Project Manager - University of The Arts London - London

Professional Administrative

College/Service

London College of Fashion

Main location

London College of Fashion – Mare Street

Job type

Full time

Job term

Fixed Term

Length of fixed term contract

Fixed term until 30/09/19

DBS check required?

No

Is the position to be advertised externally or internally only?

External and internal candidates

Closing date

15/03/2016 23:55

Scheduled interview date

Scheduled interview date – day

Scheduled interview date – month

Scheduled interview date – year

30 March 2016

Salary

Starting salary £43,483 pa

Why choose us?

University of the Arts London is a vibrant world centre for innovation, drawing together six Colleges with international reputations in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts.

London College of Fashion is extremely proud to be a global leader in fashion education, research and consultancy. Much of its success is down to its dedicated employees, and you will play an important role in shaping future creative professionals, and impact on the future of so many creative industries.

Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE) is the leading business growth incubator for creative talent and design leadership and has been integral to London College of Fashion since 2003.

The role

The Fashion & Technology – Emerging Futures (FTEF) project is a £5.3 million initiative sponsored by London College of Fashion in partnership with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The project is delivered through the CFE, and delivers business support to SMEs in the fashion and fashion tech sector, It capitalises on the new fashion + tech eco-system emerging in London to drive growth through greater cross sector collaboration and to develop innovative products and services.

You’ll play a leading role in the successful delivery of this exciting, innovative and challenging project. Working with emerging designer businesses and fashion tech companies, you will be responsible for ensuring the project outputs, meeting agreed objectives and targets. As the key point of contact for your LCF colleagues involved in the project, the project partners and the EPMU, you will have a significant relationship management responsibility. You will also have a key role in the day to day management of the project activities and programmes.

Your profile

You will be a highly experienced project management professional with an Honours Degree or equivalent in a relevant field, with highly effective coordination, communication and leadership skills. You will have demonstrable knowledge of the issues that face small businesses, as well as both public sector and commercial business experience. You will thrive in a customer focused environment, whilst ensuring the requirements of all administrative and financial systems for an ERDF funded programme. Knowledge and understanding of the fashion industry and/or fashion & technology sector would be an advantage for this role.

If you have any queries about this role, you may contact the LCF Staffing Team at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk .

Job description and personal specification

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