M365 and Power Platform Technical Specialist

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Data and Technology Services

M365 and Power Platform Technical Specialist

Salary from £44,143 to £52,749 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £56,607 pa inclusive of London allowance

The London School of Economics is a cosmopolitan university situated in the vibrant centre of London that specialises in the study of social sciences.

LSE’s Data and Technology Services division provides services to over 10,000 staff and student users.

The M365 & Power Platform Technical Specialist is primarily a developer position, focused on delivering new capabilities and automating processes that will improve, upgrade and optimise the legacy systems and processes currently in place.

The specialist will focus primarily on the Power Platform and SharePoint Online and will also be expected to have a wider ranging knowledge around the general M365 environment including but not exclusively use of Admin portals, Azure Portal and deploying policy changes.

Key Tasks Will Include

• Delivering the design and development of solutions to automate business processes using Power Platform
• Translate business requirements as described in user stories into working solutions within the Microsoft Power Platform
• Communicate and translate process automation requirements to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Engaging across the business to understand user and business requirements and application software development needs
• Undertake regular audit of platform processes and artefacts and make/execute recommendations for improvement
  
  

Candidates Should Have

• Microsoft certifications or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience developing, implementing and enhancing Power Apps model-driven and canvas applications, including Power Apps formulas, Dataverse and integration with relevant data sources within AML Framework
• Strong experience across Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, AI Builder, Copilot Studio, custom connectors and APIs/REST service integrations.
• Experience of Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online, including site structures, permissions, application development and integration between Power Platform, SharePoint and OneDrive.
• Experience of supporting technologies including PowerShell, SQL, HTML,JSON, JavaScript
• Azure Logic Apps/Functions and modern web application development.
• Understanding of Power BI, reporting, Agile and DevOps approaches and their application within Microsoft cloud services.
• Experience in other SaaS tools and CRMs – Particularly Salesforce with Apex, Automation Development
• Exposure or experience of Powershell, SQL, HTML.
• Multi-platform support and App development on Android, iOS, Windows, and Chromebooks Ability to create custom connectors for Microsoft Power Platform.
• Experience with API or Rest services integrations.
  
  

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document , job description and the person specification .

To apply for this post, please go to www.jobs.lse.ac.uk . If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email dts.admin@lse.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is 27 th November 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

Any offer of employment is subject to the successful candidate having the right to work in the UK. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship may be considered for this role.