Academic Consultancy Business Development Manager 

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: CSM - King's Cross, London UK
Salary: £42,477 - £50,961 pro-rata per annum
Contract: Part time
Hours: Part time

Job description

The opportunity

The Academic Consultancy Business Development Manager will work across the college and closely with our academic courses and staff to develop and oversee funded consultancy and contract research projects with external partners. The role will work to develop projects across a range of areas, from funding proposals and grant-based initiatives to private and third sector income sources. 

The role is split across new business development and across effective programme and grant management of existing and new work.

About you

You will have experience of developing new business and income from a variety of sources, either through grant and trust and foundation or commercial income. You will have a track record of developing relationships and projects with input from a variety of internal and external sources. The role also requires strong project and programme management capabilities, and some experience in managing grants and providing reporting to funders. 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

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