Business Development Manager

We are recruiting to the role of Business Development Manager to join our recently-founded new group organisation, Roehampton Education Services Ltd, to deliver pre-degree, technical and vocational education on behalf of the University of Roehampton. This is an exciting time to join Roehampton Education Services Ltd as we develop and grow vocational education.

The Role

The Business Development Manager will build and sustain strong partnerships with employers and industry to support their workforce needs through apprenticeships, technical and vocational offers, short courses and CPD. The role will be expected to deliver targets through effective sales and marketing and events activity, whilst supporting a meaningful account management process with new and existing clients.

You must be highly motivated with proven experience in delivering sales targets within a b2b environment. We are particularly keen to see applicants with experience in apprenticeships, as this will be a key area of the role. This is an expanding area of University and RESL strategy and the successful candidate will be part of a team who are key to its success.

Roehampton Education Services Limited (RESL), which is part of the University of Roehampton Group, London’s Campus University. Based on a beautiful 54-acre parkland campus in Southwest London, the University supports a wide range of students to achieve their career and educational ambitions and have an exciting and growing portfolio of technical and vocational education.

You will have access to the University of Roehampton Retirement Savings Plan (URRSP), provided by Royal London. Roehampton Education Services Limited also offers a wide range of staff benefits, which can be found here.

Further information can be found on the job description. If you would like to apply for this excellent opportunity, please click on ‘apply now’ If you have any specific questions about the role or would like an informal conversation, please contact Eleanor Merrick, Director of Business Development and Fundraising.

RESL is committed to advancing equality, diversity and inclusion.

The closing date for completed applications is: 3 April 2024

It is expected that interviews will be held between Wednesday 10 or Thursday 11 April 2024.

To enable us to respond to the recruitment challenges, we may interview before the closing date, so please don’t hesitate to complete and submit your application.