Pro Vice-Chancellor UAL Online

The opportunity

We are seeking to appoint the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor UAL Online to lead our vision for UAL Online. This is an executive-level position and the appointee will be a member of the University’s Strategic Objectives Board, and Size and Shape Board. The position will report to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education (DVCE) and work with the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) in developing and delivering UAL’s vision for online education.

As Pro Vice-Chancellor UAL Online, you will provide strategic leadership of the ongoing development of digital learning as an increasingly important component of all modes of education. You will support the President & Vice-Chancellor and work collaboratively with other members of the Executive Board in the leadership and management of the University’s Strategy, developing an online portfolio of ambition and scale, providing vision, and working across the strategic partnerships, business functions, and academic and student experience dimensions.

You will lead the development of an entirely new part of the University’s business in the context of UAL’s 10-year strategy: the world needs creativity. UAL Online will enable the University to transform its reach to new audiences, through new product concepts and methods, delivered to the highest quality, reinforcing the global reputation of UAL and its constituent Colleges.

As UAL Online is a new portfolio, its scale, shape and scope will evolve over time.

About you

The ideal candidate will have executive-level experience in the development of educational products and services and successful delivery at scale with a track record of successful student or customer outcomes. You will have experience working with and through the various business functions of the University, including technology, marketing, HR, finance and planning. You will understand and articulate the opportunities for online creative education, and the models and modes that will transform access to creative education and lower the barriers to entry for all kinds of learners.

Most importantly, you will enjoy working through partnerships to achieve your goals, whether these are internal or external, adding value and capacity to delivery goals and timescales. You will share our values and possess exceptional communication, collaboration and relationship-building skills, representing UAL with a wide range of stakeholders. Like us, you will believe that equality, diversity and inclusion are integral to thriving organisations and you will share our commitment to creating a university where we can all be ourselves and reach our full potential.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to UAL on this appointment process.

Closing date – Monday 27 March 2023 at 12 noon.

Application is by submission of a full curriculum vitae and a covering letter of application, addressing the job description and person specification and including suitable daytime and evening telephone contact details.

For further details, including a candidate pack, job description, person specification and information on how to apply, please visit Saxton Bampfylde’s job page.

What we offer

We are UAL

The world needs creativity

University of the Arts London (UAL) is a world-leading university for teaching, knowledge exchange and research in art, design, fashion, media and communication and performing arts. We are made up of six renowned colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. The Creative Computing Institute was inaugurated in 2019, offering computer science and creative technology degrees and professional development programmes. 

We believe that the world needs creativity. In a volatile era, we aim to find new ways to demonstrate the value of creative disciplines in our response to major forces such as the climate emergency, decolonisation and social equality and complexity. 

We are a top 30 UK university for research and performance-related knowledge exchange, top 3 for student and graduate start-ups, and leading on public engagement and CPD. We use our knowledge, creativity and skills to work with partners, clients and communities to create positive impact.

Vision for UAL Online

In 2022 UAL published a 10-year strategy: the world needs creativity. Our strategy sets out our ambition to offer creative education to anyone who can benefit from it, of global quality and on a global scale. We have committed to doubling the size of the University, including through 15,000 new online learners over 10 years. We currently provide formal education opportunities to 22,000 students who are mainly studying in residential mode on our campuses in central London. Transforming UAL in terms of the accessibility of our provision by way of cost, design and mode, will require us to develop a sophisticated and scalable approach to online education. UAL is prepared to make substantial investment in our operations and strategic partnerships to deliver these goals.

Our culture