Strategic Planning Manager - City of London, Greater London, United Kingdom - University of the Arts London

    University of the Arts London
    University of the Arts London City of London, Greater London, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    University of Arts London is one of the leading Art and Design universities with a global community of over 20,000 students.

    As we embark on a pioneering and exciting new strategic journey ('Why the World needs Creativity') and with social purpose as a core value embedded in everything we do, we are seeking an Interim Director of Strategy (shorthand for Director of Strategy, Risk and Planning) to play a critical role in steering UAL through its next phase of growth and development.

    Joining us on an 8-month maternity cover, your leadership will be instrumental to achieving our strategic goals.

    You'll hold overall responsibility for ensuring UAL is well-placed to deliver its ambitions through informed decision making underpinned by a robust business planning cycle and strong data infrastructure.

    The priorities for the period of the maternity cover will be to:

    Continue the integration of the Strategy, Data and Change teams to foster inclusivity, and high performance
    Improve approaches to performance and change management
    Set up the 24/25 strategic planning process and design an appropriate process for 25/26

    You will have oversight over three teams (Strategy & Risk, Data & Planning and Strategic Change) to deliver on your departments objectives.

    You'll need experience of data analysis and data analytics, as well as an understanding of best practice in change management and experience of overseeing a portfolio of change programmes.

    A proven track record of delivering organisation-wide business-planning and experience of organisational risk management, forecasting and planning is essential.

    You'll demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills, with previous experience of building and leading diverse teams. 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 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.

    If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Twinkle Brahmbhatt, Senior Resourcing Adviser via email at .

    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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