Research Administrator: Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP)

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The opportunity

UAL’s newly established 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 be specifically assigned to support Crative Research into Sound Arts Practice research centre (CRiSAP) based at London College of Communication (LCC), working with the Centre Manager, Director, and other colleagues to deliver its diverse portfolio of activities.   

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. 

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have excellent planning and organisation skills. 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 paramount, alongside the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.  

You will have experience of working in an administrative or production role with communications and events experience, preferably within the creative industries or creative research. 

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.

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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