Business Development Manager
- Employer
- ASTON UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Salary
- £33,199 to £39,609 per annum
- Closing date
- 8 Mar 2019
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- Job Type
- Senior Management & Heads of Department, Other Senior Management
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Careers + Placements
Location: Aston University Main Campus
Salary: £33,199 to £39,609 per annum
Grade: Grade 08
Contract Type: Continuing
Basis: Full Time
Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Friday 08 March 2019
Interview Date: To be confirmed
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen to join a busy and expanding team in the heart of Birmingham. Aston University is looking to recruit an MSc/MA Business Development Manager within its centralised Careers+Placements department. In this strategically important position, you will play a vital role in generating and sourcing appropriate ‘work based learning’ and graduate-level employment opportunities (in the UK and overseas) for postgraduate students across a range of disciplines.
You will work closely with multiple stakeholders, engaging with organisations to understand their talent needs and have a sound grasp of the global labour market, particularly in China and Southeast Asia. Working closely with other internal teams and industry facing departments you will provide an effective interface for employers engaging with the University.
We are seeking an experienced, driven and committed individual to join our high performing, friendly team, supporting students to gain graduate level employment or go on to further study.
Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will have substantive experience of business development, account/stakeholder management and graduate recruitment, preferably within the HE sector. Possessing excellent verbal and written communication skills, good IT skills and the ability to work both in a team and independently the successful candidate will be able to prioritise their work and plan in a methodical and organised way.
If you have passion for a career supporting students and the drive to succeed we’d like to hear from you so please complete the application form to be considered. CVs and cover letters will not be accepted.
Company
Our Mission
To be the UK’s leading university for business and the professions, where original research, enterprise and inspiring teaching deliver global impact.
Our Vision
In 2020 Aston will have an international reputation as the source of the people and the ideas that will shape the businesses and the communities of tomorrow.
We will be:
- Ranked within the top 1% of universities in the world
- Exceptional in terms of our worldwide reputation for graduate employability – as a result of innovative teaching and placement opportunities
- Recognised for excellence in research that delivers real solutions for local and global challenges, develops research leaders and provides the foundations for new businesses
- Focused on the needs of business and the professions, with courses and research that build on our strengths
- Transforming lives: developing sought-after, entrepreneurial graduates – from a wide range of backgrounds – with global citizenship skills
- Delivering our research and teaching in collaboration with international partners and innovative businesses
- A university with sustainability at the core of all we do, meeting world-class standards for environmental performance
- A welcoming community that is a great place to work and study.
Our Mission and Vision focus on two ‘core aims’:
1. Developing internationally sought after Aston
Graduates
2. Delivering excellent and transformational Aston
Research
2020 Strategy
With its focus on the application of knowledge for economic and social benefit, Aston University has a distinct mission that sets it apart.
Going forward to 2020, Aston must maintain its responsiveness to the needs of a changing world whilst remaining true to a distinctive, original purpose. Our strategy sets out aims and goals to ensure we are even more distinctive within a crowded and increasingly competitive environment.
Divided into eight categories, the strategy states Aston’s commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, widening participation, producing research with real-world impact, building strong links with business, industry and the public sector, and equipping our graduates with the skills they need to thrive.
- Telephone
- +(44)01212043000
- Location
-
ASTON TRIANGLE
BIRMINGHAM
WEST MIDLANDS
B4 7ET
United Kingdom
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