Associate Director of HR (Culture)

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The opportunity

UAL’s People Strategy is intrinsic to the success of the University’s wider 10-year strategy to bring high-quality creative education to more students, enabling them to flourish in a changing world, and change the world for good through creative endeavour. To achieve these aims, we are investing significantly in our people and setting ambitious goals. With this comes an exciting opportunity for a proven HR leader to play a pivotal role in delivering the People Strategy across UAL.

The core purpose of the role is to use business insights to drive change and sustained improvements in people management across UAL and effectively lead on the following strategic areas of the UAL People Strategy 2023-26:

•    Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
•    Organisational Development and Effectiveness
•    Staff Development
•    Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

About you

We value the diverse experiences candidates bring to UAL. Our people come from a variety of sectors and therefore applications are open to those both with and without previous experience of working in the higher education sector. Most important will be your substantial leadership and organisational development experience gained within a comparable sized organisation. 

CIPD qualified, you will bring to the role a working knowledge of contemporary approaches to business planning, staff development, equality, diversity & inclusion and employee engagement. You will have an in-depth experience and understanding of organisational design as well as experience of leading change.
You will be a highly effective communicator with strong coaching skills who relishes the opportunity to be at the forefront of change and continuously adapt accordingly. If you meet these criteria, we would like to hear from you.

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

Closing date: Monday, 3rd April 2023.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Zele Akhilele, Resourcing Adviser via email at Peoplestaffrecruitment@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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