College Head of Operations

The role

University of the Arts London is looking for an experienced College Head of Operations to join us on a full time basis at Central Saint Martins.

Reporting to the Director of College Administration (DOCA), the College Head of Operations is a high-profile role within the College and UAL. It oversees operational delivery and develops appropriate operational systems and processes within the College.

You will coordinate Academic Administration, College Organisation, Finance, and Resourcing activities across the College campuses, ensuring the most effective and efficient use of resources and that all teams are operating at a suitably professional and proficient level.

You will be expected to lead the operational culture of the College by developing, liaising and fostering extensive and close working relationships with both College and University senior management and professional teams, working collaboratively to develop and implement effective new service and operating models across the breadth of College activity and within the University.

Working closely with the Deans of Academic Strategy and Research and Knowledge Exchange and the Deans of School, and their teams, you will help ensure an effective and facilitative operational infrastructure within the College.

A key aspect of this role will be to contribute to the long term strategic organisational planning for the College, including strategic and operational input into the preparation of planning documentation including forecasting, budgets and production of regular management information. The ability to build and interpret models and data sets will be important in this regard.

About you

The successful postholder will have:

• Significant relevant operations and management experience, including staff management.
• Significant financial forecasting experience.
• Knowledge of business planning and business processes.
• Knowledge of creative arts and design and a passion to build an outstanding student and staff experience in which creativity thrives.

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 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth 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: 24 th October 2024, 17:00.

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.