Enterprise Consultant

Job Title:Enterprise Consultant

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £29,605 - £32,982 per annum

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

University College Birmingham works in partnership with the University of Warwick - Ranked eighth in the 2023 Guardian League Tables and 10th in the UK in the QS World University rankings 2023.

The Role:

The Business School are looking to recruit a highly knowledgeable and well-connected Enterprise Consultant to lead on the Enterprise activities at UCB. As an institution we have heavily invested in our campus, with a brand-new Enterprise Incubator on the horizon. The Enterprise Consultant will be directly involved in running, developing and expanding the Enterprise Incubator activities, delivering Enterprise workshops for our aspiring entrepreneurs and working with partners to secure enterprise funding and project engagement.

The ideal candidate would have a good understanding of the support available for start-ups, SMEs, and entrepreneurs, and have some experience of managing or running a business themselves. The candidate should have up-to-date and relevant experience with the ability to create engaging and innovative programmes and sessions for start-up entrepreneurs.

As a school, we are committed to expanding on our industry networks with and for our students. As such, we are keen to employ a candidate who is committed to forging lasting partnerships with industry leaders.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
  
  • 26 days' paid leave per year
  • 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Excellent local pension scheme
  
  • Employer Contributions - 20.9%
• Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
• Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
• Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
• Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology and cycle.
• Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Free on-site gym membership

Extra Information:

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Closing Date - Monday 26th February 2024.

Interview Dates - TBC.

UCB is an equal opportunities employer.

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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of: Business Enterprise Lead, Business Enterprise Consultant, Business Enterprise, Entrepreneurship, Business Teacher, will also be considered for this role.