Project Coordinator

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The opportunity

We are seeking an outstanding, enthusiastic and organized project coordinator for an exciting new research project funded under the AHRC Digital Skills Pilots Call July 2022 (AH/X007510/1). The research project will investigate inclusive approaches to advanced digital research skills for marginalized arts and humanities researchers, with the aim of developing a scalable national or regional pilot.

 

You will support the UAL Principal Investigator (PI), Co-Investigators, project partners and participants in the fulfilment of project deliverables and outcomes. You will be the key point of contact and liaison for the project team, internal departments and external contacts and networks. You will be responsible for coordinating internal and external project meetings and events, as well as helping the project team to recruit and liaise with project participants. You will also be responsible for booking event catering, rooms, project participants’ travel and accommodation, and providing in situ support to the project team, partners and participants.

About you

This is an opportunity to be at the heart of an important project. Your efforts will have a direct impact on their success. Therefore, you must be self-motivated, experienced, and well informed about inclusion and diversity in arts and related disciplines. You are comfortable juggling priorities and taking the initiative to make things happen. Administrative skills are essential and a relevant qualification would be ideal.

We welcome applications for this post from all qualified candidates and particularly welcome applications from members of minority ethnic groups.

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 or 020 7514 2965. 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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