Full-time Business Development, City St George's, University of London

01Redeployee Applicants Only

• Please note: This role is only open to redeployees at City St George's.
• Applications from individuals who are not redeployees will not be considered at
• this time.
• To apply, please email your CV and cover letter to
• RecruitmentCoordinators@citystgeorges.ac.uk
• [RecruitmentCoordinators@citystgeorges.ac.uk] with the job title and reference
• number, demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the person
• specification.
• City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice
• and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City,
• University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.
• The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations
• for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business,

policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students

are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting

them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact

on the world around us.

Background:

The Partnerships Hub sits within Academic Services and plays a critical role in

supporting the University's ambitions for internationalisation, growth and

external engagement. Reporting to the Director of Academic Services, the Head of

Partnerships leads a specialist team responsible for partnership development,

governance and compliance, and global mobility. The role works closely with

senior leaders, Schools and professional services colleagues to ensure the

effective management, performance and future development of the University's

partnership portfolio.

Responsibilities:

Provide strategic and operational leadership for the University's partnership

portfolio, including educational partnerships, pathway activity and global

mobility. Lead partnership development, governance, risk management, compliance

and performance monitoring. Oversee partnership approval, review and assurance

processes, manage key institutional relationships and negotiate significant

partnership arrangements. Develop and implement partnership strategy, monitor

portfolio performance and provide expert advice to senior leaders to support

sustainable growth, institutional objectives and an excellent student and

partner experience.

Person Specification:

You will be educated to degree level or possess equivalent experience, with

substantial senior-level expertise in higher education partnerships. You will

have a strong understanding of academic governance, quality assurance,

regulatory compliance and partnership management. The successful candidate will

demonstrate excellent stakeholder management, leadership, negotiation and

influencing skills, alongside commercial awareness and experience of managing

risk, performance and budgets. Experience of international partnerships,

mobility programmes and strategic change leadership is essential.

02Closing date for applications:  25th October 2026 at 11:59pm

Interviews are scheduled to take place: TBC

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further

details will be confirmed at the interview stage. [If the selection process will

include a presentation or test, please provide details and be prepared to

accommodate any reasonable requests for candidates with a declared disability or

who are making an application under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme].

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits

including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality,

diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our

whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability,

gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy,

race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and

socio-economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview

scheme for disabled applicants.

For additional information on City St George's, our policies, strategy and

03values; Click here

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