Assistant Head of Academic Registry

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The opportunity

You will lead an administration service at the London College of Communication focusing on student records and data quality, in addition to leading a team of Programme Administration Managers. You will take lead responsibility for delivering enrolment, data quality, attendance monitoring and for coordinating with our immigration compliance team. Under your management, your programme admin teams will provide excellent administrative and timely support and record maintenance for a portfolio of courses, including the full servicing of formal committees and meetings and ensuring that the University’s academic policies and procedures are communicated and implemented at College level. 

You will act as the key point of contact for the entire LCC Academic Registry team in the maintenance of records, systems and reports and will also work collaboratively across UAL to develop best practice in these areas.

About you

We are looking for someone with proven administrative experience in a large and complex organisation – ideally within higher education, who has strong communication skills to effectively lead and motivate a team.  You are able to quickly build strong and positive working relationships with administrative and academic colleagues. 

You will have excellent organisational skills and can plan and prioritise a busy schedule of work in order to achieve objectives.  Your track record includes servicing formal meetings, expert use of records systems and databases, together with a commitment to continuous improvement and solving challenges through innovation.  Great problem solving and decision-making skills are crucial.

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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