Senior Manager - External Curriculum Projects

The opportunity
The Senior Manager External Curriculum Projects serves as the strategic liaison between London College of Fashion and external community and industry partners, orchestrating Sponsored Student Projects (SSPs) that bridge academic learning with real-world professional experience. This role is pivotal in creating meaningful collaborations that enhance student employability, deliver curriculum innovation, and provide tangible value to external organisations.

Working closely with academic teams in schools and research and knowledge exchange colleagues, the postholder will manage the end-to-end delivery of SSPs, ensuring projects are pedagogically sound, ethical, community - and/or commercially viable, and mutually beneficial for students, staff, and external clients.

About you
You will be responsible for the strategic partnership development for London College of Fashion by identifying, cultivating and maintaining external relationships for student sponsored projects.

The candidate will oversee the portfolio of projects by managing the day-to-day operational tasks in partnership with Schools and Departments, and Knowledge Exchange Teams in the College.

You are required to manage and administer the budget according to the project requirements, ensuring contractual agreements and commercial sustainability benchmarks are met. You will regularly report on the projects' progression and outcomes to senior and executive leadership.

We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

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Closing date: 5 November 2026 at 23:55.

If you have any general questions or have accessibility needs, please contact lcf.staffrecruit@arts.ac.uk.

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. 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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