Staff Engagement Administrator

The opportunity

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Staff Engagement Administrator to join the UAL Short Courses team.

In this key role, you will manage the full recruitment, onboarding, and administration process for Short Course Tutors, Teachers, and other hourly paid staff, ensuring a smooth and positive experience for both candidates and hiring managers.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring that all new starters meet the necessary employment criteria and are properly set up in the relevant systems to ensure they are contracted and paid promptly, in accordance with our policies and deadlines.
• Organising college site visits, giving new hourly paid tutors, technicians, and teachers a basic induction and overview on UALSC & UAL, HR processes and procedures, and guidance on how to use the UAL applications to enable them to access their contracts and payslips.
• Providing advisory and administrative support, such as preparing job descriptions, coordinating application information, organising and overseeing interviews, and preparing the relevant documentation.

About you

The ideal candidate will bring significant administrative experience, preferably gained within a Payroll or HR environment, with a proven ability to manage processes under tight deadlines. You will have strong numeracy skills, attention to detail, and the capability to work with various internal systems to ensure smooth operations, accurate reporting, and effective monitoring. Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills will enable you to deliver a responsive, customer-focused service.

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: 29 September :55.

Interview Date: 22 October 2024.

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.