Research Administrator

The opportunity

UAL’s Centre and Institute Operations Service seeks to recruit an experienced and proactive administrator to join the team on a part-time basis. The successful candidate will work to support Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice research centre (CRiSAP) based at London College of Communication (LCC), working with the Research Centre Manager, Director, and other colleagues across the Centre & Institute Operations team and related areas to deliver its diverse portfolio of activities.   

The Centre and Institute Operations Department is a centralised team of professional services staff supporting the day-to-day research operations, including research centres, institutes and research projects across UAL.

CRiSAP is a research centre dedicated to the exploration of the rich complexities of sound as an artistic practice. Their main aim is to extend the development of the emerging disciplinary field of sound arts and to encourage the broadening and deepening of the discursive context in which sound arts is practiced. 

Your profile

To succeed in this role, you will have excellent planning and organisation skills and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team. You will be reliable and pride yourself on delivering high quality work, on time with excellent attention to detail. 

 

You will be motivated, hardworking and diligent, able to work independently across multiple long-form projects using your initiative and creative problem-solving skills, prioritising tasks when needed to deliver on time.

 

Excellent verbal and written skills are essential, along with experience writing and delivering communications across a range of platforms and to a range of audiences.

You will have experience planning and supporting events.

A knowledge and understanding of sound arts, practice-based research or another creative subject area is desirable. 

 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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