Fund Manager – System Administrator

The opportunity

Opportunity to use your experience of Higher Education (HE) funding administration and SITS to play a key role in the management and set up of student prizes and scholarship applications across University of the Arts London (UAL).

UAL offers a variety of student prizes and awards, including bursaries, scholarships, and specific awards for academic excellence, sustainability, and industry collaboration. These awards can range from scholarships and financial prizes to mentoring opportunities and career development support.

As Fund Manager - System Administrator, you will lead the process for the setup of scholarship applications and the distribution of prize funds. This will include:

• The setup of an online form for college teams to inform the Funding Team about any new prizes

• The setup of the prize fund in SITS

• The generation of payments files

• Setup of scholarship and bursaries applications within SITS

You will ensure that departments managing funds prizes have complete and accurate data on the distribution of funds to students for management and decision-making purposes.

You will need to liaise with colleges, research departments and other central departments across UAL to ensure the distribution of funds for prizes are well planned and organised and to set realistic expectations on the lead times for the distribution of funds to students.

Your profile

Familiarity and experience of Higher Education (HE) funding administration is essential, as is experience of setting up funds using the fund manager tool in SITS.

You will also need experience of setting up student or other record systems, in addition to excellent numeracy skills.

Attention to detail to ensure accuracy in all aspects of your work is equally important.

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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