Business Development Manager – Placements 2302
Our Mission
Coventry University Group is a global education group with a mission of Creating Better Futures. Driven by our passion and belief that through education, equity, and innovation our students, people, and communities are empowered to transform their lives and the world around them. Our people are the key to our success and each role within the group plays a key role in shaping the world around us.
A key focus of our 2030 Strategy is the ambitious growth of our School of Health and Care to meet the local, national, and global health and care needs of the future. Our unique Group structure ensures the School has the agility and autonomy to push the boundaries, constantly innovating how we work, allowing for closer, consultative relationships with partners and joint ventures. Alongside our creative approach this will allow us to further develop the school, diversifying our provision at scale as we continue to widen access to our quality education, leading to rewarding careers in the health and social care sector.
The Role
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Business Development Manager, specialising in Health and Care placements to join us to enhance, develop and diversify our student placement offering across the School as we strive to globally deliver dynamic high-quality education to health and social care professionals.
With particular emphasis on new business areas including overseas providers, you will deliver a placement service that meets the needs of the providers as well as our students, regulators and course curriculum, driving growth in domestic and overseas student numbers along with opportunities available with overseas partners.
As Business Development Manager – Placements, you will be a key member of the School Leadership Team and support in shaping the design and delivery of the transformation of the School of Health and Care. Providing leadership across all aspects of the practice and placement learning provision, you will utilise and build upon your network within the Health and Care sector to identify opportunities to significantly grow placement capacity while developing and maintaining strategic placement partnerships.
This role is based in Coventry.
Our Successful Candidate
As Business Development Manager, you will have strong connections to the Health and Care sector with an excellent understanding of the provision of placements. You will have a proven track record of effectively managing contracts and relationships internally and externally, in the UK and overseas.
You will be passionate about growing the placements service, using your sector knowledge to offer innovative solutions that meet providers needs and demonstrating the drive to achieve stretching student number targets in line with the School’s business plans.
Qualifications/Experience Required:
- A postgraduate qualification or equivalent level of professional experience.
- Experience of project management covering the whole project lifecycle.
- Experience with proposal writing and business case development.
- Good knowledge of the health and social care sector.
- Experience in managing contracts and relationships with external partners / providers.