Interim Director of the Creative Computing Institute (CCI)

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The opportunity

We are seeking an accomplished HE professional to be the Interim Director of Creative Computing Institute. This is an interim appointment for 12 months in the first instance, with the possibility to extend up to 18 months maximum, offering a pivotal role in navigating a transformative period for the institution.

The UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI) was established in 2018 with an ambitious plan to deliver a whole ecology of creative computing at Europe’s largest provider of creative education. It is an unique unit within UAL delivering teaching, research and knowledge exchange in collaboration with the university’s colleges.

The CCI is becoming an established community with a world class research team, which has secured significant research funding and has also developed new undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses aligned to UAL’s research mission, establishing Computer Science, Data Science and Robotics as new disciplines within the UAL portfolio.

Having accomplished the initial strategic development phase, the CCI needs to focus on current delivery plans and undertake a strategic re-fresh to support the next phase of development.

This leadership role is offered on an interim basis with three specific objectives:

• To lead the strategic re-fresh of CCI, working with the CCI and University executive team to refine and agree the next development phase.
• To lead the operational management and delivery of all CCI’s activity, ensuring the teams are supported to meet agreed KPIs.
• Support transition to permanent leadership arrangements.

About you

We are seeking someone who is knowledgeable and can work in collaboration with the CCI leadership team and staff, internal and external stakeholders to fulfil these objectives.

If you have a significant track record in academic leadership in relevant field/s and have experience of delivering development plans we would like to speak to you.

Anderson Quigley is acting as an employment agency advisor to UAL on this appointment process.

Closing date – Friday 9 February 2024 at 5pm.

Application process –  Please include your CV and a one page supporting statement on ‘Your suitability to lead the challenge of the strategic review of CCI’.

For further details and information on how to apply, please visit Anderson Quigley’s jobs page.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Claire Carter via email at claire.carter@andersonquigley.com or call on 07732 900 579.

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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