PA to Dean of Fashion Business School

The opportunity

Are you an experienced administrator with strong organisational skills and a desire to develop your career within a world-leading creative institution? London College of Fashion is seeking a skilled Personal Assistant to play a key role providing support to the Dean of the Fashion Business School.

In this role, you will provide a confidential and comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to the Dean, supporting the effective management of the School Office. You will play a key role in managing the Dean’s diary, coordinating meetings, events and activities, and ensuring the Dean's time is used effectively and priorities are appropriately managed. Working closely with the Dean, you will help plan workloads, monitor deadlines and prompt action where needed, as well as organise meetings, prepare agendas, take minutes and track follow-up actions.

You will act as a key point of contact for the School, communicating with external agencies, fashion industry professionals, academics, staff and students, while also welcoming visitors on behalf of the Dean and Senior Staff team. Alongside this, you will contribute to the smooth operational running of the Fashion Business School office, maintaining an effective on-site presence to support enquiries, manage room bookings, provide refreshments and ensure the timely distribution of documents.

The role also includes providing organisational support to the School’s Senior Leadership Team.

Your profile

We are looking for someone with proven experience in providing high-quality administrative support within a complex environment. You will have strong experience in diary management, committee servicing, minute taking, report writing and preparing presentations, along with excellent IT skills and proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.

Strong communication, organisation and teamwork skills are essential, as is the ability to deliver a responsive and positive service to both students and staff. A high level of professionalism and discretion is essential, particularly when dealing with confidential matters and sensitive information.

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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