Office Holders Group

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Terms of reference

Terms of reference are reviewed and updated on a regular basis.  

Title of Committee: Office Holders Group

Status of Committee: Advisory to the LSE President and Vice Chancellor  

1. Terms of Reference

1.1 To recommend to the Remuneration Committee the appropriate level of honoraria, allowances and any associated compensation for Heads of Academic Departments unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case the LSE President and Vice Chancellor will establish such compensation subject to agreement by the Remuneration Committee. To recommend to the Remuneration Committee the compensation available to a Department for one Deputy Head of Department.

1.2 To determine remuneration arrangements and associated compensation for other substantive academic offices.

1.3 To determine remuneration arrangements and associated compensation for such other academic offices and roles as shall be established by the School.

1.4 To determine additional sabbatical leave provided to members of School Committees which includes but is not limited to Promotions Committee, Academic and Student Affairs Committee (ASC) and Academic Planning and Resources Committee.

1.5 To monitor and review as required, the remuneration and compensation arrangements for academic offices and roles as at 1.1. to 1.4 above.

1.6 To determine Replacement Teaching expenditure in relation to recurrent expenditure for academic offices and non-recurrent expenditure in relation to requests from departments for replacement teaching allocations to recruit temporary cover for academic staff absent on leave.

1.7 To provide advice to the LSE President and Vice Chancellor and/or Remuneration Committee on significant issues of policy in relation to 1.1 to 1.5 above.

1.8 To review and comment on information from the Additional Payments Group (APG) and to provide information to that Group as and when needed. 

1.9 To monitor the diversity data of Academic Office Holders.

1.10 To deal with such other matters as may be referred to it by the LSE President and Vice Chancellor and/or Remuneration Committee. 

2. Arrangements for the OHG to report to the LSE President and Vice Chancellor and Remuneration Committee:

2.1 The Chair shall report any decisions made by the OHG to the LSE President and Vice Chancellor.

2.2 The OHG shall report annually on its determinations and of any significant policy issues to the summer term Remuneration Committee meeting; and as required by the Remuneration Committee.

3. Frequency of Meetings

3.1  An annual meeting of each session and any other meetings as deemed necessary.

3.2 Decisions can be taken by the Committee by correspondence and email. 

4. Quorum

4.1 Four out of seven members 

Academic Offices under the auspices of the Office Holders Group

  • Vice Chair of the Appointments Committee 
  • Director of the PhD Academy & Director of the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) 
  • LSE Chaplain  

The following academic offices are appointed via nominations made to the Academic Nominations Committee: 

  • Adviser to Women Students 
  • Chair of the Graduate School Board of Examiners 
  • Chair of the Financial Awards Panel 
  • Chair of the PhD Awards Panel 
  • Chair of the Research Degrees Sub-Committee 
  • Chair of the Repeat Teaching Panel 
  • Chair of the School Board of Examiners BA/BSc 
  • Chair of the Research Ethics Committee 
  • Vice Chair of the Academic Board  
  • Chair of the Students Sports and Activities Committee  
  • Chair of the Academic Misconduct Panel  
  • Deputy Chair of the Graduate Studies Sub-Committee 
  • Deputy Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Sub-Committee 
  • Chair of the PhD Awards Central Monitoring Panel 

Membership

 

Name

Status/Structure

Term of office

Professor Charles Stafford 

Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Faculty Development) (Chair) 

Ex officio

Professor Niamh Moloney 

Vice-chair of the Appointments Committee (VCAC)

Ex officio

Professor Pauline Barrieu 

Vice Chair of the Academic Board (VCAB)

Ex officio

Professor Eric Neumayer 

Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Planning & Resources)

Ex officio

Professor Emma McCoy

Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education) 

Ex officio

Professor Susana Mourato 

Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research)  

Ex officio 

Mr Indi Seehra

Director of Human Resources

Ex officio

Secretary: Raj Lakhani

HR Manager, Reward

Schedule of meetings

Autumn Term

23 October 2023

 

Vacancies

No current vacancies. 

 

 

 

 

For further information regarding this Committee, please contact hr.reward@lse.ac.uk