Business Development Executive
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About the Role
The University of Manchester Dubai is seeking a Business Development Executive to drive corporate engagement and student recruitment. The role involves managing corporate relations, generating leads, and supporting recruitment events.
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Responsibilities
- Achieve revenue and student targets from corporate recruitment
- Initiate and manage corporate relations with target clients and stakeholders
- Generate and grow corporate business opportunities
- Represent the Middle East Centre at community and networking events
- Plan, execute, and attend recruitment events
- Analyze market trends and competitor offerings
Requirements
- Experience in sales or business development
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work in a team and manage own workload
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Key Responsibilities
- Achieve revenue and students targets from corporate recruitment and KPIs as set by Student Recruitment Manager.
- Assist in initiating and managing corporate relations with target clients, STPs and Centre stakeholders in the region.
- Generate and grow corporate business opportunities in the region, contributing to the identification of target clients.
- Support CSR activities by developing strong relationships with schools, educational consultants, and other third party agents.
- Represent the Middle East Centre at community and networking events.
- Maintain excellent relationships with existing account base and expand relationships where possible.
- Document and complete all necessary paperwork for all Strategic Talent Partnerships.
- Coordinate the signing of new MOUs to expand our STP business.
- Recommend Sponsorships or exhibitions that will serve the objectives of business development.
- Take an active role in planning, executing, managing, and measuring all recruitment, branding and corporate engagement plans and activities.
- Research and analyze market trends, competitor offerings, demographics, and other information that affects recruitment/corporate strategies.
- Plan, organize, execute and attend recruitment events and initiatives across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Ability to work well in a team as well as with guests, visitors, and students.
- Ability to deal tactfully and sensitively with confidential information, and awareness of implications of the Data Protection Act.
- Strong communications skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Self motivated with a positive can do attitude and the ability to manage own workload.
- Organization and time management.
- A commitment to on going personal and professional development.
- Attention to detail and strong technical skills.
- Analytical and problem solving skills focused on systems and programmes.
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