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<html><head></head><body><div>LIS students are remarkable. Gaining roles in companies such as Goldman Sachs, sustainability startups, and the arts. Publications in academic journals and securing fully funded PhDs. CEOs and serial entrepreneurs. And we’re looking for more of them. Do you think you can help?<br>&nbsp;<br>The Admissions Officer works with every applicant to help them discover if LIS is the place for them. They are key in supporting individuals throughout their pre-arrival journey - from supporting with applications and interviews, to answering their enquiries, to ensuring all administration is in place for a successful enrolment.<br>&nbsp;<br>The skills you will develop in this role include project management, CRM, data management, digital communications, higher education, and much more.&nbsp;Reporting directly to and working very closely with the Director of Recruitment and Admissions, you'll also be able to help shape the strategy as you go as we increase our core number of students, expand our international enrolment efforts, and grow our portfolio of programmes. This role also offers a great step into the life of scale-up organisations.<br><br></div>
<div><strong>LIS student admissions principles</strong><br><strong>Rigourous </strong>- we will hold ourselves to high standards, ensuring we reflect LIS’s position as a high-quality, respected academic institution.</div>
<div><strong>Innovative</strong> - our admissions processes are as unique as LIS is as an institution. We do not do things simply because “that is the way they are done”.</div>
<div><strong>Inclusive </strong>- we select students on the basis of their ability to succeed at LIS and beyond, valuing a diverse range of perspectives in our community of problem solvers.</div>
<div><strong>Human centric</strong> – we will take an individualised approach to engagement, favouring personalised connection over automated outreach.</div>
<div><br><strong>Requirements</strong></div>
<div>As an organisation dedicated to learning and personal development, we value your attitude and willingness to learn rather than candidates that just tick every box.<br><br></div>
<div>Even if you don’t feel that you meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply if this opportunity and our mission excites you.<br><br></div>
<div>The ideal candidate will have:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Exceptional organisation and time management sills</li>
<li>A very good eye for detail</li>
<li>A natural collaborator, working cross-functionally and with a range of stakeholders</li>
<li>A self-starter, able to own your own work and developing new ways to enhance the service</li>
<li>Comfortable promoting LIS and our programmes with potential students over the phone, Zoom/ Teams and in-person</li>
<li>Adaptable and comfortable with the fast-paced nature of a scale-up environment where role requirements and structures may change to meet business needs</li>
</ul>
It is not required, but would be an advantage if you have experience in any of:</div>
<ul>
<li>A similar adminstrative role</li>
<li>The core MS Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel); the wider MS Office suite (Teams, Forms, Sharepoint)</li>
<li>Higher Education</li>
<li>CRM systems (such as HubSpot)</li>
</ul>
<div><strong>Key responsibilties</strong></div>
<ul>
<li>Processing applications for LIS's portfolio of accredited programmes (BASc, MASc, LIS MBA), following up with applicants for missing information or clarifications</li>
<li>Arranging and hosting interviews for relevant programmes</li>
<li>Documenting and communicating admission decisions to potential students</li>
<li>Preparing data and insights for admissions committes, scholarship committees, visas and compliance</li>
<li>Preparing applicant files for enrolment and onboarding</li>
<li>Answering enquiries about admissions processes and requirements via email, telephone, and face-to-face</li>
<li>Contributing to the ongoing evolution of LIS's admissions processes and policies as we scale and innovate</li>
</ul>
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<div>Note:<br>Role to include but not restricted to the tasks detailed here. LIS is a scale-up and all employees may be asked to help out or get involved with different parts of MR&amp;A or the organisation at any time.<br><br><strong>Right to work</strong><br>You must have the right to work in the UK, at this time LIS are not able to sponsor visas.  &nbsp;<br><br></div>
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<div><strong>Benefits</strong></div>
<ul>
<li>£3300-£35,000 salary</li>
<li>30 days annual leave</li>
<li>Monthly fitness contribution and, on successful completion of your probationary period, option to join the company-sponsored health plan.</li>
<li>Annual personal development contribution for external training/coaching</li>
<li>The opportunity to join a mission-led, fast-growing organisation that is changing higher education organisation that is changing higher education</li>
</ul>
