Global University Systems Hiring for Student and Academic Support Officer Job at London, England , UK Full Time

For creative, innovative and artistic individuals LCCA is the best place to kickstart your career. We offer a range of practical and accredited programmes awarded by University for the Creative Arts (UCA), a Gold Standard institution under the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and the highest placed specialist creative university in The Guardian’s 2021 University League Table. Ranging from fashion to business to graphic design, our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes will help you get industry-ready.

What makes us unique? With a broad network of industry connections, aided by our association with UCA, such as Christian Louboutin, Calvin Klein Jeans and The Photographer’s Gallery, LCCA allows students to get a real feel for working in the creative industries. We provide networking opportunities as well as workshops to help you develop the skills you need to launch your dream creative career and to find opportunities that could lead to employment. You’ll also be able to take advantage of our student support services which include help with CVs, interviews and work placements.

We believe that you learn best by doing which is why our programmes involve a significant amount of practical work. You’ll also participate in lectures, but these will come with ample opportunity to discuss ideas and develop plans for your next project.

To add to this, you’ll be based in Central London at our Tower Hill campus, surrounded by some of the city’s top attractions. Theatres, galleries, museums and restaurants align the streets near the campus, and many of them offer discounts to students. You can find out more about our facilities and the campus here.

Position:

Student and Academic Support Officer

Permanent

Tower Hill, London

Up to £25,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Requirements:

Do you have strong administrative skills, a passion for excellent customer service, outstanding organisational skills and an enthusiasm for supporting academic staff and students?

Would you be interested in working as a Student and Academic Support Officer, providing an efficient front-line service to students and academics for an exciting and rapidly expanding privately-owned arts college?

This is the first and last point of contact for all students studying at LCCA. The role holder will work collaboratively with other student and academic support officers as a team to provide basic advice and referral to students. This position shall be the first point of contact for individual students and be responsible for the provision of day to day enquiry handling for the relevant courses, offering advice and support at the front desk. The student and academic support officer ultimately act as a referral point, to provide students with support, guidance, information and impartial, confidential advice. This particular role is a part of LCCA student and academic support department, which manages all the student enquiries for LCCA.

The post would ideally suited to a calm, systematic and well-organised individual with strong interpersonal skills. And, of course, we hope you’ll also share our passion for the creative arts and the exciting programmes we deliver in the areas of fashion, graphic design and business.

Please note the role requires evening and weekend hours:

Monday to Thursday from 11 AM to 8 PM

Saturday – from 9 AM to 4PM

Other information:

If this is a challenge that would excite you, please send a covering letter setting out clearly how you meet the requirements of the role and an up to date copy of your CV or contact a member of the team to discuss further.

We acknowledge receipt of your resume for a position at London College of Contemporary Arts and sincerely appreciate your interest in our company.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose qualifications meet our requirements. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you if you are selected to continue for the next stage of the recruitment process. We wish you every success.

LCCA is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.