Department: Dean's Office, Syed Ahsan Ali and Syed Maratib Ali School of Education.

The role is designed to provide comprehensive administrative, research, and strategic support to the Dean of SOE. It involves managing the operations of the Dean’s Office, ensuring effective communication and coordination across departments and external stakeholders, and supporting academic, research, and programme-related initiatives. The position requires maintaining a high level of professionalism, discretion, and efficiency while enabling the Dean to focus on strategic priorities and institutional goals.

Coordination of Dean’s Office at SOE: 

• Facilitate communication and coordination across SOE departments, other schools at LUMS, VC, Provost Offices and MC members.
• Coordinate meetings and streamline processes for the School as directed by the Dean.
• Development of reports, policy documents, and concept notes.
• Manage the Dean’s weekly and monthly calendar including development of termly, monthly and weekly agendas.
• Maintain official email and communication for the Dean and design templates for strategic documents and SOE publications.
• Liaise with SOE offices to ensure targets are met.
• Prepare the Dean for meetings by providing her with all relevant material and drafting meeting notes for review by the Dean and other concerned stakeholders.
• Take meeting minutes, follow up and coordinate with participants for necessary action steps for each meeting. 

External strategic engagements at SOE:

• Coordinate meetings and project deadlines with external stakeholders in Pakistan and abroad.
• Organise, attend and participate in stakeholder meetings.
• Assist in the planning of policy roundtables, research panels, and visits by international delegations and faculty.

Research Support:

• Assist the Dean in her on-going research project by providing content writing, drafting policy briefs, researching for relevant information.
• Help the Dean in applying for the external grants by preparing the grant proposals, EOI, RFP documents as required. 

Programme Support at SOE: 

• Support and coordinate during the faculty hiring cycle including the development of recruitment strategies, advertising positions in local and international markets, compiling applications and file reviews and coordination with search committee.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all records and information.

• Strong writing skills (A writing sample may be requested from shortlisted candidates)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Business communication skills
• Time management and organizational skills (ability to prioritise tasks)
• Ability to multi-task.
• Analysis
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and pressure.
• Excellent project management skills, and strong attention to detail.
• Negotiation Skills

• Punctuality
• Strategic thinking and foresight
• Teamwork and collaboration

Bachelor’s degree (4-year) or Master’s degree from HEC-recognised institute.

1–3 years of relevant work experience.

What We Offer:

A Learning Ecosystem

LUMS offers a dynamic work culture that encourages learning and innovation, skills development, and contribution to areas beyond your job role. You will have the opportunity to learn and interact with the best academic minds in Pakistan, as well as to work with highly experienced professionals.

Intellectual Freedom

We believe in the pursuit of knowledge, provide the freedom to explore across different disciplines and value the diverse expression of all community members for mutual learning and advancement.

Benefits

LUMS offers competitive benefits to its academic and professional colleagues including Provident Fund, Group Life Insurance, EOBI for Pension Scheme, Outpatient medical coverage for self and family, and In-patient Health Insurance for self, spouse, and dependent children.

Campus Perks

The LUMS campus offers all the facilities and amenities of a world-class university, including a Sports Complex offering international standard courts for badminton, squash, tennis, basketball and volleyball, a FINA certified 25M swimming pool, and separate gyms for women and men. In addition to the LUMS Dining Center, there is a variety of eateries across campus offering popular cuisines, a breath-taking mosque, a medical centre, the LUMS Library, car parking as well as transport facilities for females, and a professionally run Day Care Center for children of community members.

Discounts

LUMS also provides a wide range of corporate discounts and internal educational discounts to its community as a token of each member’s value to our community. Our internal educational discounts include waiver of undergraduate tuition fees of employees’ children studying at LUMS, scholarships for master’s programs in several schools, and executive development programs offered by the nationally recognized Rausing Executive Development Center (REDC).

LUMS is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive workplace for all our employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, age, non-disqualifying physical or psychological disability or social status. Candidates belonging to minority groups are encouraged to apply.