Assistant Business Development Manager

Job title:

Assistant Business Development Manager

Company:

King’s College London

Job description

About usKing’s Professional & Executive Development (KPED) is a central directorate & business owner of Professional Education at King’s. KPED work with King’s faculties to deliver Professional Education to a wide international and domestic audience, partnering to design, develop and deliver open and bespoke educational programmes in line with King’s Vision. Our multimodal programmes include Continuing Professional Development, Executive Education, post-experience degrees and increasingly, stackable micro-credentials. We are a small, high-powered team in an exciting area of growth and development for King’s College London. Our portfolio is growing rapidly and expanding to include opportunities afforded through public tender, international consultancy, and market foresight.About the roleKPED is recruiting an Assistant Business Development Manager who will work closely with others in the Business Development team and be responsible for promoting, managing and delivering the university’s Professional Education portfolio. The successful candidate will work across King’s nine faculties, liaising with external and internal clients and oversee programme-related development. This will include a variety of activities including business development, contract management and performance, financial performance, marketing, people & project associated administrative activities.KPED’s project portfolio is growing rapidly and expanding to include opportunities afforded through online & blended modalities. The post holder will be responsible for creating effective mechanisms to support and enable such activities to:

• run efficiently, managing and mitigating risk
• extend the King’s portfolio and
• build King’s international brand in this area of work.

The role is primarily based at King’s Strand Campus; however, the post holder may be required to travel to other locations on occasion, be prepared to attend events in the evening/at weekends and may be required to undertake national & international travel. All team members can work remotely for part of the week if they wish to do so, subject to the demands of the post.This is a full-time role and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About youTo be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent level of qualification or substantial vocational experience
• Business development, external engagement, programme or project management experience in an educational setting; to include working with numbers and budgets
• Clear and concise communication skills appropriate to both internal and external audiences
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Knowledge of contracts, intellectual property and other commercial considerations
• Excellent IT and presentation skills across the MS Office Suite
• Demonstrated analytical skills and the ability to process and explain information in a clear, concise manner
• Ability to work as part of a team and willingness to learn

Desirable criteria

• Experience of bid and proposal writing and public procurement processes
• Experience of reviewing contracts
• Project management qualification and/or use of project management software/tools/CRM

Downloading a copy of our Job DescriptionFull details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.Further informationWe pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.If you encounter any technical difficulties while applying online, please email£43,205 to £50,585 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Expected salary

£43205 – 50585 per year

Location

London

Job date

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 05:36:26 GMT

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