Portfolio Engagement Manager

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The opportunity

As a leading provider of further education pre-degree qualifications, UAL Awarding Body is growing to meet the demand for our qualifications that inspire transformative education for young people. 

UAL Awarding Body is an awarding organisation specialising in qualifications within the performing and creative arts. Reporting to the Head of Qualifications and Assessment, the Portfolio Engagement Manager will help us maintain and expand our world class range of creative qualifications, by ensuring that they continue to meet our regulatory, governmental, and funding obligations, whilst also meeting the expectations of our external stakeholders. 

The Portfolio Engagement Manager is a new role and will be part of the Qualifications and Assessment team, who are responsible for designing and developing products and managing the product lifecycle. This role will contribute to the work of the team by taking a leading role in shaping our current and future product range. It will do this by creating capacity for partnership building and stakeholder management to support the wider work of team, ensuring that we have evidence of demand and stakeholder engagement for products we develop, and services we offer. 

This role is an ideal opportunity to be part of a growing awarding organisation where the work is both stimulating and varied and makes a meaningful impact to the lives of young people and inspires educators who deliver our qualifications.   

About you

The person who gets this role will need to be a skilled, confident and charismatic individual who is conversant in talking to stakeholders of all levels about new ideas, changes and challenges, and can synthesize thoughts and ideas and articulate them in writing clearly, logically and persuasively.  

To excel in this role, you are likely to have a deep understanding of educational policy, including what is happening in the qualification landscape, as well as in the schools, FE and HE sectors. A good grasp of the creative sector is also ideal. 

You will need to have extensive experience in outward facing roles, having a proven track record of establishing and maintaining long lasting beneficial relationships. Equally you will need to be highly organised, a skilled problem solver and able to focus on singular activities to completion. 

Although not essential, the ability to use and set-up dashboards using PowerBI and SharePoint is advantageous. As is line management experience.  

Should you have any queries about this role please contact Twinkle Brahmbhatt, Resourcing Adviser via email at RKEEstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk

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.

Our culture

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 be members of the Race Equality Charter (REC) and Business Disability Forum, are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed and Living Wage employer and maintain our status as a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

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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