Mentoring and Projects Assistant

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The opportunity

If you offer experience of providing administrative and project support this position offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role helping to create opportunities for UAL students and graduates as they embark on their professional futures in the creative industries.

You will support the smooth running of UAL’s Professional Mentoring Programme, which matches students with creative industry professionals to provide one-to-one support and guidance, as well as the Mead Fellowship Awards, which provide funding to help UAL alumni to develop and launch their creative practice.

The role involves constant communication with industry mentors, students, graduates, award applicants and UAL staff, and adapting your style accordingly. You will support the Mentoring and Projects Coordinator in setting up registrations and delivering (mainly online) training and briefing sessions for new mentors and mentees and support a comprehensive selection process for the Mead Fellowships – right through to the finalists’ pitches to the judges. You will also help to match mentoring partnerships, track their progress and troubleshoot where needed.

You will also provide support with student-facing work, administration, record keeping, and help to ensure that the programmes and processes are as accessible and inclusive as possible and provide extra appropriate support for students who are identified as being underrepresented within the creative industries.

About you

You will need experience of providing excellent administrative support and maintaining accurate records and tracking progress. The ability to create and edit promotional copy for a variety of uses is equally important.

Some knowledge of inclusion and diversity issues in further and higher education is desirable but not essential.

You will also need good customer service skills in order to provide bespoke support to service users and be comfortable working to project schedules / deadlines and prioritising your own work.

We advise you to apply early as the application closing date may be brought forward should sufficient applications be received. 

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Sahil Ibrahim, Resourcing Adviser via email 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.

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