Business Development Coordinator

The Role and the Department

The Department and role purpose The Student Enrichment Directorate is striving to play a pivotal role in developing, delivering and transforming a Wider Student Experience that is as impactful as anything in the world. We remain steadfast in our core commitment to accelerating the growth of far-reaching and market leading programmes across performance , participation  and community outreach  and engagement , whilst fostering a culture that safeguards academic excellence . We are guided by the belief that an investment in the Wider Student Experience is ultimately an investment in the quality of graduates that the University produces and are motivated by the opportunity to engage a nd inspire the next generation of talent. In doing so, we feel confident that we are making a positive contribution to the development of rounded, global citizens.

Business Development

The Business Development Coordinator’s key focus area is to play a leading role in the recruitment of undergraduate and postgraduate sport scholars both home and overseas applicants.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role coordinating postgraduate student athlete recruitment and will also assist in the co-ordination of undergraduate student recruitment, working directly with the strategic leads in both areas.

The post holder will be one of the main points of contact for overseas postgraduate student athletes and will also be a key contact for undergraduate students in sports where coaches are also in post.

Key working relationships will involve close collaboration with internal admissions and recruitment teams, alongside colleagues in the international and scholarship offices.

Additionally, they will identify new recruitment opportunities for postgraduate and undergraduate student athletes as well as establishing and developing new links with institutions nationally and globally in target sports.

What you are required to submit:

• A CV
• A supporting statement which shows examples of how you meet all of the criteria within the Person Specification

Contact details

If you would like to have a chat or ask any questions about the role, Gareth Weaver-Tyler, (gareth.weaver-tyler@durham.ac.uk ) would be happy to speak to you.