International Partnerships Manager (CC11614)

Job title International Partnerships Manager

Department International Relations Office

Salary Starting from £37,099, rising to £44,263

Grade Grade 7

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Wednesday 17 April 2024

Closing date Wednesday 08 May 2024

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference CC11614

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The International Relations Office (IRO) wish to appoint an International Partnerships Manager who will be pivotal to augmenting our partnership portfolio. The successful candidate will work to create new partnerships, building on existing contacts, international research alliances and working with our academic community to globally promote our high impact research.

You will

be key to strengthening and connecting our local, national and international research engagement, working with the university community and our Research and Innovation Services to support ambitions to increase grant capture and volume of highly cited papers.

be responsible for the implementation of the University's Internationalisation Strategy in conjunction with senior partners in the organisation; influencing senior academic and professional service leaders to drive internationalisation across the university and ensuring ownership of internationalisation by a broad range of staff.

support internationalisation through delivery, logistics and documentation of academic and non-academic partnerships and the related communication of activity.

to represent the International Partnerships team externally and deputise for the Director of International Relations at internal or external events, as the need arises.

play a senior role in the International Relations Office providing advice, expertise, information, good practice and effective delivery and coordination of the University of Bath's internationalisation activities

Working as part of the Partnerships Team the role exercises operational oversight of International Research Partnership activities (including projects, events, internal / external funding, studentships, and partnership management).

About you

The ideal candidate should:

be motivated, pro-active and resilient, with a background in partnership management

have a good knowledge of issues relating to the international performance of Higher Education Institutions

understand the geo-political challenges and risks to working with international partners, and

have experience collating and analysing qualitative and quantitative forms of information and data.

Further information

The International Relations Office (IRO) is overseen by the Pro-Vice- Chancellor (Education & Global).

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Tracey Stenson Jukes, IRO Operations Manager and International Partnerships Manager (Education) at [email protected].

What we can offer you:

a very generous employer contributory pension scheme

generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance

we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements

an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce

a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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