Short Course Planning Coordinator

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The opportunity

In September 2023, LCF will be moving to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, as part of a new development for London known as East Bank prioritising culture, education and innovation. We’ll be creating a campus alongside new sites for other world-leading organisations including Sadler’s Wells, V&A, BBC and UCL.

You will be working as part of the UAL Short Course Planning team to support the transition of LCF Short Courses from 6 separate sites to one main campus in Stratford. Working with the Stratford Delivery Team, LCF teams such as Timetabling and Technical as well as colleagues across UAL, you will ensure the move and integration into Stratford is successful as well supporting the LCF Short Course Tutors with inductions, health and safety risk assessments and preparation for them delivering courses in Stratford from January 2024.

About you

• Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience.
• Confident IT skills user, with High level of competency in; MS Office; (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, internet), Learner Management Systems / databases, Content Management Systems (desirable).
• Strong organisational and administrative experience, working in a fast paced environment, ideally in further or higher education.
• Experience or understanding of art and design FE and HE education system.
• Experience working across multiple teams, coordinating activities and liaising with staff across the organisation.
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations or confidential matters according to policy and procedures, referring to others as required.
• Ability to meet benchmarked standards by reviewing feedback and views from customers and keeping up to date with market trends and service developments.
• Financial responsibilities and experience in managing budgets.
• Communicates effectively orally, in writing and/or using visual media, adapting the message for a diverse audience in an inclusive and accessible way.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required to respond to face-to-face, email and telephone enquiries.
• Ability to work with people across many levels, from senior colleagues, academics, technicians and the general public.
• Experience of coordinating others in a busy administration, event and project-led organisation.
• Able to take the lead on projects and work independently

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 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.

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.