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Job
Project Coordinator
Vacancy ID
11556
College/Service
Central Saint Martins
Location
Hybrid – CSM King’s Cross/Home
Salary
£33,661 - £40,377 per annum
Contract
Permanent
Hours
35
Apply by
17 February 2025, 11:55 pm
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The opportunity
PLEASE NOTE: This advert will now close at 23:55 on Monday 17 February 2025 due to high volume of applicants.
Central Saint Martins, University of Arts London is looking for a full-time Project Coordinator to join us permanently. The role involves providing administrative, operational, and business development support to the CSM Innovation team. This includes managing new client enquiries, delivering excellent customer service, and working closely with business development managers to maximise client engagement.
Key responsibilities include assisting with the coordination of Sponsored Student Projects, Graduate Consultancy, and Academic Consultancy, organising meetings, taking notes, and supporting the creation of client proposals and promotional materials. The role also supports day-to-day project operations, liaises with academic teams, manages client access to facilities, and ensures accurate tracking of sales and pipeline data.
Additionally, the role involves assisting with operational processes for student, graduate, and academic projects, ensuring compliance with UAL policies. It includes coordinating financial and legal aspects of projects, managing press and publicity materials, and working with the marketing team to create client case studies and highlight stories for various communication channels. The position also provides ad hoc administrative and project support across the CSM Innovation team, ensuring the smooth delivery of projects and facilitating internal feedback and reporting.
Your profile
The ideal candidate should hold an undergraduate degree or a relevant qualification, with experience in client-facing, sales-driven environments. This includes client liaison, providing administrative support, and the ability to work proactively. Strong communication skills are essential, with the ability to effectively convey information orally, in writing, or through visual media. The role also requires the ability to plan, prioritise, and organise work efficiently to meet objectives within deadlines.
Teamwork is crucial, as the candidate will need to collaborate effectively within a team and, when necessary, across different professional groups. A focus on providing excellent student or customer service is required, ensuring a positive and responsive experience. Additionally, the role demands creativity, innovation, and problem-solving skills, using initiative to address challenges and deliver solutions.
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.
As a University we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.
Application process
We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.
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If we receive a high volume of applications, the closing day date might close early. We aim to communicate any changes to the closing date with at least 24 hours’ notice. If you have any general questions or have accessibility needs, please refer to our Contact us page.
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