Personal Assistant to Dean of School of Design and Technology

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON Full time

The opportunity

Are you a well-organised and experienced administrator looking to develop your career in a world leading institution? University of the Arts London is looking for a Personal Assistant to provide support to the Dean of School of Design and Technology.

The School of Design and Technology delivers a range of world-leading undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the areas of fashion design and innovation.

The Dean is responsible for both the leadership, direction, and day-to-day operations of the school and drives the values of collaboration, sustainability, and activism – shaping the future of the industry. This role provides an opportunity to support these responsibilities and priorities.

As a PA, you will provide a confidential secretarial and administrative service, co-ordinate work related meetings and manage the personal office of the Dean, acting as the first point of contact.

You will deal with confidential issues and take a professional approach to all transactions carried out on behalf of the Dean, including the discreet handling of personal and confidential files.

You will also provide organisational support to the School Senior Leadership Team.

This role is based on site at our East Bank campus.

About you

To be considered for this role you will need:

  • Proficiency with the MS Office Suite
  • Significant relevant office experience
  • Significant relevant administrative experience
  • Significant experience of working in a supporting role
  • Significant experience of writing reports and formatting presentations
  • Relevant experience of diary management
  • Experience of committee servicing and minute taking

You will also have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to plan and organise your workload and work collaboratively in a team.

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.

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

Closing date: 4th November 2024, 23:55.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact Valentina Quintero Rodriguez at v.quinterorodriguez@fashion.arts.ac.uk.

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.



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