Head of R&I Assessment & Intelligence

Overview

In this leadership role, you steer the R&I Assessment & Intelligence function to support senior decision-making and institutional priorities. You will shape research intelligence and REF preparation, driving governance, strategic delivery, and effective use of funding and internal resources. You’ll collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate complex insights into actionable advice, advancing LSE’s research excellence and impact. This is an opportunity to influence institutional strategy at a globally renowned social science university.

Pay / Benefits

• occupational pension scheme
• generous annual leave
• hybrid working
• excellent training and development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Provide senior professional leadership for the R&I Assessment & Intelligence team and ensure coherent, well-governed work
• Translate insights into clear strategic advice for senior institutional decision-making and performance delivery
• Oversee research intelligence activities to respond to internal and external environmental changes and strengthen research excellence
• Lead institutional preparations for REF and related exercises
• Oversee management of allocated block funding and optimize use of internal funding infrastructure
• Engage with senior stakeholders to support decision-making and governance
• Drive improvements to services, systems, processes, communications and knowledge management through innovative problem-solving

Key requirements

• Senior leadership experience in a research-intensive environment
• Experience leading institutional REF preparations
• Expertise in research intelligence, quantitative and qualitative analysis, evaluation and critical thinking
• Ability to use AI responsibly to inform senior decision-making
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication with senior stakeholders
• Strong strategic planning, collaboration and change-management skills including governance, workplans, resource plans and risk controls
• Commitment to high-quality service delivery and integrated service improvement

• excellent communication
• strong stakeholder relationship-building
• strategic thinking
• research intelligence
• quantitative analysis
• qualitative analysis

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