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Job Type
Faculty
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Location
LUMS
School
Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
Department
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Apply at Email
ghayoor.abbas@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) invites applications for full-time, tenure-track assistant professor position in Inorganic Chemistry.
Candidates must have strong potential and passion to develop a globally competitive research program of his/her own interest with a vision to address our national problems, in addition to addressing fundamental questions in Science and Technology. LUMS is committed to providing seed funds to develop such research programs, in addition to providing state-of-the-art research infrastructure and a conducive teaching/research environment. Faculty members will be expected to submit research proposals to the National/International funding agencies and develop linkages with the National/International research groups to make their research programs productive, viable and self-sustainable. They should also have a strong passion for teaching and will be required to teach undergraduate and graduate students in Chemistry. Information about the existing faculty members and their research programs is available at https://sbasse.lums.edu.pk/department-of-chemistry-and-chemical-enginee…
Qualification:
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Chemistry, with specialization in inorganic chemistry, and postdoctoral experience is expected. Additional expertise in Computational Chemistry would be considered a strong asset.
Application Instructions:
LUMS is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive salary, research funding support that includes start-up grant, moving allowance, and other related benefits. Candidates wishing to apply for this faculty position should submit their application as a single PDF file that should include
- Cover letter explaining their interest in this position and suitability for the advertised post
- Curriculum Vitae
- Transcripts of all educational degrees and certificates
- Research Statement
- Teaching philosophy
- Names of at least 03 professional referees
The above application materials should be sent via email to: ghayoor.abbas@lums.edu.pk before June 30, 2026.
Job Type
Staff
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Location
karachi
Department
Office of Advancement
Job Link
Job Type
Staff
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Location
Lahore
Department
Office of Research
Apply at Email
aonia.masood@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
Position Purpose :
The incumbent will primarily be acting as legal support for the research programs being managed by the Office of Research (OR), LUMS. The role involves legal drafting, liaising with the internal and external persons, managing IP matters.
Key Accountabilities:
The willing candidate must be:
- Able to review and draft agreements including but not limited to Sponsorship Agreements, Grant Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), confidentiality agreements, and consultancy agreements between LUMS and external stakeholders.
- Able to run the contracts’ approval process diligently.
- Able to coordinate with IPO office for IP related matters.
- Has sound knowledge of legalities and especially legal drafting and research.
- Able to manage and organize IP related events (workshops/seminar).
Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of legalities.
- Knowledge of budgeting.
- Sound knowledge in legal drafting.
- Hands-on experience on legal drafting.
- Attention to detail.
- Effective interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Excellent analytical abilities.
- Advance MS Word.Ability to work under strict deadlines and manage multiple assignments concurrently.
Behaviours:
- Integrity
- Accountable
- Committed
- Team player
- Qualification
- At least LLB
Experience:
1-2 years of post-qualification experience.
Travel/Work Schedule:
Travel may be required. Business hours (8:30 am to 5:00 pm) often extend into the evenings and weekends to accommodate the needs of current workloads and event schedules.
Application Instructions:
Bachelor's(Hons) in Law from an HEC recognized University.
Job Type
Staff
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Location
LUMS, Lahore
Department
Office of Admissions
Job Link
Job Type
Research & Fellowships
Apply By
Location
LUMS
School
Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
Department
Department Of Economics
Apply at Email
warda.riaz@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
The AI Hub for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) at LUMS — a multi-institutional initiative supported by the Gates Foundation — is hiring a Research Associate to support data-driven research on maternal and child health outcomes in Pakistan.
Role
The Research Associate will clean, manage, and analyse large health and survey datasets; apply econometric and machine learning techniques; work with multi-source data to map maternal and child health pathways and stakeholder interactions; and support the choice and implementation of estimation approaches through engagement with relevant literature and comparable studies.
Qualification:
- Master's degree in Economics, Public Health, Data Science, or a related field
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Proficiency in Stata (required); familiarity with R or Python is a plus
- Experience with data cleaning, multi-source data integration, and quantitative techniques for understanding pathways, relationships, and outcomes (e.g., descriptive analysis, regression-based approaches, classification and prediction methods)
- Familiarity with machine learning methods
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, and meet deadlines
Application Instructions:
Send your CV, a brief statement of interest, and a sample of research or analytical work demonstrating your ability to work with quantitative data (e.g., research papers, data analysis projects, or code samples) to warda.riaz@lums.edu.pk by April 16, 2026.
Job Type
Research & Fellowships
Apply By
Location
Lahore
School
Suleman Dawood School of Business
Apply at Email
jobs-sdsb@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
Key Accountabilities:
- Marking class participation during classes and discussing with the faculty after class;
- Taking attendance of students in discussion groups and classes;
- Keeping up-to-date record of attendance and class participation;
- Distributing reading material or checked assignments/quizzes etc to students;
- Marking exams, quizzes, assignments for the faculty members as per requirement
- Invigilating midterm and final examinations;
- Printing assignments and submitting them to the faculty within given deadlines
- Administering business games and all other simulation games and activities of MBA and EMBA programmes;
- Assisting Operation’s office in administrative tasks;
- Assisting Programme Coordination office in maintaining database of cases and readings.
