Head of Knowledge Exchange (Sustainability)

Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) seeks a highly skilled Head of Knowledge Exchange in Fashion and Sustainability. This is a key role in building and maintaining the profile of the centre as a leader in Fashion and Sustainability, through high quality knowledge exchange projects.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact Natasha Mays via n.mays@arts.ac.uk.

About you

As the Head of Knowledge Exchange, you will have fashion and sustainability currency, networks and trusted relationships, and will take operational responsibility for the development, delivery, management and promotion of the knowledge exchange programme in fashion and sustainability, including:

1. Developing, managing and delivering projects, including staff, budgets and plans, taking swift action to ensure they stay on track;
2. Developing and maintaining projects, policies and strategies in support of CSF Strategic Plan;
3. Preparing market and sustainability intelligence information to support Senior Management planning, academic and knowledge exchange related development and external partnership and income generating strategies;
4. Identifying development areas with Senior Management to promote collaborative working across London College of Fashion, the University and the sector.

You will have:

1. Demonstrable Fashion and Sustainability knowledge and its application to fashion industry practice.
2. MA in relevant area of study or equivalent industry experience.
3. Ability to combine project management and leadership techniques and tools to achieve desired programme and project objectives, engage people and manage relationships.

Working at 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 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.