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Vacancy Id: 10192
College / Service: Social Purpose
Location: Hybrid – UAL Various Sites/Home
Salary: £42,477 to £50,961 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
University of the Arts London is looking for a Social Purpose Analysis, Research and Evaluation Manager to join our team within the newly formed Social Purpose Lab.
You will work with the Associate Director Social Purpose Transformation to embed UAL’s social purpose strategy across our teaching, research, operations and external relations. To achieve this, you will undertake a range of analytical, research and evaluation duties that will help the university to strategically prioritise the changes needed to accelerate and deepen our positive social impact.
You will develop a public-facing dashboard to exhibit key university metrics and will also contribute to our Evidence Library, ensuring that all the relevant learning from our change efforts is transparently shared in a usable format for a variety of audiences.
You will collaborate with the university’s research community on ‘living labs’, bringing our institutional research expertise to bear on our own problems and research questions. In addition to this, you will design evaluation tools and methodologies that can be applied to all areas of the university’s operations, to help understand the impact of our change efforts and support decision-makers to make more informed strategic choices.
About you
We are looking for an individual with strong analytical and research skills, including a sound understanding of evaluation methodologies. You will display a range of experience and knowledge of data analysis and visualisation, database management and/or data journalism. A familiarity with quantitative and qualitative evaluation methodologies, as well as experience of research synthesis, translation and communication will also be essential.
You will possess excellent communication skills along with the ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple, accessible way to a range of audiences. You will be capable of project managing external research consultants/suppliers, paid interns and temporary staff, and will be able to help others plan meaningful research and evaluation activities. An open-minded and respectful approach along with the ability to build relationships with key functional teams across the organisation 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: Tuesday, 7th 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: 10192
College / Service: Social Purpose
Location: Hybrid – UAL Various Sites/Home
Salary: £42,477 to £50,961 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.
