Executive Assistant to Pro-Vice Chancellor Education and Students

The opportunity

University of the Arts London (UAL) has an exciting new opportunity for an Executive Assistant to provide effective and professional administrative support to the Pro Vice-Chancellor Education & Students (PVC E&S) and the immediate team.

You will oversee the day-to-day management of the PVC diary, correspondence and office systems processes, with an emphasis on the development of digital approaches that enable greater efficiency.

You will take a proactive role in providing full administrative support to the PVC’s priority projects, engaging with the full breadth of the Education and Student group portfolio and working across UAL with colleagues in colleges and central services.

About you

You are a highly organised individual and a strong communicator, who possesses significant administrative experience working with senior level and/or high-profile individuals, as a personal or executive assistant.

You will also possess excellent digital skills, work well in a team and enjoy the challenge of your own projects as well as working in a supporting role.

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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