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<strong>About LIS<br></strong><br>The challenges humanity is facing aren’t the stuff of dystopia, science fiction, or textbooks. They’re happening today – and they’ve never been more complex and interconnected.<br>&nbsp;<br>Yet our higher education system is still structured in silos, leaving graduates ill-equipped to tackle the complexity that surrounds them. The next generation is now demanding to learn in a different way. That’s where The London Interdisciplinary School comes in.<br>&nbsp;<br>LIS equips learners with an interdisciplinary toolkit to tackle the complex, real-world problems of the 21st century. With a world-class faculty, a growing alumni community, and close partnerships with global organisations such as McKinsey, KPMG and innocent, LIS is a new type of education for those who want to shape the world, not just fit in.<br>&nbsp;<br>We are the first new UK education institution for 50 years to have full degree-awarding power since inception, and offer undergraduate, masters, as well as professional development programmes that take a ground-breaking interdisciplinary approach to education.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>How to apply</strong><br><br>We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.  <br>&nbsp;<br>To apply, please submit your CV. You may wish to include an accompanying cover letter detailing your relevant skills and experience and why you want to work with LIS.</div></body></html>

Admissions Officer

<html><head></head><body><div>The London Interdisciplinary School (LIS) is seeking to appoint a Visiting Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty) with expertise in the ethical, legal and organisational dimensions of artificial intelligence. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to an innovative interdisciplinary curriculum that equips students to address complex real-world challenges.</div>
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<div>We are looking for an academic who is enthusiastic about active, problem-based learning and able to integrate perspectives from across multiple disciplines. The role would suit an early-career academic who has recently completed, or is close to completing, a PhD, although applications from candidates with equivalent or greater expertise and experience are also welcome.</div>
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<div><strong>About the Role</strong></div>
<div>The successful candidate will contribute teaching across undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA programmes.</div>
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<div>They will:</div>
<ul>
<li>Have a primary responsibility for designing and delivering a second-year undergraduate Problem-Based Learning module on AI and Ethics which pays £5,000.</li>
<li>Contribute to delivery of the ‘Problems: AI Futures’ module on the MASc programme which pays £1,500.</li>
<li>Contribute c.2 weeks of teaching towards the ‘Intelligence Shift’ on MBA programme, covering the legal and regulatory background to AI which pays £1,500.</li>
<li>Contribute c.2 weeks of teaching as part of the ‘Disciplinary Perspective’ on undergraduate ‘Problems 1B’ module - broadly focused on law and the environment with the candidate being able to connect their expertise to an aspect of the environment which pays £1,500.</li>
</ul>
<div>The undergraduate Problem-Based Learning module on AI and Ethics is taught over ten weeks (January–March 2027) through twice-weekly, 90-minute sessions for cohorts of approximately 35–50 second-year students. In keeping with LIS's active learning approach, teaching combines carefully curated pre-session materials with interactive workshops, seminars, facilitated group work and applied problem-solving rather than traditional lectures alone.</div>
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<div>For the undergraduate AI problems module, which will be the primary area of responsibility, the successful candidate will be expected to:·&nbsp; &nbsp;</div>
<ul>
<li>Design and deliver an engaging interdisciplinary module on AI and Ethics at undergraduate Level 5 appropriate for the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications and aligned with the overall programme learning outcomes. &nbsp; &nbsp;</li>
<li>You can either adapt an existing module information form or create a new one, but the content should incorporate a range of perspectives on AI ethics - e.g., technical, socio-cultural, environmental, political, and legal perspectives - and make clear reference to at least 2-3 different academic disciplines.</li>
<li>Design and mark a suitable collaborative assessment that can be completed by students working in groups of 4-5. This should include an output aimed at a 'real-world' audience of policymakers and/or practitioners, and, optionally, a separate output for an academic audience. Ideally, the 'real-world' audience should include a specific, named person or organisation that the students have engaged with during the module, although there can be some flexibility on this. You can either adapt an existing assessment brief or create a new one.</li>
<li>Provide high-quality assessment, written feedback and grading in accordance with institutional policies and academic standards.</li>
<li>Support students throughout the module and contribute to an inclusive and intellectually challenging learning environment.</li>
<li>You will be expected to deliver the content yourself, although there may be some flexibility, e.g., to invite representatives of relevant organisations to provide information on a real-world problem that they would like the students to work on (no more than two sessions).</li>
<li>&nbsp;All students should be provided with text-based feedback as well as a numerical grade, using a clear rubric based on the assessment brief. We can provide samples of students' work and markers' feedback.</li>