Experience:
1-2 years
Skills :
- Strong communication skills
- Strong administrative and management skills
- Good analytical skills
- Highly proficient in Word and Excel
- Good team player
- Ambitious
- Statistical analysis
- Task oriented with particular focus on the end result
- Amiable personality
Behaviours:
- Professional conduct with students, faculty and SDSB team is inevitable but with civility at all levels.
- Strong administration is a must. A pleasant disposition is required but with firmness of purpose and strict discipline so as to deter any unprofessionalism from any staff member.
Additional Information:
- Travel:
May be required, depending on departmental objectives Work Schedule :
Business hours often extend into the evenings and weekends to accommodate the needs of current workload and event schedules.
Qualification:
Masters from an HEC recognized university.
Job Type
Research & Fellowships
Apply By
Location
LUMS
School
Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Apply at Email
aurangzaib.awan@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
The Gurmani Center for Language and Literature (GCLL) and the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences (MGSHSS) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) announces Postdoctoral Fellow and PhD scholarships for the academic year 2026-2027. These positions would be for a ten- month duration from August 2026 to May 2027.
Successful postdoctoral fellowship and PhD scholarship candidates will teach one course during each semester and will fully participate in the ongoing activities of the Gurmani Center and MGSHSS. Post doctoral Fellows and PhD Scholars would be required to be physically on campus during the two semesters.
Qualification:
Postdoctoral candidates should have their PhDs in hand by August 31, 2026. We prefer candidates who have completed their PhDs in the last three to five years and whose scholarship has an interdisciplinary focus, bringing together debates in the Humanities and the Social Sciences.
The PhD scholarships are open to PhD candidates in a leading humanities or social science doctoral program outside of Pakistan who are writing up their dissertations or completing fieldwork in Pakistan. The successful candidate will have an ABD status and will be expected to complete their doctorates whilst at LUMS. The PhD scholarships are funded through the Bilquis and Abdul Razzaq Dawood Foundation.
Application Instructions:
A cover letter describing your research interests and relevance to this fellowship/scholarship; a curriculum vitae; a sample syllabi for a potential course; and names of two referees (please submit all the require documents in pdf format) to Mr. Aurangzaib Awan (aurangzaib.awan@lums.edu.pk) by May 15th 2026.
Job Type
Faculty
Apply By
Location
LUMS
School
Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
Department
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Apply at Email
ghayoor.abbas@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) invites applications for full-time, tenure-track assistant professor position in Inorganic Chemistry.
Candidates must have strong potential and passion to develop a globally competitive research program of his/her own interest with a vision to address our national problems, in addition to addressing fundamental questions in Science and Technology. LUMS is committed to providing seed funds to develop such research programs, in addition to providing state-of-the-art research infrastructure and a conducive teaching/research environment. Faculty members will be expected to submit research proposals to the National/International funding agencies and develop linkages with the National/International research groups to make their research programs productive, viable and self-sustainable. They should also have a strong passion for teaching and will be required to teach undergraduate and graduate students in Chemistry. Information about the existing faculty members and their research programs is available at https://sbasse.lums.edu.pk/department-of-chemistry-and-chemical-enginee…
Qualification:
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Chemistry, with specialization in inorganic chemistry, and postdoctoral experience is expected. Additional expertise in Computational Chemistry would be considered a strong asset.
Application Instructions:
LUMS is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive salary, research funding support that includes start-up grant, moving allowance, and other related benefits. Candidates wishing to apply for this faculty position should submit their application as a single PDF file that should include
- Cover letter explaining their interest in this position and suitability for the advertised post
- Curriculum Vitae
- Transcripts of all educational degrees and certificates
- Research Statement
- Teaching philosophy
- Names of at least 03 professional referees
The above application materials should be sent via email to: ghayoor.abbas@lums.edu.pk before June 30, 2026.
Job Type
Research & Fellowships
Apply By
Location
LUMS
School
Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
Department
Department Of Economics
Apply at Email
warda.riaz@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
The AI Hub for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) at LUMS — a multi-institutional initiative supported by the Gates Foundation — is hiring a Research Associate to support data-driven research on maternal and child health outcomes in Pakistan.
Role
The Research Associate will clean, manage, and analyse large health and survey datasets; apply econometric and machine learning techniques; work with multi-source data to map maternal and child health pathways and stakeholder interactions; and support the choice and implementation of estimation approaches through engagement with relevant literature and comparable studies.
Qualification:
- Master's degree in Economics, Public Health, Data Science, or a related field
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Proficiency in Stata (required); familiarity with R or Python is a plus
- Experience with data cleaning, multi-source data integration, and quantitative techniques for understanding pathways, relationships, and outcomes (e.g., descriptive analysis, regression-based approaches, classification and prediction methods)
- Familiarity with machine learning methods
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, and meet deadlines
Application Instructions:
Send your CV, a brief statement of interest, and a sample of research or analytical work demonstrating your ability to work with quantitative data (e.g., research papers, data analysis projects, or code samples) to warda.riaz@lums.edu.pk by April 16, 2026.
