Placemaking Manager

The opportunity

UAL is seeking an experienced Placemaking Manager to play a key role identifying opportunities and securing funding to deliver UAL's placemaking activity in South London.

UAL’s placemaking manifesto sets out our commitment to work in partnership to make the places we operate more accessible, equitable, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and prosperous.

As Placemaking Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Horizon scanning for relevant opportunities 

• Supporting the development of strategic plans relating to placemaking 

• Working with academic and professional service colleagues to determine areas with greatest potential for development and income generation 

• Collaborating with colleagues to develop and deliver a range of funded partnership projects for the benefit of local stakeholders across South London 

• Identifying external funding opportunities and leading on bid development and submission 

• Leading project teams on project delivery, including project and budget management and evaluation and reporting

Due to the nature of the role there will be times when the postholder will need to work at onsite or offsite locations for relationship management and project delivery. 

Your profile

You will need knowledge of placemaking with experience of developing successful funding bids in a placemaking, creative industries or communities context.

Project management experience, including the management of externally funded projects and budgets, is also essential.

You will also have experience of contracts management, ideally within a university context.

We are offering an informal pre-application Q&A/information session on MS Teams to interested candidates for this role on 7 March 2025 between 13:00 - 14:00.  
Please email Christine Crouch at jobs.ccw@arts.ac.uk for the meeting link by no later than 09:00 on the day.

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

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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