Project Coordinator (Development)

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The opportunity

Are you an experienced Project Coordinator ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic academic environment? This is an exciting opportunity to play a crucial role in supporting Chelsea, Camberwell, and Wimbledon (CCW) Colleges’ Head of College / Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of Academic Strategy in delivering strategic direction projects within their portfolios.

As a primary support function within the College Executive group you will take charge of coordinating all planning activities and working groups throughout the projects. Acting as a central liaison between the University and the College, you will actively participate in planning meetings and foster collaborative relationships with colleagues to plan and support programme and project events.

You will also play a pivotal role in supporting the development of  project documentation, planning briefs, and risk registers and preparing reports. Your involvement extends to supporting the development of project management tools and capabilities by building a repository of project templates, reporting documents, registers, business cases, and process maps to aid colleagues in understanding how to initiate and deliver projects at CCW.

About you

We are looking for an individual with a proven track record of project / senior administrative support, with expertise in monitoring and coordinating multiple strands of linked activity within large organisations. Your experience in working within a change programme environment and involvement in project implementation and operational delivery will be essential.

You should possess proficiency in MS 365, including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, OneNote, and Excel, alongside a willingness to learn new systems. Demonstrable experience in complex stakeholder management, coupled with a collaborative approach to working within a team and across different professional groups, is highly desirable.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on Tuesday 16 January 2024.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Kianna Campbell, Executive Office Projects and Planning / k.campbell@arts.ac.uk.  

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Christine Crouch, Resourcing Advisor / jobs.ccw@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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