Director: East Bank Partnership

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The opportunity

This is a career defining opportunity to play a pivotal role in the development of a unique partnership between world-leading universities, and arts and culture institutions that opens up opportunities for everyone who visits, lives and works in east London.

East Bank will be a new powerhouse for innovation, creativity and learning, through a unique collaboration between world leading organisations including Sadler’s Wells, V&A, the BBC, UCL and London College of Fashion, part of University of the Arts London (UAL), which is moving to a new campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East Bank.

As Director of the East Bank Partnership, you will be responsible for creating a foundation on which a strong, enduring partnership can be founded and developing opportunities for the partners to act together to realise their collective potential and deliver an impactful Olympic legacy.

To achieve this, your key responsibilities will include: 

• Strategic and operational leadership for the partnership
• Providing support and advice to the Chair and members of the East Bank Board to enable it to function efficiently and effectively
• Managing excellent stakeholder and partner relationships
• Ensuring that good governance of the East Bank Partnership is implemented and maintained
• Supporting the East Bank Partners Programme Board and other working groups to ensure continuity and effective decision making
• Working with the partners and stakeholders to develop and deliver an East Bank marketing and communications strategy
• Developing and implementing a business plan that will allow the partnership to grow and flourish

The role also involves the development and delivery of a fund-raising strategy that explores the creation of income generating streams to enable and enhance the impact of the partnership in line with its strategic objectives. 

This position is a fixed term contract for 1 year and will be line managed by London College of Fashion, accountable to the Chair of the East Bank Board.

About you

You will need experience of partnership development in the public, service, creative or HE sectors with considerable business development and project management expertise.

You will also need extensive experience of managing resources and raising funds from multiple sources as well as delivering and maintaining appropriate governance arrangements.

Successful experience of leading significant and impactful partnership projects is equally important.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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