Executive Assistant to Dean of Pre-Degree School

University of the Arts London (UAL) has an exciting opportunity for an Executive Assistant to provide effective and professional administrative support to the Dean of School of Pre-Degree Studies and the immediate team in the School’s SMT.

You will oversee the day-to-day management of the Dean’s diary, correspondence and office systems and processes, with an emphasis on the development of digital approaches that enable greater efficiency.

You will take a proactive role in providing full administrative support to the Dean’s priority projects, engaging with the full breadth of the school and working across UAL with colleagues in colleges and central services.

This is an opportunity to take an active role in developing the new UAL School of Pre-Degree Studies launched in September 2024, and you will join us at a crucial moment as we complete the transition of all our pre-Degree courses to one site in a beautiful, listed building in Lime Grove, West London.

You will be joining a diverse, inclusive, and creative community of inspiring academics, technicians and support staff working together to support our incredible students from London, the UK and around the world in their first steps in their journeys into creative higher education and the careers in the creative industries.

About you
You are a highly organised individual and a strong communicator, who possesses significant administrative experience working with senior level and/or high-profile individuals, as a personal or executive assistant.

You will also possess excellent digital skills, work well in a team and enjoy the challenge of your own projects as well as working in a supporting role.

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.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 9 February 2025 at 23:55.

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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