Global Agreements Coordinator

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The opportunity

This is a key new role, split between the University’s International Relations Unit (IRU) and the Academic Enterprise International (AEI) department, responsible for coordinating agreement processes related to international partnership activity at UAL. This includes activity within the areas of TNE, Student and Staff Exchanges, Study Abroad, Summer Schools, Short Courses, and other international network agreements. This role will work collaboratively across a wide range central and College departments, ensuring alignment of agreements where required.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage agreement processes and procedures – work collaboratively University-wide to ensure a wide range of agreements related to international activity are up to date, go through all quality assurance processes and relevant committees for sign off, and be key point of contact for queries related to agreement processes. 
• Institutional contact point for progressing agreements

• Data Protection support – act as LIM (Local Information Manager), providing expert guidance and support regarding data protection issues related to international agreements, and Transfer Risk Assessments. Ensure key internal stakeholders are aware of their responsibilities under GDPR regulations when working with international partners.

• CRM maintenance – Ensure Salesforce and Legal Services Contracts Database is kept up to date with all agreements and create internal tracking for all agreements within the remit of this role.
• Agreement reporting – as required, provide updates to senior management on student exchange balances per College/partner, and collate and analyse data related to agreements and outputs of partnerships into reports on quantitative outcomes of these relationships.

About you

You will be dedicated to student education and have an interest in working in the international sector.

You will have a working knowledge of GDPR, ideally in relation to working with global partners, as well as experience of administrative processes requiring high levels of attention to detail.  Experience of managing global agreements and working with international partners at HE level is desirable. Previous experience working in an international department or setting and/or partnership development work is advantageous.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise effectively and work collaboratively with various internal and external stakeholders.

With an ability to use your own initiative, you will possess the skills to problem solve day to day issues, escalating issues as needed.

Further information can be found in the job description and person specification.

Should you have any queries please get in contact us at: educationstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk

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.