Job Title: Head of Business Development

Location: Lancaster

Salary: GBP46,974 to GBP54,395 per year

Job type: This role is offered on an indefinite contract.

Closing Date: Tuesday 16th January 2024.

Interview Date: Monday 29th January 2024.

In the top 15 in all United Kingdom league tables, and the Times and Sunday Times International University of the Year in 2020, Lancaster University has established itself as a world player in research and teaching. Students from one hundred countries make up a thriving community based on a beautiful parkland campus.

Lancaster has several partnerships across the world to ensure it delivers teaching that takes students to the frontiers of knowledge and produces graduates who can compete in a global job market. There are four strategic global partnerships offering Lancaster degrees in China, Germany, Ghana and Malaysia and the vision for all our strategic partnerships is to offer a full university experience across teaching, research and engagement. Approximately one–third of all Lancaster University students are studying on one of these partner campuses.

The strategy seeks to consolidate Lancaster University's status as a leading global research–intensive university. Global leadership is defined as being a "go to" university for research, teaching and engagement that is widely respected for its record of transforming lives, communities, practice and thinking in countries across the globe.

Joining the Team:

The Global Engagement team's portfolio of work includes partnership management, international reputation, student mobility, and strategic partnership engagement. You will find lots of additional information on our Global Partnerships webpages and Global Experiences webpages.

The Role:

You will take a leading role in the development of new international partnerships – developing a pipeline of opportunities for growth, primarily in transnational education (TNE). You will lead assessment of these opportunities against the University's internationalisation strategy and, where agreed, work collaboratively to realise these. You will be adept at building relationships and credibility within different cultural contexts, in ways that build trust, enabling the discovery and development of opportunities. Your business acumen will enable assessment of market potential informing the business planning process, to secure the backing of partners and stakeholders within the University.

Extra Information:

We are committed to family–friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena Swan Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education. We are committed to enhancing the diversity of our workforce and ensuring our culture is inclusive and welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

Lancaster encourages hybrid working options for our workforce offering flexibility with a blend of working remotely and on campus.

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Head of Sales, Head of Business Development, Sales Director, Business Development, Business Development Lead, may also be considered for this role.