London, UK
Professional practice coordinator
at West Dean
West Dean is hiring a professional practice coordinator to join its team in London, UK.
Location: London Campus, Chelsea Harbour (please note that this role will transition to our new campus in Bloomsbury from September 2024)
Salary: £35,000 – £38,000
Hours: Monday to Friday (hybrid options) 35 per week
The organisation
West Dean College is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for art, design, craft and conservation education. The work of staff and students, frequently rooted in traditional skills, is both innovative and world leading.
We are making bold and ambitious moves as an organisation with the expansion of our portfolio, the redevelopment of our estate and our strategic push on diversity and sustainability.
Our programmes are delivered across two sites in the UK – West Dean, the idyllic Grade II listed rural campus in the stunning South Downs near Chichester (West Sussex), and our prestigious Chelsea Harbour site in the heart of London. These inspiring locations provide the ideal environment in which students can work across disciplines and forge exciting new collaborations.
The role
This position will be reporting directly to the head of school and will also involve working closely with the course leaders, subject leaders, senior tutors, subject tutors and course managers.
The post holder will take a lead role in the coordination and delivery of the professional practice curriculum to students and liaison with employers and industry representatives in support of the careers offer within the school. They will lead on the strategic development of professional practice and employment curriculum (including teaching and assessment) and manage external tutors involved in curriculum delivery. They will work closely with course leaders to ensure the appropriateness of curriculum to different courses and levels.
Who we are looking for
Successful candidates will have an undergraduate degree in interior design or related subject and at least three years’ experience in the practice of teaching in a higher education setting.
The benefits
In recognition for all your hard work and dedication, we can offer you:
- 33 days holiday per year
- pension (we’ll match you up to 7.5 per cent)
- life assurance
- company sick pay
- employee assistance programme
- 25 per cent off retail and restaurant
- 50 per cent off short courses
- salary sacrifice schemes
- free on-site parking
To apply
If you would like to apply for this position, please submit your CV via the apply for job button below.
Closing Date: 16 February 2024
We endeavour to respond to all applicants in a timely manner; however, we can receive significant numbers of applications, which means we may not be able to respond to everyone. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We will be reviewing applications as we receive, therefore we may hire prior to end date of advert subject to right candidate.