As a valued officer of the Business Development team, your role will be to provide crucial support in managing the diverse and rapidly expanding portfolio of strategic and joint venture projects. These exciting opportunities are currently at varying stages of progress and require exemplary project management skills and exceptional stakeholder engagement to be delivered within budget, scope, and timeline.
As the Business Development Project Officer, you will work closely with the Chief Development Officer, other members of the BD team, and project managers in the Business Transformation Unit, and collaborate with all business and academic delivery teams within Oxford International Education Group.
Business Development Officer- Responsibilities
1. Supporting the Business Development Process, in particular in respect of:
- Moving the current pipeline of Embedded College proposals to decision and implementation or exit
- Enhancing the pipeline of potential additional embedded college proposals
- Developing the Educational Services proposition and taking it to market
- Creating opportunities to engage universities through roundtables and other workshop/seminar-type events with external speakers addressing areas of current concern
- Enhancing our position in China to advance Business Development
2. Working with the project management team to support project groups. This may include:
- the planning, preparation, and management of events, including all logistical arrangements.
- Preparing reports and supporting documentation.
- Chasing actions and reporting on progress for defined areas of activity.
- Leading on specific tasks, as defined by the CDO.
3. To undertake market research and provide information/intelligence to inform potential opportunities for development and areas of risk/change/opportunity affecting the existing portfolio.
4. Ensure processes and systems are in place, and enhanced over time to enable BD and its key stakeholders to deliver objectives and to actively seek out tools, techniques, resources and best practice approaches that will support the BD team in their activities; contributing to creating an ethos of continuous improvement within the team.
5. Document and refine standard processes within the team; provide training and line management as required, for current and/or future administrative support.
6. Develop reports, documents, and other correspondence as required.
Location: Remote
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