Project Administrator

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced administrator to develop their skills and experience, playing a key role supporting a university-wide transformational initiative at University of the Arts London (UAL). 

As the Project Administrator you will be working across the university with a range of stakeholders, juggling a range of tasks, and supporting colleagues to deliver several projects to schedule. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Diary support and coordination: scheduling meetings within the team, across the university and externally, ensuring rooms are booked and catering is arranged, as necessary 

• Supporting meetings via the preparation of agendas, and the collation and distribution of papers in a timely manner 

• Note-taking; recording and collating the outputs from meetings in a timely manner, including tracking follow up actions 

• Maintaining and updating records and documentation appropriate to the project as required; this may take the form of formal project documentation, committee papers or a progress log 

• Managing the project’s mailbox 

• Supporting the organisation of team or stakeholder events, as necessary 

• Maintaining the team SharePoint site/Canvas pages 

You will be happy to work in a flexible and hybrid way, working 1-2 days in the office and the other days from home. Please note this is a 6 month contract which may be extended depending on business needs. 

Your profile

You will be educated to A-level or have equivalent experience, with a high standard of English language proficiency, a good standard of numeracy and an ability to read and interpret large datasets.  

Demonstrable administrative experience (including experience of scheduling face to face, Teams and hybrid meetings) is essential. 

You will also need to be proficient in MS Office (Office 365 including Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and OneDrive). 

Good oral and written communication skills are 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.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

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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