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Vacancy Id: 10188
College / Service: Social Purpose
Location: Hybrid – UAL Various Sites/Home
Salary: £58,193 to £70,291 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Term: Full time/Part time – 35 hours per week
Apply by: 16 October 2023 at 09:00
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The opportunity
If you are someone who enjoys building relationships, influencing others and who believes in the power of institutional change, this position offers an exciting opportunity to play an instrumental role in the delivery of University of the Arts London’s social purpose strategy as the Head of Social Purpose Relationships. This is an excellent chance to make a key contribution to our 10-year strategy, “The World Needs Creativity”, helping to nurture creativity, and ensure that it is a force for good in the world.
At the centre of this strategy is the newly formed Social Purpose Lab. As Head of Social Purpose Relationships, you will play an instrumental role in the Lab and our wider social purpose transition, helping to ensure that the university’s social purpose is embedded in everything we do. You will work across teaching, research, operations and external relations, building a network that will facilitate an effective dialogue between the university’s staff and student communities.
You will also cultivate partnerships with key university functions, working with senior colleagues to ensure that social purpose is fully embedded in their strategy and planning, facilitating positive internal change.
About you
You will possess a strong track record in partnership working and collaboration, either within a large organisation or across multiple smaller ones.
You may already be familiar with higher education, or you may have honed your skills in a company, charity or government. You must be able to show how you have brought about positive institutional or system change without recourse to direct authority.
In addition to this, you will possess a range of skills, knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Project management and delivery
- Consultancy
- Partnership working
- Analysis, research, or evaluation
You will be a personable individual with the ability to build strong, trusted relationships that last with an array of people from diverse social and professional backgrounds. A demonstrable commitment to social impact is essential.
We are offering an informal pre-application Q&A sessions to interested candidates for this role on Friday 6th October 2023 at 1pm
Please email socialpurposelab@arts.ac.uk for the online joining link.
Closing date for applications, Monday 16th October 2023 9.00 am
Interview and Assessment day: Monday, 6th November 2023.
If you have any queries about this role please contact socialpurposelab@arts.ac.uk or if you require any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Sahil Ibrahim, Resourcing Adviser via email at socialpurposestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk
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.
Vacancy Id: 10188
College / Service: Social Purpose
Location: Hybrid – UAL Various Sites/Home
Salary: £58,193 to £70,291 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Term: Full time/Part time – 35 hours per week
Apply by: 16 October 2023 at 09:00
Please read through our FAQs page before applying.
A full copy of the job advert along with other information (such as interviews date, hiring process etc) is available by clicking on the ‘Apply’ button below.
