Business Development Coordinator

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Arts & Sciences Faculty Office
Location:  Ormskirk
Salary:  £33,966 to £37,099 per annum
Fixed Term contract until 31.3.2025
Post Type:  Full Time
Closing Date:  Wednesday 17 January 2024
Interview Date:  Thursday 25 January 2024
Reference:  EHA2470-0124

We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone. 

 About the Role

 This is an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Coordinator to join the Faculty of Arts and Sciences work on a highly impactful project which will drive innovation, economic growth, and societal impact. Working with a range of internal and external stakeholders within project delivery teams.

Join an award-winning Centre, with a strong track record of high performing knowledge exchange programmes.

 You will engage and network extensively with external industries to generate new business opportunities, conduct in-depth business diagnostic and benchmarking exercises to understand business needs and deliver effective client journeys and maintain diligent records in line with the funding contract requirements.

 For informal enquiries about this vacancy, please contact: Michael Banford, Associate Director FAS at [email protected]

 About You

As Business Development Coordinator, you will have:

• experience with exceeding targets in a business development, sales or other SME engagement environment
•  strong ability to communicate, present ideas, with the capacity to influence senior business decision makers. 
• good organisational skills, with a stringent attention to detail and an ability to maintain accurate data

Internal staff wishing to apply for a fixed term role as a secondment opportunity must discuss this with their existing line manager before applying.

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.

Rewards & Benefits

• A minimum of 36 days annual leave per annum, pro rata (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days) 
• Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
• Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.
• Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources.
• A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career.
• Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%

Click to view our rewards and benefits package .  

About Us 

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before. 

Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.

Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world. 

Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.