Business Administrator

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The opportunity

We are looking for an organised and collaborative individual to join us as the Business Administrator in the Business and Innovation team at London College of Fashion (LCF).  

London College of Fashion’s Business & Innovation (B&I) team cultivates industry partnerships and links through consultancy, collaboration and innovation projects. The B&I team plays an important role in delivering the College’s Knowledge Exchange strategy, providing platforms for the benefit of our students, graduates and staff to support local and global enterprise, boost economic development and create social value. This professional management service provides LCF staff with seamless professional support to successfully deliver industry engagement projects. As LCF moves to its new home in Stratford, East London, this is an exciting time to join our team and help grow our offer.  

The role of the Business Administrator is to oversee the administration of a portfolio of consultancy projects which bring benefit to our students and graduates. The post-holder will deliver a professional service with excellent attention to detail to support the set-up, monitoring & reporting, and day-to-day running of income-generating projects. This fast-paced role is also key in supporting the running of the Business & Innovation team to ensure it can function to its full potential. The post-holder will provide administrative support to the team’s management for team meetings, reporting, presentations and more. 

If you have any queries about this role please contact Louise Mullane via email at l.mullane@fashion.arts.ac.uk

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Alex Hitter, Resourcing Adviser at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk.

About you

You will have extensive administrative experience with an ability to juggle a varied workload and work across multiple teams. You will preferably have some experience in a business development environment and an interest in delivering excellent customer service to all stakeholders. 

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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