Summer Programmes Partnerships and External Engagement Manager

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About us

About Summer Programmes

Summer Programmes is a specialist creative business development unit in the School of International Education and Languages that designs, develops and delivers open and bespoke seasonal international education programmes in line with King's Education Strategy.

Its portfolio includes flagship undergraduate and pre-university summer schools, customised undergraduate and postgraduate student programming for international partners, short courses and overseas programmes offered in face-to-face, blended and online modalities.

About King's Centre for International Education and Languages

King's Centre for International Education and Languages a new, cross-cutting Centre designed to widen the educational reach of King's. It brings together three existing areas: King's Foundations, Summer Programmes, and King's Language Centre. This brings together international pathway provision, pre sessional programmes, pre-UG summer courses, UG summer modules, UG language modules, bespoke language programmes for the community and our partners and academic skills provision for all King's students.

Each of these areas are well established, respected and recognised within and beyond the King's community. The Centre is focused on enabling collaboration between the three departments to further advance our work in promoting educational excellence and supporting and enhancing the student experience. The Centre has significant expertise in International Education and makes a significant contribution to the rich and diverse make-up of the King's student body.

About the role

This is an opportunity for a proactive and motivated individual, with a strong interest in Higher Education on a global scale to join our creative and inspiring team at one of the world's leading universities.

The postholder will join the Programme Development team in Summer Programmes and be responsible for developing, managing, and expanding international partnerships to enhance student recruitment, institutional collaborations, and commercial education programmes. The role involves business development, partner engagement, account management, programme development and operational support to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality educational experiences.

This position requires strong relationship management, strategic planning, and intercultural communication skills to build long-term partnerships and drive international engagement.

The successful candidate will have a dynamic mindset and be both resourceful and efficient. They will take responsibility for developing and managing partnership requirements, leading engagement initiatives, business development and education innovation as we develop the Summer portfolio.

The role is primarily office-based at King's Strand Campus although candidates may be required to travel for meetings between campuses. The candidate should also be prepared to attend events in the evening/at weekends. International travel will be required. As part of King's trial of hybrid working, team members are currently permitted to work remotely for part of the week when programmes are not running. However, they will be required to be on campus full time during delivery periods (Jan/Feb, June - first half of August).

This is a full time and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Proven experience in partnership management and development, account management and client engagement
2. Experience of business development and generating new leads, ideally in an education environment
3. Knowledge and understanding of international Higher Education sector and its markets
4. Strong commercial awareness and financial planning skills. Proven influencing and negotiation skills across a diverse range of stakeholders and situations
5. Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills with advanced capability to use IT in the service of those skills.
6. Thorough with high levels of attention to detail
7. Demonstrated ability to build inclusive, respectful, and culturally appropriate relationships with global partners.
8. Interest in and ability to travel internationally

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in CRM systems to track and analyse partner engagement
2. Study abroad experience, either personal or professional
3. Experience in planning and participating in international events

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ' How we Recruit' pages.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service.