Description Grade UE08: £49,250 to £60,321 per annum School of Informatics / CSE Full time: 35 hours per week Fixed term: for two years The School of Informatics are seeking to recruit a Business Development and Programme Manager for one of our major business partners - who will be play a key role in developing, promoting and delivering key programmes. The Opportunity: The School of Informatics are seeking to recruit a Business Development and Programme manager for one of our major business partners - who will be play a key role in developing, promoting and delivering key programmes. The post holder will act as a passionate and energetic spokesperson who can engage and excite the partner about the University’s innovation - maximising opportunities - setting clear expectations on both sides working to the highest standards of integrity. This role will involve taking a lead, in consultation with School senior management, to manage the School’s relationship with the partner’s senior executives. The Business Development and Programme Manager will provide project management services for projects, including the effective management of input from colleagues and suppliers, ensuring that projects are delivered successfully with respect to budgets, specified outputs and timescales. This post is responsible for prioritising, allocating and reporting on funds within overarching funding agreements, including defining and applying criteria for awards, co-ordinating implementation and management of awards. The post-holder will perform against assigned quarterly targets while prioritising and delivering an outstanding experience to the business partner. This post is full-time (35 hours per week); and fixed term for two years. We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. The salary for this post is £49,250 to £60,321 per annum. Your skills and attributes for success: Educated to degree standard in an appropriate discipline and/or equivalent experience. Significant relevant experience in higher education in an administrative or project management role. Account and client relationship management experience, including working with partners to jointly deliver customer services Strong interpersonal skills; good communicator with excellent verbal and written communication Good project management skills and experience in successfully overseeing multiple projects where responsibility for delivery lies out with own control. Experience of dealing with budgets and creation or interpretation of financial reports including monitoring, reporting and forecasting on multiple streams of income and projects. Able to develop, maintain and grow influential relationships with key stakeholders. Click to view a copy of the full job description (opens new browser tab) Application Information Please ensure you include the following documents in your application: - CV - Cover letter For informal queries, please contact Jim Ashe jim.asheed.ac.uk As a valued member of our team you can expect: A competitive salary. An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community. Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits. Championing equality, diversity and inclusion The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab) On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. Key dates to note The closing date for applications is 21 November 2024. Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.