Business Development Manager

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Business Development Manager. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Be part of a leading global education provider
• Part of the Navitas Group (ASX100)
• Great organisational culture

Navitas is a diversified global education provider that offers an extensive range of educational services for students and professionals including university programs, English language training and settlement services, creative media education, workforce education and student recruitment.

Navitas, or PIBT as it was then, was founded in 1994 with the goal of helping more international students succeed at university in Australia via improved student support and an extended academic year. Since that time, Navitas has significantly expanded the services it offers its students and clients and is now creating opportunities through lifelong learning for over 83,000 people in 31 countries per year.

The Navitas Professional operations deliver internship and workplace preparatory courses across seven Australian locations to meet the requirements of national professional associations and the workforce generally.

The Business Development Manager is responsible for identifying and developing business opportunities, to deliver growth and expansion of I&E teaching and learning programs and new partnerships. This role works closely with the Director I&E and the broader I&E management team as well as marketing personnel within Navitas to identify and assess new business opportunities and develop proposals to grow existing programs and expand I&E operations within and external to Navitas both nationally and potentially offshore.  In parallel to this, the Business Development Manager, is expected to identify initiatives to expand the I&E industry network to meet I&E future needs.

The purpose of the role is to ensure I&E broadens its scope of programs and partnerships and delivers programs that are competitive and responsive to industry need. This will require the development of strong relationships with existing and new industry partners.

The Business Development Manager has a key role in optimising the financial growth and EBITDA of the I&E operation through ensuring an expanded range of cost effective programs and partnerships are established.

The I&E Partnership Manager will report to this role.

The Business Development Manager will be required to travel both within Australia and potentially internationally.

Essential skills and experience

• Relevant tertiary qualifications
• Sound business and financial acumen, balanced by a talent for creative thinking and problem solving
• Demonstrated hands-on management style, adaptable to a changing environment
• Demonstrated strategic and analytical skills and ability to be resourceful
• Demonstrated negotiation skills and a willingness to work and collaborate with others while maintaining a strategic focus
• Results-oriented and self-motivated
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to negotiate and ability to build and maintain effective business relationships and networks both internally and externally
• Understanding of both the Higher Education and VET sectors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent relationship management skills

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and experience of marketing and sales, including promotion, advertising, digital marketing, branding, building media presence and public relations would be very well regarded
• Previous experience in a Business Development Manager or similar role

What we offer

An attractive remuneration package will be negotiated with the successful candidate.  The Navitas Group offers outstanding long-term career opportunities within Australia and abroad, and is values driven and an equal opportunity employer.

To apply for this position, please send a current CV and covering letter, addressing the selection criteria, to Lynette Harris at [email protected]. Applications close on Friday 27 July 2018.

Successful applicants require working rights in Australia, and will be subject to relevant pre-employment checks, which may include a National Police Check and/or a Working with Children Check.