Deputy Director: Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute

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The opportunity

A unique opportunity to develop and shape state-of-the-art provision for research and innovation in the emergent Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTTI), which will be hosted at the new University of the Arts East Bank estate from September 2023.

Building on the successful delivery of a £5.5mil AHRC Creative Research and Development Partnership (CRDP) funding award – the Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology (BFTT), FTTI will play a pivotal role in creating impactful solutions across the fashion and textiles industry, with a focus on tackling climate change, through it’s unique, multi-disciplinary collaboration with HEI, industry and community partners.

As Deputy Director of the FTTI, you will be responsible for managing and coordinating engagement across the FTTI community, working closely with the FTTI Director and FTTI colleagues to create opportunities for partners, academics and students to work together, with the aim of delivering world class innovation in research, R&D, teaching and learning.

To achieve this, your key responsibilities will include:

• Coordination and management of an internal FTTI academic steering group, alongside an external trans-disciplinary advisory group.
  
• Maintaining excellent stakeholder and partner relationships.
  
• Oversight of the FTTI academic research funding and bid development strategy.
  
• Ensuring optimisation of impact from delivery of FTTI research.
  
• Maintaining your own area of specialist research fields, aligning to FTTI interests.
• Oversight and development of a specialist FTTI Post Graduate Research (PGR) strategy, including the development of MRes and PGR courses in collaboration with partner HEIs.
  
• Supervision of PHD and PGR research students.

About you

You will need senior academic and/or equivalent professional experience in a leadership role in the public, service, creative or HEI sectors, along with a recognised active national/international research practice/profile.

You will also need experience of developing and writing research proposals, funding bids and contract research.

Successful experience of impact delivery or experience of REF is important.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Twinkle Brahmbhatt, Senior Resourcing Adviser via email at RKEEstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk.

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.

Our culture

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 be members of the Race Equality Charter (REC) and Business Disability Forum, are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed and Living Wage employer and maintain our status as a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

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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