Opportunity

The University of Arts London (UAL) is a leading creative university in the world for teaching and researching art, design, fashion, communication and theatrical arts. Ual consists of six famous colleges and hosts many centers and institutes that enhance the mission of the university and the social purpose, through the students and the ideas that we send to the world and the partnerships that we build to achieve social, environmental and economic progress.

Digital & Technology provides a strategic and transit approach at the university level, design and providing services to enable learning, teaching, research and innovation, focusing on the experiences of students and employees constantly.

The Director of Technology Services is a pivotal role in digital and technology, as he works in partnership with the chief digital officials and the broader high leadership team, responsible for leading credibility with business, and forming a future technology scene via basic infrastructure, AV, Services and Cyber ​​Security Department.

This role provides a unique opportunity to make a great impact and change the way Ual works, which provides leadership and guidance for the technology team, as well as introducing innovative ideas to enhance the foundations of technology, direct our strategy and extradition.

In recent years, we have made a significant investment in network infrastructure, telephone, cybersecurity and AV to ensure that our students, academics and professional employees can be empowered. Looking forward, a successful candidate will oversee the major investment areas including hosting, storage and identity, as well as working in partnership with the broader team in areas such as data and AI.

This role has a functional supervision of more than 100 team members, will enhance an open, comprehensive and high -performance culture, and defines opportunities to improve our ways of work and a multidisciplinary approach to provide continuous improvement for our founding services.

About you

A successful candidate will have a strong background in the higher IT department, with a demonstration experience in providing operational services through complex environments.

They should have a busy driving record, leadership, and high -performance team management, as well as clear driving and defending new ways to work on a large scale.

This role requires extensive experience in work cooperatively with adult leadership colleagues to achieve a common strategic vision, complemented by excellent communication skills and the ability to cooperate effectively with technical and non -technical colleagues at all levels of organizational.

The experience of working in a higher education environment is desirable but not necessary.

What we offer

To admit hard work for our employees and their contributions, we offer a wide range of advantages – please review our professional/fabric site for more information with the application of conditions and exceptions:

▪ 34 days of annual leave and 2 days of volunteer vacation in addition to bank holidays
▪ Flexible and dynamic work options available from the first day
▪ Reduced medical insurance including digital GP service, treatments, internal treatment and daytime treatment
▪ Provincial advice and free advice via our employee assistance program (EAP)
▪ Parents ’Equipment Policy in the sector (6 months full wages for both parents)
▪ The selected pension scheme for LGPS
▪ Training and internal development, including industrial disciples and free places in creative sessions
▪ Free loans of travel and technology, discounts on gym membership, nursery fees, eye care and much more
▪ Various opportunities to attend students and exhibitions

We ual

The University of Arts London (Ual) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have determined creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intention, we make work, which creates a permanent change for people and our planet. London is the essential for whom we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people of different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network affects learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Academics and practitioners have creative education and inspire new ways to think through research and innovation. We work with students at each level of training courses before grades and shortening to higher learning and online learning, allowing them to build the professions they want. Together, we are a society of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytelling narrators designing the future.

As a university, we rank second in the world for art and design. We have formed 6 colleges with a unique history and identities: Camperle College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Art, London Telecom College, London Fashion College and Wimbledon Art College. Ual also has 4 institutes, 5 research centers, a pre -class and two sub -schools that provide specialized activities.

We are a global university, we welcome more than 22,000 students and 6000 employees from 130 countries. We aim to be a university in which people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. For this reason, we are proud to be members of the Race Equential Charter Forum (ReC) and the Commercial Disability Forum, is a confident plan, and is a business owner in living wages and maintains our position as a diversity champion in Stonewall.