Renumeration is competitive depending on experience and subject to local market conditions. This role is offered as a 6-month consultancy contract with potential for extension, subject to funding.

The International Growth Centre (IGC) works with policymakers in developing countries to promote inclusive and sustainable growth through pathbreaking research. We are a global research centre with a network of world-leading researchers and in-country teams and initiatives working across Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. Based at LSE and in partnership with the University of Oxford, we are majority funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). We work to improve the productivity of people and firms as the key driver of sustainable economic development.

The IGC Country Office Administrator for the Zambia Evidence Lab (ZEL) will be based in Lusaka and responsible for the smooth operation of the ZEL programme office with responsibility for all office administration activities such as equipment, communications, maintenance contracts, organising logistics for in-country events, and liaising with the IGC Hub in London on administrative requirements.

The successful candidate will have the following essential criteria:

– Proven ability to plan and manage complex administrative activities with competing priorities.
– Excellent written and oral communication skills with a high level of proficiency in English and the main local language.
– Robust command of Microsoft Office suite including Word and Excel.
– Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish effective working relationships with people of various backgrounds and cultures which is essential to the role.
– Educated to university level or equivalent.
– Experience in an international organisation

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification for this role.