Administrative Lead Business and Community Engagement

We are seeking a suitably experienced candidate to support our Associate Dean [Business and Community Engagement] and our Academic Lead for Help2Grow in our journey to further develop and foster links with business and enhance our community outreach.

Joining a thriving school and reporting directly to the School Operations Manager in this newly created post, you will liaise with business partners, NGO’s and local and national organisations to identify key activities and collaboration opportunities in these areas.

You will also support delivery of our Business and Community strategy as it develops and proactively seek ways of improvement, promote best practice and provide organisation and structure to our School’s Business and Community Engagement activities as they grow and flourish.

You will have relevant experience and the ability to challenge commonly held trends to convince as well as encourage development and innovation to our systems and procedures.

You will be

• HNC/HND Qualified (or equivalent) or have demonstrable equivalent experience
• Experienced in supporting Academic staff within a Higher Education environment
• Experienced in managing budgets/reporting to funding bodies
• Experienced in working with external stakeholders, NGO’s and local, national and international business communities
• Familiar with developing and delivering executive education programmes
• Used to working in a fast-paced environment, with excellent time management skills
• Able to problem solve and work on own initiative
• Thoroughly conversant with databases and spreadsheets

A full Job Description and Person Specification is attached.

In addition to the online form, applicants must include with their application:

• Cover letter outlining your suitability for the role
• CV

For further information or informal discussion please contact Hugh Gunn, School Operations Manager, email H.J.B.Gunn@dundee.ac.uk

We are one of the UK’s leading universities, internationally recognised for our expertise across a range of disciplines and research breakthroughs in multiple areas, including science, medicine and engineering, amongst many others. Our purpose is to transform lives, locally and globally, which we do as a community of staff (Professional Services and academic Schools), students and alumni.\

The diversity of our staff and students helps to make the University of Dundee a UK university of choice for undergraduate, postgraduate and distance learning. Family friendly policies, staff networks for BME, Disabled and LGBT staff, membership of Athena SWAN, the ECU Race Equality Charter and Stonewall as well a full range of disability services, create an enjoyable and inclusive place to work.

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