<li>Marking and feedback must be completed online in our Virtual Learning Environment, Canvas, within set timeframes.</li>
<li>You will need to create mechanisms for ensuring that students cannot receive credit for the collaborative assessment if they have not participated actively in their group (e.g., authorship statements, allocation of sections to individuals, or requiring a separate individual reflection).</li>
<li>The policy on use of AI tools must be clearly explained in the assessment brief and you should ensure that students use these tools only when needed, to enhance learning rather than substituting it.</li>
</ul>
<div><strong>Person Specification</strong></div>
<div>We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in the ethical, legal and societal implications of AI and the ability to teach across disciplinary boundaries.</div>
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<div><strong>Competence in the following areas would be advantageous:</strong></div>
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<ul>
<li>Knowledge of the different legal and regulatory frameworks that have recently emerged to govern AI use, with specific emphasis on the UK, EU, China, and the USA.</li>
<li>Familiarity with academic debates concerning bias in AI, and how algorithmic decision-making can be used to perpetuate or dismantle systems of inequality.</li>
<li>Developed thinking on the use of AI in educational contexts, and as a cognitive enhancement more generally.</li>
<li>Awareness of the differences between routine, 'business as usual' implementations of AI and frontier applications.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Capacity to integrate insights from a variety of disciplines into thinking about AI, including (but not only) cognitive science, anthropology, art theory, cultural studies, and history.</li>
</ul>
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<div><strong>Essential Qualities</strong></div>
<div>Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Experience of designing and delivering engaging higher education teaching.</li>
<li>A commitment to active, collaborative and student-centred learning.</li>
<li>Experience of assessment design and providing high-quality feedback.</li>
<li>Excellent communication and facilitation skills.</li>
<li>The ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across disciplines.</li>
<li>A commitment to inclusive teaching and academic excellence.</li>
</ul>
<strong>Why Join LIS?</strong></div>
<div>LIS offers a distinctive educational environment built around interdisciplinary thinking, real-world problem solving and innovative teaching. This role provides an opportunity to shape how future graduates understand and engage with one of the defining challenges of our time: the responsible development and application of artificial intelligence.</div>
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<div>This is a great opportunity to support a quantitative methods team on self employed basis.</div>
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<div>You must have the right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and value the difference in perspective that comes from age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.</div>
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<div><strong>How to Apply</strong></div>
<div>Please submit your CV and a cover letter. The cover letter should include details of your teaching experience and philosophy, as well as why you would be a good fit for LIS.<br>&nbsp;</div></body></html>

Visiting Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty) – AI, Ethics and Interdisciplinary Education

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<div>LIS students are remarkable. Gaining roles in companies such as Goldman Sachs, sustainability startups, and the arts. Publications in academic journals and securing fully funded PhDs. CEOs and serial entrepreneurs. And we’re looking for more of them. Do you think you can help?</div>
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<div>Our Student Recruitment Officers are usually the first point of contact for people interested in studying here. They are key in supporting individuals throughout their pre-arrival journey - from representing LIS at events, to understanding their goals and passions, to helping them decide between the wide range of options available.</div>
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<div>The skills you will develop in this role include consultative sales, CRM, data management, marketing, higher education, and much more.</div>
<div>Reporting directly to the Director of Recruitment and Admissions, you'll also be able to help shape the strategy as you go as we increase our core number of students, expand our international recruitment efforts, and grow our portfolio of programmes. This role also offers a great step into the life of scale-up organisations.</div>
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<div><strong>LIS Student Recruitment Principles</strong></div>
<div><strong>High touch</strong> – we will be in regular contact with qualified contacts, understanding their motivations, barriers, and personal context.</div>
<div><strong>Human centric</strong> – we will take an individualised approach to engagement, favouring personalised connection over automated outreach.</div>
<div><strong>Focussed</strong> – we will concentrate our resources on contacts who have the highest likelihood of successfully joining the cohort.</div>
