Associate Director of HR (Culture)

THIS JOB HAS NOW CLOSED

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 is the world’s second University for Art and Design in the QS World University Rankings® 2022. Our diverse and talented community comprises over 5,000 academic, professional, and technical staff. Together we are committed to social purpose. This includes creating a better and more sustainable world and championing race equality. 

We offer highly creative working environments that inspire staff across all areas to fulfil their potential and continuous training to further develop their skills and expertise. We also offer hybrid and flexible working practices, and excellent staff benefits to improve your work life balance. 

Our culture

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.