an efficient service to academic and professional services staff in the faculties.

You must be educated to a higher education to degree level or equivalent, or equivalent relevant experience. The post-holder must be confident with prioritisation and independent working but also able to work as part of the team and flexibly when required.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1 FTE and permanent. Please note that LSHTM anticipates that the successful post holder will work from the office two days a week minimum.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 5 in the range £39,984- £45,728 per annum pro-rata (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 via our jobs website.

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

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.

Interview Date: Friday 31 July 2026