<div><strong>Agile</strong> – we will be flexible in our approach – failing fast, learning lessons, and pivoting tactics when required.</div>
<div><strong>Community driven</strong> – we will amplify our efforts by engaging the whole LIS community – staff, students, faculty, alumni, prospects, and partners.</div>
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<div><strong>Requirements</strong><br>We are looking for candidates who will:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Be comfortable communicating across different mediums, including over the phone, email, video, and face-to-face.</li>
<li>Be an inspiring and credible ambassador, comfortable engaging with a range of stakeholders across sectors and adept at articulating LIS’s vision and value proposition.</li>
<li>Be able to prioritise opportunities in a fast-moving, scale-up style environment.</li>
<li>Be a natural relationship builder who thrives on creating meaningful connections.</li>
<li>Demonstrate a proactive and resourceful mindset, bringing creativity and a passion for innovation to the role.</li>
<li>Align deeply with LIS’s values: rigour, curiosity, courage, compassion, and meraki.</li>
</ul>
It would be a bonus to have any experience or understanding of:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Consulatative sales</li>
<li>UK higher education</li>
<li>International student recruitment</li>
<li>CRM and data</li>
</ul>
We value growth mindset and action over years of experience. If you are excited about our mission and believe you can thrive in this role, we want to hear from you.</div>
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<div><strong>Key responsibilities</strong></div>
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<ul>
<li>1:1 outreach to leads across the portfolio of programmes, via telephone, email, and face-to-face activities.</li>
<li>Lead scoring potential applicants/ students to prioritise leads, assess the health of the pipeline, and inform marketing tactics.</li>
<li>Being the primary point of contact for some of our offer-holders, including building individual relationships with each offer holder, keeping them updated on programme information, and answering any questions they may have.</li>
<li>Effectively leveraging existing students for insights, event support, and community building (e.g. the buddy system).</li>
<li>Representing the portfolio at both internal and external events, including the potential for international travel</li>
<li>Engaging with and visiting schools to work directly with students and teachers</li>
<li>Actively contributing to how we market the portfolio, including development of the LIS website, prospectuses, and digital communications</li>
</ul>
<strong>Note</strong></div>
<div>Role to include but not restricted to the tasks detailed here. LIS is a scale-up and all employees may be asked to help out or get involved with different parts of the organisation at any time.</div>
<div>
<div><strong><br>Benefits</strong></div>
<ul>
<li>£33,000-£36,000 salary, with the potential to progress to £40,000</li>
<li>30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays</li>
<li>Monthly fitness contribution and, on successful completion of your probationary period, option to join the company-sponsored health plan</li>
<li>Annual personal development contribution for external training/coaching</li>
<li>The opportunity to join a mission-led, fast-growing organisation that is changing higher education</li>
</ul>
<strong>About LIS</strong><br>The challenges humanity is facing aren’t the stuff of dystopia, science fiction, or textbooks. They’re happening today – and they’ve never been more complex and interconnected.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Yet our higher education system is still structured in silos, leaving graduates ill-equipped to tackle the complexity that surrounds them. The next generation is now demanding to learn in a different way. That’s where The London Interdisciplinary School comes in.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>LIS equips learners with an interdisciplinary toolkit to tackle the complex, real-world problems of the 21st century. With a world-class faculty, a growing alumni community, and close partnerships with global organisations such as McKinsey, KPMG and innocent, LIS is a new type of education for those who want to shape the world, not just fit in.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>We are the first new UK education institution for 50 years to have full degree-awarding power since inception, and offer undergraduate, masters, as well as professional development programmes that take a ground-breaking interdisciplinary approach to education.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>You must have the right to work in the UK, at this time LIS are not able to sponsor visas. </strong> &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.  </div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>To apply, please submit your CV. You may wish to include an accompanying cover letter detailing your relevant skills and experience and why you want to work with LIS.</div>
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<div>Previous applicants need not reapply.</div>
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Admissions Officer

Visiting Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty) – AI, Ethics and Interdisciplinary Education

Student Recruitment Officer