Assistant Director – International Partnerships and Global Mobility

Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb

Closing Date: Thursday 22 October 2026

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Reference: IN

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the University of Brighton’s international partnerships and global mobility activity, building meaningful relationships and creating opportunities that support the University’s ambitions for internationalisation, sustainable growth and global engagement.

As Assistant Director – International Partnerships and Global Mobility, you will provide strategic leadership across the University’s international partnership portfolio and global mobility activity. You will guide the development of partnership and mobility strategies, nurture new opportunities for sustainable growth, and oversee portfolio performance, investment, governance and risk. Working collaboratively with Academic Schools, Professional Services, senior leaders and international partners, you will bring people together to deliver shared strategic, academic and financial outcomes.

A key part of the role will be building and strengthening strategic international partnerships and developing transnational education opportunities. You will work closely with colleagues and partners to shape business and investment cases, guide complex partnership discussions and build lasting relationships with designated strategic partners. You will also lead the University’s Global Mobility Strategy, creating opportunities for more students and staff to participate in international experiences and ensuring that activity is financially sustainable, academically appropriate and effectively governed.

You will be an experienced international higher education professional with significant experience in international partnerships, transnational education and collaborative provision. You will bring a strong understanding of the commercial, academic and regulatory considerations that underpin successful international partnerships, alongside the ability to build trust, foster collaboration and turn shared ambitions into meaningful outcomes.

You will bring:

• Experience of developing and sustaining international partnerships within higher education, building positive relationships and achieving shared objectives.
• Significant experience of transnational education, collaborative provision and developing partnership models that are both financially sustainable and academically valuable.
• Experience of shaping business cases, commercial proposals and investment cases, alongside the confidence to guide complex negotiations and reach mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness, with the ability to explore opportunities, evaluate potential returns and balance ambition with responsible risk management.
• Experience of overseeing strategic partnership portfolios and supporting financial, recruitment and wider organisational objectives.
• Experience of global mobility, study abroad, student exchange or equivalent international mobility activity, with an understanding of how to create accessible and valuable international experiences.
• Strong strategic planning, analytical, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build consensus and influence senior decision-making.
• Experience of leading and supporting teams, managing resources and enabling colleagues to deliver organisational objectives, including through organisational change or service transformation.

This is an influential leadership opportunity at an exciting point in the University of Brighton’s international development. You will have the opportunity to shape our international partnerships, cultivate new global opportunities and lead…