The opportunity
We are looking for an Executive Assistant to provide effective and professional administrative support to the Pro-Vice Chancellor (online), Director of Production and other members of the UAL Online Senior Leadership team as required. This will include managing calendars, coordinating events and meetings, assisting with report and presentation production, processing expenses, travel arrangements, undertaking financial support tasks and interacting daily with senior staff on operational issues.
UAL Online is an exciting new division which has been established to enable access to the university’s world leading creative arts education to audiences around the globe. We plan to launch with a suite of new postgraduate degree courses starting from the 2024/25 academic year.
In order to achieve this ambition, we need to undertake a major change programme across the university. Building the foundation for our new operations will involve both the evolution of existing systems for new audiences and the build of new systems, infrastructures and processes across the wider university.
This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and proactive Executive Assistant / Personal Assistant who likes to help build things. At this early stage in the division’s development, we’re looking for someone who is passionate about helping to advance a positive team culture and also enjoys establishing systems and processes for the team.
About you
You will have and/or be:
- Educated to degree level or possess equivalent relevant experience.
- Significant administrative experience working with senior level and/or high-profile individuals, as a personal or executive assistant.
- Proficient in MS Office (Office 365 including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, Excel) and online tools for diary management, financial administration, and HR administration.
- Experience of co-ordinating senior level meetings; demonstrating the ability to write accurate notes with attention to detail.
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.
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Closing date: 23:55, 24th March 2024.
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.
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