Job Type
Research & Fellowships
Apply By
Location
Lahore
School
Suleman Dawood School of Business
Apply at Email
jobs-sdsb@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
Key Accountabilities:
- Marking class participation during classes and discussing with the faculty after class;
- Taking attendance of students in discussion groups and classes;
- Keeping up-to-date record of attendance and class participation;
- Distributing reading material or checked assignments/quizzes etc to students;
- Marking exams, quizzes, assignments for the faculty members as per requirement
- Invigilating midterm and final examinations;
- Printing assignments and submitting them to the faculty within given deadlines
- Administering business games and all other simulation games and activities of MBA and EMBA programmes;
- Assisting Operation’s office in administrative tasks;
- Assisting Programme Coordination office in maintaining database of cases and readings.
Experience:
1-2 years
Skills :
- Strong communication skills
- Strong administrative and management skills
- Good analytical skills
- Highly proficient in Word and Excel
- Good team player
- Ambitious
- Statistical analysis
- Task oriented with particular focus on the end result
- Amiable personality
Behaviours:
- Professional conduct with students, faculty and SDSB team is inevitable but with civility at all levels.
- Strong administration is a must. A pleasant disposition is required but with firmness of purpose and strict discipline so as to deter any unprofessionalism from any staff member.
Additional Information:
- Travel:
May be required, depending on departmental objectives Work Schedule :
Business hours often extend into the evenings and weekends to accommodate the needs of current workload and event schedules.
Qualification:
Masters from an HEC recognized university.
Job Type
Research & Fellowships
Apply By
Location
LUMS
School
Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Apply at Email
aurangzaib.awan@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
The Gurmani Center for Language and Literature (GCLL) and the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences (MGSHSS) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) announces Postdoctoral Fellow and PhD scholarships for the academic year 2026-2027. These positions would be for a ten- month duration from August 2026 to May 2027.
Successful postdoctoral fellowship and PhD scholarship candidates will teach one course during each semester and will fully participate in the ongoing activities of the Gurmani Center and MGSHSS. Post doctoral Fellows and PhD Scholars would be required to be physically on campus during the two semesters.
Qualification:
Postdoctoral candidates should have their PhDs in hand by August 31, 2026. We prefer candidates who have completed their PhDs in the last three to five years and whose scholarship has an interdisciplinary focus, bringing together debates in the Humanities and the Social Sciences.
The PhD scholarships are open to PhD candidates in a leading humanities or social science doctoral program outside of Pakistan who are writing up their dissertations or completing fieldwork in Pakistan. The successful candidate will have an ABD status and will be expected to complete their doctorates whilst at LUMS. The PhD scholarships are funded through the Bilquis and Abdul Razzaq Dawood Foundation.
Application Instructions:
A cover letter describing your research interests and relevance to this fellowship/scholarship; a curriculum vitae; a sample syllabi for a potential course; and names of two referees (please submit all the require documents in pdf format) to Mr. Aurangzaib Awan (aurangzaib.awan@lums.edu.pk) by May 15th 2026.
Job Type
Staff
Apply By
Location
karachi
Department
Office of Advancement
Job Link
Job Type
Staff
Apply By
Location
LUMS, Lahore
Department
Office of Admissions
Job Link
Job Type
Staff
Apply By
Location
Lahore
Department
Office of Research
Apply at Email
aonia.masood@lums.edu.pk
Job Description:
Position Purpose :
The incumbent will primarily be acting as legal support for the research programs being managed by the Office of Research (OR), LUMS. The role involves legal drafting, liaising with the internal and external persons, managing IP matters.
Key Accountabilities:
The willing candidate must be:
- Able to review and draft agreements including but not limited to Sponsorship Agreements, Grant Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), confidentiality agreements, and consultancy agreements between LUMS and external stakeholders.
- Able to run the contracts’ approval process diligently.
- Able to coordinate with IPO office for IP related matters.
- Has sound knowledge of legalities and especially legal drafting and research.
- Able to manage and organize IP related events (workshops/seminar).
Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of legalities.
- Knowledge of budgeting.
- Sound knowledge in legal drafting.
- Hands-on experience on legal drafting.
- Attention to detail.
- Effective interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Excellent analytical abilities.
- Advance MS Word.Ability to work under strict deadlines and manage multiple assignments concurrently.
Behaviours:
- Integrity
- Accountable
- Committed
- Team player
- Qualification
- At least LLB
Experience:
1-2 years of post-qualification experience.
Travel/Work Schedule:
Travel may be required. Business hours (8:30 am to 5:00 pm) often extend into the evenings and weekends to accommodate the needs of current workloads and event schedules.
Application Instructions:
Bachelor's(Hons) in Law from an HEC recognized University.