Assistant Head of Timetabling – Data Quality & Planning

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: UAL - Various sites, London UK
Salary: £42,477 to £50,961 per annum
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time

Job description

The opportunity

University of the Arts London is seeking an Assistant Head of Timetabling – Data Quality & Planning, responsible for ensuring that the Timetabling system, the data it holds and all reporting and integration outputs support the needs of the team and the University as a whole.

This is a new role which forms a significant part of the newly formed Academic Registry Timetabling Service. As a member of the Timetabling Service Senior Management Team (SMT) the Assistant Head of Timetabling is key to the development of the newly centralised service. Along with the Head of Timetabling, this role will be responsible for the development and implementation of standardised business processes, the building and maintenance of excellent working relationships with other College and Central teams and ensuring local adherence to the University Timetabling Policy.

The Assistant Head of Timetabling – Data Quality & Planning will provide specialist support and guidance to the timetabling team and lead on all system and data improvement initiatives within the team, ensuring parity of staff and student experience across all Colleges.

It is a crucial role that seeks to proactively improve how timetabling data is gathered, captured, reported on and published, ensuring that it meets the needs of students, university and staff in accordance with the procedures and regulations of UAL.

About you

The ideal candidate will be an experienced HE or FE Timetabling professional with the ability to contribute to the future development of the University Timetabling Service. 

The post holder should have proven experience using timetabling databases, monitoring data quality and identifying reporting and process improvements. 

Working with academic and professional colleagues within the colleges and across central services, being a pragmatic problem solver and good communicator, able to provide excellent customer service, will be essential.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Hazel Bailey, Resourcing Adviser via email at PSOstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. 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’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. 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.

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