Business Support Co-ordinator (Learning and Digital)

The opportunity

UAL is looking for a Business Support Coordinator (Learning and Digital) to join the diverse and talented Culture Hub within the People team. This is an exciting time to be joining UAL; in the past two years we have launched a new 10-year strategy, we are investing in our people, and we are setting challenging goals. Anti-racism, Inclusion and Social Purpose are core UAL priorities, and the Culture Hub will be focused on these areas to support staff and students to reach their full potential.  

The Business Support Coordinator (Learning and Digital) role will support the Staff Development Consultant (Learning and Events) with programme, delegate, and event coordination for the digital core programme, as well as providing excellent general administrative and management support to our Organisational Development (OD) team, within the Culture Hub.

As well as the above, this exciting opportunity will see the successful candidate update and maintain a synchronous resources, including eLearning content and LinkedIn Learning, as well as associated data analysis and reporting. Furthermore, this role includes communicating with our stakeholders across the university and externally, and being the first point of contact to provide information on the learning and wellbeing offers run by the OD team. 

About you

We are seeking someone with previous experience as an office administrator, comfortable in delivering administrative support across different work areas such as information systems, project support, correspondence, data management and logistical administration. Some experience working in a learning and development environment and/or working in a digital learning environment and video editing/production is preferred but not required. 

To succeed in this role, you will pride yourself on delivering high-quality, business support to multiple stakeholders across different professional levels. You will be able to plan, prioritise and organise work to achieve objectives on time, with a focus on continuous improvement and monitoring of processes.  

You will also have excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish positive and effective working relationships with staff and partners at all levels.   

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Zele Akhilele, Resourcing Adviser via email at Peoplestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk.

What we offer

To recognise the hard work of our staff and their contributions, we provide a wide range of benefits – please check our careers site/Canvas for further information as conditions and exclusions apply:

▪ at least 31 days of annual leave in addition to bank holidays.

▪ equal parental leave offering up to 6 months full pay for maternity and paternity.

▪ 2 days of paid volunteering leave for a UK registered charity.

▪ generous defined benefit pension schemes (LGPS/TPS}.

▪ discounts including gyms, nursery and private healthcare insurance.

▪ learning and development opportunities including free Short Courses.

▪ season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, free counselling and more!

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. 

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.