The Opportunity
Are you ready to lead change at one of the world’s most influential creative universities?
University of the Arts London (UAL) is embarking on an ambitious strategic refresh under our new Vice-Chancellor, and we’re looking for a Project Manager who can drive transformation, engage diverse stakeholders, and deliver projects that will shape the student experience and our global creative impact.
As Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in implementing UAL’s future-fit Operating Model, a model that is student-centred, sustainable, and world-class. You will manage project timelines, risks, stakeholders, and deliverables, ensuring progress against milestones. Leading projects through initiation, design, delivery, and closure, you will coordinate across academic and professional services teams and ensure outputs meet the highest standards.
This is a high-profile, high-impact role requiring excellent planning, communication, and stakeholder management skills. You will also contribute to shaping UAL’s culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation, helping design the operating model that will underpin our next chapter.
About you
You will bring proven experience of managing or coordinating projects in large, complex and multi-stakeholder environments. Familiarity with organisational design, service design or operating model transformation would be an advantage, as would experience in higher education.
You’ll be confident in:
* Leading project planning, risk management and delivery to tight deadlines.
* Engaging diverse stakeholders, facilitating workshops and gaining buy-in at all levels.
* Communicating clearly and persuasively to a range of audiences, including senior leaders.
* Building collaborative relationships across organisational boundaries.
If you’re ready to make a lasting impact at a world-class creative university, we want to hear from you.
If you have any general questions or have accessibility needs, please contact USGstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing date: 23:55, 22nd October 2025.
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