Director of Business and Employer Engagement

hace 2 semanas

City, México University College Birmingham A tiempo completo

Job Reference: 2224492358-2
- Date Posted: 2 July 2025
- Recruiter: University College Birmingham
- Location: City, Birmingham
- Salary: £75,000
- Sector: Employer Engagement, Support / IAG
- Job Type: Permanent

**Job Title**:Director of Business and Employer Engagement

**Location**: Birmingham

**Salary**: Circa £75,000

**Job type**: Permanent, Full-time

UCB is an equal opportunities employer. We are TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating.

**The Role**:
University College Brimingham is seeking an exceptional and strategic leader to join our senior team as **Director of Business and Employer Engagement**. This is a transformative role, central to delivering our institutional ambitions around employability, commercial training, and impactful industry collaboration. You will shape and lead a university-wide strategy that strengthens our partnerships with employers, enhances student outcomes, and drives innovation in business engagement.

In this role, you will:

- Develop and implement a comprehensive employer engagement strategy aligned with University goals.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with employers, industry bodies, and regional economic partners.
- Identify and pursue opportunities for collaboration, funding, and workforce development initiatives.
- Lead a high-performing team to deliver impactful employer engagement activities and services.
- Represent the University at key events, forums, and stakeholder meetings.

You will have proven experience in developing and managing high-value strategic partnerships with employers from a range of sectors, that deliver commercial outcomes, within a Higher Education setting and leading teams through to success.

**Benefits**:

- Generous allocation of annual leave
- 29 days' paid leave per year
- 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
- Excellent Local Government 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 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 - TBC.

Interview Date - TBC.

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