Business Development Professional - Apprenticeships

About the Opportunity

Position overview:

Department:
Business and Partnership Development & Apprenticeships / Innovation & Enterprise

Location:

London / Remote (Hybrid working in line with business need - typically 50% of working week on campus)

Term:
Full-time;
Ongoing

Salary Range: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, depending on experience

• The university supports staff maintaining a good work/life balance
• Offers flexible working and parental leave opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme which provides free, confidential advice on both home and work concerns
• Optional private medical insurance
• Season ticket loans and being part of the cycle to work scheme
• 25 days holiday allowance plus winter break 27th to 31st December (excluding Bank Holidays)
• Group life assurance
• Group income protection
• Pension schemes and optional private healthcare
• Flexible working options

Line Management Responsibility:
None

Reports to:

Associate Director, Innovation & Enterprise (Currently to Director of Business Development – Interim cover for Maternity Leave)

Start date:

(dependent on successful completion of relevant checks) Immediate

Northeastern University London (NU London) wishes to appoint a Business Development Professional to be responsible for promotion of work-related programmes which include a portfolio of Degree Apprenticeships, Apprenticeship Units, short courses and other non-degree, non-credit bearing offerings. This will require working with employers across all sectors as a part of workforce planning. Proactive and results-driven, the role holder will identify and secure income generating opportunities for NU London and, where appropriate, NU’s wider Global Network.

Experience working with Apprenticeship programmes is a must. You will also have considerable experience of developing and facilitating relationships between the HE sectors and the business community and will possess an in-depth understanding of the importance of innovation in a business context. With renewed pressure on the delivery of innovation services within the sector, the successful candidate must have the skills and experience to develop winning funding proposals to build further capacity.

The externally facing aspects of this role involves contact in person, via web-conference, email and on the telephone, with organisations whose relationships are highly valued by Northeastern University. Through your ability to champion, inspire and communicate opportunities for business collaboration, the role holder will be a key appointment in NU London’s external business development activities. The role is field based and suitable for hybrid working with a need to travel within the UK and attend the London-based office when required.

• Identifying organisations with potential synergies to the University’s expertise and developing a proposal for targeting this business.
• Identifying business needs and issues aligned to workforce planning and lifelong learning, facilitating business liaison and business development activities with the objective of turning prospects into income generating projects.
• Proactively search out and secure funded project ideas and proposals that will build capacity within the business development team.
• Developing and implementing an operational plan that clearly defines the relationship between Northeastern University London and business that will bring professionalism and consistency to the interface.
• Excellent communication skills, able to clearly articulate the University’s offerings and how these benefits align to an organisation’s needs.
• Planning and managing new marketing initiatives for the Business Development portfolio of programmes, including editing, and supporting the production of…