Impact and Partnership Development Manager (Finance and Accounting)

Updated: about 1 year ago
Location: Exeter, ENGLAND
Deadline: 07 Feb 2023

Innovation, Impact and Business

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

This part-time (0.6FTE) post is available immediately, until 31st December 2024.

Summary of the role  

The University of Exeter is seeking an Impact and Partnership Development Manager (IPDM) to build external collaborations between our Business School and industry, government and the third sector. The IPDM will provide specific support to the Finance and Accounting department focussing on the themes of Financial Services, Sustainable Finance and ESG (Environmental, social and governance), where the Business School has world-renowned expertise. This expertise is in increasing demand as partners from across the public and private sectors seek ways to ensure their own operations can deliver a better world.

The IPDM will develop the Finance and Accounting portfolio, matching our exciting range of academic, research and education offers to the needs of organisations which are significant regionally, nationally and internationally. They will be responsible for developing research, consultancy, knowledge exchange and professional education activities for the Business School, working with researchers across disciplines and identifying opportunities to deliver greater value to our partners. They will also play a key role in identifying and developing new opportunities for impact, working closely with our academic staff.

The post sits within Innovation, Impact and Business (IIB), the professional services team that supports and drives this critical work. The key aim of IIB is to secure significantly greater value and impact from relationships with partners drawing on the University’s education, research and physical assets.

Therefore the successful candidate will have a well-established external network and be able to work across the Business School and IIB more widely to optimise opportunities with existing contacts as well as developing and nurturing relationships with new contacts. They will have a track record in business development and income generation, demonstrating extensive problem solving, negotiation and management experience, ideally in a Higher Education context. They will be able to provide great customer service to a wide range of internal and external corporate clients, as well as having the ability and motivation to see tasks through from ideation to completion.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 and QS World University Ranking 2022).  

Our research income in recent years means we’re the fastest growing UK Research University with some of the world’s most influential scientists, and we seek to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today through this. More than 99% of our research is of international quality and our world-leading research impact is growing faster than any other Russell Group university (2021 Research Excellence Framework). We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures  and how we are transforming education  for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City .

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including: 

  • 41 days leave per year
  • options for flexible working
  • numerous discounts at leading retailers
  • onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
  • sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
  • stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information

Please contact Nicky Cunningham, Head of Business School Partnerships and Programmes [email protected]



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