Business Development Coordinator (EHA1948-1020)

Make a difference, every day, to the lives of our students.

About You

With experience of SME business development, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others. You will also be experienced in networking, working with partners as well as project management and delivery. 

To be successful you will have a strong IT proficiency and a stringent attention to details in order to maintain accurate data. This, along with a flexible approach to work and an ability to work well both independently and within a team will quickly make you an invaluable member of our team. 

About the Role

The Faculty of Arts & Sciences is the largest and most diverse in the University, with a distinctive range of undergraduate and post graduate courses. The Faculty’s strategic approach to external engagement is led by the Enterprise, Engagement and Employability Impact (E3i) function which develops opportunities in knowledge exchange, applied research, consultancy and student-centered industry projects. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work specifically within the Faculty’s Enterprise, Engagement and Employability Impact (E3i) function on an exciting SME engagement project which supports the region’s productivity agenda. 

Manufacturing Connect is a joint initiative led by Edge Hill University, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NW), and Manchester Metropolitan University which seeks to drive up the adoption rates of productivity-boosting digital technologies in SME manufacturers.  For SME owners, Manufacturing Connect is a short, intensive scheme to help them quickly build awareness, confidence and a clear business case for investing. You will recruit and coordinate the customer journey for all the SME participants, working to exceed the target outputs for the project.

Rewards/Benefits

You will benefit from 25 days annual leave plus 13 bank holiday and University closure days per annum. We aim to provide our staff with a positive work life balance and have a range of schemes in place to support this. Your continued professional development is as important to us as it is to you and we demonstrate this through our investment in your CPD activity. 

You will be automatically enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme and have access to our staff benefits platform, which provides you with discounts across the high street to help you save money on your everyday spending such as supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more. We also offer discounted membership to our state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities.

About Us

Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education. 

The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year.

The Times Higher ‘University of the Year’ award celebrated our distinct role in “transforming lives” – reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence.

Based on an award-winning campus in West Lancashire, Edge Hill University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for ambitious and high performing professionals.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact: Michael Banford, Business Development Manager at Michael.Banford@edgehill.ac.uk 

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Closing Date: 03 Nov 2020
Category: Support