Faculty Placements and Fieldwork Administrator

Faculty/Directorate

Kingston School of Art

School/Function

Faculty General

Contract type

Fixed Term Contract

Actual hours

29.6

Salary from

27,804

Salary to

31,425

Posted Date

04/09/2023

Closing Date

25/09/2023

Ref No

3763

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This is an exciting opportunity to work with Professional Services colleagues, academics, students and alumni in the Faculty of Kingston School of Art (KSA), to build and grow external engagement with employer and institutional relationships that meet the strategic goals of the Town House Strategy and enhance its global reputation and market credibility.

You'll use your excellent communication, administration and customer service skills to support the Placement Team provide a highly effective, responsive, and adaptable administration service, for engagement activities related to placements for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. It also includes income generation (summer schools, student study trips), alumni relationships, communication campaigns and partnerships.

You'll be educated degree level or equivalent and will have customer service and relationship management skills and experience.

On a personal level, going above and beyond to deliver exceptional support across the business engagement spectrum will be your core motivation. You will use your excellent organisational and interpersonal skills to keep things on track and your experience of working with employers to integrate professional practice across everything you do.

Constantly seeking to improve, you'll scrutinise your own work, build Faculty and Directorate networks, and work collaboratively and flexibly to manage multiple streams of activity within deadlines to achieve results.

Kingston School of Art (KSA) has a strong heritage. Since its origins in the late 19th century it has established an exceptional reputation and become one of the UK's leading art and design educational institutions.

The Faculty combines a dedication to creative risk-taking, innovation and experimentation with a commitment to working with numerous local, national and global partners and collaborators to lead and shape the future of the creative and cultural industries. As an Art School within a university, KSA fuses the benefits of an art and design-focused identity with the ability to be at the forefront of exciting cross-disciplinary developments in diverse areas such as health, business, engineering and the humanities and social sciences.

Ranked in the top five per cent of the world for art and design education by QS Top Universities, KSA produces globally celebrated alumni, high performing courses, impactful research performance and regularly achieves industry and student awards while engaging with the latest thinking from industry practitioners.

The Faculty works with leading brands and institutions forging exciting partnerships with organisations like the ICA, the Design Museum and the BFI. More recently, the Faculty has expanded its international presence through partnerships with the Indian Institute of Art and Design and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, America.

With a wide variety of disciplines taught within the Faculty, KSA offers opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration in research and teaching - providing both exceptional choice for students and a stimulating environment for academics in the creative fields.

This is a part-time, fixed term position for one year with a starting salary of £22,243.20

Interviews are expected to be held on Monday 9th October 2023.

For informal enquiries, please contact Fariba Fassihi-Rad, Senior Faculty Placement Co-ordinator.

Bring your true self, expertise, and passion to Kingston where we are continuing to strive to build a university where authentic inclusion and belonging is at its heart. Every one of our staff and students' identities, backgrounds and diverse experiences makes us who we are - so harness and embrace yours by applying today. We welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities and those with disabilities.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required, this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme.

To apply click on ‘Apply Now'. If, for accessibility reasons, you need to apply in an alternative format, please email [email protected] or call the HR Shared Services team on 020 8417 3118.