Educational Developer, Climate Justice

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The opportunity

Working closely with the Head of Academic Enhancement, and relevant Exchange, College, and Central teams and students you will provide operational coordination and the delivery of initiatives, projects and activities that relate to the goals of UAL’s Academic Discourse and Action Learning Working group (a sub group of the Climate Emergency Action Group). 

The Educational Developer Climate Justice role will be based in the Teaching Learning and Employability Exchange. The post holder will help to coordinate, share and communicate relevant College based and university wide staff development activities relating to our climate justice commitments.

Working collaboratively with others, you will act as advocate & enabler in the above areas to promote active engagement with support that can be provided at an institutional level for innovative pedagogical practice. 

About you

We are looking for an experienced educator with a passion for and knowledge of current debates and research relating to climate and social justice within the HE sector. Applicants should have:

• Experience of planning and coordinating collaborative staff and student projects in Higher Education
• Knowledge of current debates and research relating to climate and social justice in HE 
• Effective approaches to embedding climate justice within the HE curriculum  
• Experience of developing online/print learning resources for diverse audiences and purposes
• Experience of evaluation methods, report writing and impact assessment
• Fellowship of AdvanceHE

In return, University of the Arts London offers generous leave, an attractive pension and a commitment to your continuing personal development and training in an environment that encourages excellence, creativity and diversity.

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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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