Project Management Lead – UAL Online

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The opportunity

UAL Online is an exciting new division which has been established to enable access to the university’s world leading creative arts education to audiences around the globe. We plan to launch with a suite of new postgraduate degree courses starting from the 2024/25 academic year.  

In order to achieve this ambition, we need to undertake a major change programme across the university. Building the foundation for our new operations will involve both the evolution of existing systems for new audiences and the building of new systems, infrastructures and processes across the wider university. 

We’re looking for a Project Management Lead to head up the small project management team and oversee the production of our new portfolio of online courses, ensuring timely delivery to exacting standards of quality, both in terms of academic rigour and production values. This is a new role that will create and establish new processes. You will also be the account manager for design and development partnerships and suppliers, and will be the conduit between these partners, academic collaborators and UAL Online. You will ensure that UAL receives value for money and high-quality work as a result of these partnerships.   

About you

This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced project or production manager with considerable experience in a project or production management role, ideally within higher education or publishing. At this early stage in the division’s development, we’re looking for someone who is passionate about advancing a positive team culture, establishing strong relationships with stakeholders, and is efficient at leading and managing projects. 

You will have a demonstrable record of:  

• Managing people  
• Managing online learning projects  
• Ensuring deliverables are provided on time and according to specification  
• Creating, analysing and improving production workflows
• Working with cloud-based project management and collaborative tools
• Coordinating internal and external resources
• Account management  

You will also have excellent relationship building, management and problem-solving skills and highly developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, network and negotiate at different levels.  

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Anna Wood at a.wood@arts.ac.uk. 

If you need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Zele Akhilele, Resourcing Adviser via email at DigitalandTechnologystaffrecruitment@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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