Job Title: x 2 Student Staff Finance role 

Working pattern 10 – 15 hours per week  

Who are we? 

Part business, part charity, part membership body – students’ unions are all seriously fun places to work. They are organisations in their own right. Professionally run, but different. Professional teams support elected student leaders to make change, improve lives and fulfill potential; we help make it happen. Founded in 1897, LSE Students' Union is one of the oldest Students' Unions in the UK and is the representative and campaigning body for students at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Like other Students' Unions, it also funds and facilitates student activities on campus, including 200+ societies, 40+ sports clubs through the Athletics Union (AU), the Media Group and Raising and Giving (RAG) charitable fundraising initiatives.

What’s the job? 

As a Student Staff Finance team member at LSE Students’ Union, you’ll build and maintain strong professional relationships with key LSESU staff to deliver a high-quality customer-focused administration services in our Finance team.

Who are we looking for? 
 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about working in finance, with a can-do approach, strong administrative and IT skills, coupled with an eye for detail.  The ideal candidate will have experience working with key stakeholders, both internal and external, and skilled inputting finance data to ensure  both the quality and accuracy of the finance data is aligned with the finance platform that provides high quality outputs for our workforce users. 

You will need excellent communication, planning, organisational skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage multiple administrative priorities effectively. You should be a team player and have the ability to support the finance tam to ensure their processes and procedures are maintained.

You should be an advanced user of Microsoft 365, including experience using Excel and databases to ensure the finance system is maintained and be excited to support the Finance Officer and Assistant in providing continuous improvement.

You should be flexible in your approach to the way in which you support the finance team. If this is you, please apply.

How do we recruit?

We want to ensure that all systems, policies and processes are (1) free from bias or discrimination, and 
(2) fair and accessible. 

We therefore ask that all candidates complete our Application Process in three stages:

Part 1. Complete a Personal Statement, telling us about your suitability for the role (this is what will be used to determine if you are shortlisted for an interview). In doing so, please
ensure that your personal statement is no longer than 2 sides of A4. Please ensure that you do not include any personal details within your personal statement, and use the job description and person specification as a guide to help write it.*
*Your personal statement is all that we will see when shortlisting, so please be sure to cover everything that you’d like us to know about your suitability for this role within it, making it clear that you meet all of the job’s requirements.

Part 2. Complete an Equal Opportunities Monitoring and Contact Form, so that we are able to contact you if shortlisted for an interview. This will only be seen by our HR team (and will therefore have no impact on shortlisting), but it does help us gather and analyse demographic information about our applicants.

Part 3. Please send us your CV.

Want to apply?
To apply please complete an online application - found on our website here: Vacancy

In the meantime, if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact:  Alan Gould, Finance Officer, a.gould@lse.ac.uk

Job Application Timeline
Application opens: Wednesday 5th March 2025 and closes on Sunday 16th March 2025 at 23:59pm
Intended interview dates: Week commencing Monday 17th March 2025.
 

Contract: Zero hours

Hours:  Two students working 10 – 15 hours per week each 
 

Job Type: Student Staff
 

Location: Central London, Holborn

You must be a current Student of the LSE

Compulsory Requirement - The UK Government sets the legal regulations that we are required to follow. As an employer we must ensure that everyone is eligible to work in the UK and this is done by us checking and making a copy of the correct original identification/documentation before your first day of work. Currently we require you to have the right to work in the UK, as we are not a Home Office approved sponsor.