Short Course Manager

THIS JOB HAS NOW CLOSED

The opportunity

This senior management post will lead the short course operations team to successfully, plan, deliver and review the annual programme of 1800+ short courses, portfolio courses, and customised training, operating across designated colleges and sites at UAL, ensuring this is delivered in line with income and profit targets.  

The post will work closely with the Operations and Programme and Planning Programme Development Managers to undertake annual planning and scheduling activities for the full business, using previous years performance and sales and demand levels to determine appropriate resources, course schedules and capacity and create opportunity for development of new courses and enhancement of existing courses to ensure the continued growth of the business.  

About you

Your profile will include:

• Experience of and understanding of the art and design FE and HE education system. 
• Experience managing a high volume short course operation (desirable).
• Experience of managing business and administrative processes, and undertaking systems and process improvements.  
• Experience managing staff and leading teams across multiple sites. 

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Twinkle Brahmbhatt, Senior Resourcing Adviser via email at RKEEstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

Academic Enterprise (AE) leads the University of the Arts London’s enterprise driven income operations and is integral to the University’s long term development. Academic Enterprise’s mission is to increase the amount of income generated by the University from non-core teaching and research activities. It includes a number of successful existing business operations: UAL Short Courses Ltd (UALSC), the UAL Awarding Body, the Language Centre, the University’s Study Abroad programme and and is currently spinning out an existing internal service, ArtsTemps, into a new subsidiary UAL ArtsTemps Ltd (UALAT) which will manage the temporary and permanent employment of approximately 2,500 UAL students and graduates. 

There are approximately 140 salaried staff and 1,100 hourly paid teaching staff and external moderators working in Academic Enterprise operations in all UAL’s colleges as well as central university services. Around 72,000 students study on short courses or qualifications offered by AE business units.  

UAL Short Courses is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn –a workplace 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.  

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.