Strategy Support Officer

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The opportunity

UAL are looking for an experienced administrator to join us as a Strategy Support Officer on a full time, permanent basis.

As part of the University Secretariat, you will provide administrative and strategic support to groups relating to the University Strategy and key internal governance initiatives.

This may include:

• Engaging senior leaders within the planning process
• Establishing the process of strategic planning and helping to run the planning process
• Ensuring oversight of progress across the different components of the planning process
• Supporting with insight generation for strategic development
• Providing senior level support and co-ordination of UAL Strategy governance, including acting as a clerk to the University’s Strategy Oversight Boards, Away Days and other Boards as required

About you

You will be committed to the UAL strategy, with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced demanding environment and can demonstrate the confidence to collaborate with senior members of staff.

You will be educated to degree level and will possess:

• Experience of administration in the higher education sector
• Experience of senior level strategy support
• An understanding of UAL strategic priorities
• An understanding and experience of supporting event management

You will also be an effective communicator, with the ability to manage a varied workload and to collaborate effectively.

Closing date for applications, 22 January 2024 at 23:55 pm

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Sahil Ibrahim, Resourcing Adviser via email at usgstaffrecruitment@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.

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