Academic Partnerships Development Manager (12-month Fixed Term)

About the Department

The International Development and Academic Partnerships team (IDAP) is responsible for identifying, developing, approving, delivering, monitoring and reviewing Goldsmiths’ academic partnerships, both domestic and international. The team ensures that new and existing partnership arrangements meet Goldsmiths’ responsibilities to students and align with appropriate academic standards and quality expectations.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Academic Partnerships, this role’s primary responsibility is to assist in delivering Goldsmiths’ partnership strategy and drive the development of new partnership activities during a particularly busy period. This post will project manage academic partnership activities from development to implementation, ensuring that quality assurance and academic standards are upheld throughout. The post holder is expected to engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, both in the UK and overseas.

The post is offered on a fixed-term basis of 12 months in the first instance, with the possibility of extension subject to review of IDAP’s development and ongoing activities.

About the Candidate

This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about academic partnerships, and has excellent communication and organisational skills.

The successful candidate will have experience in developing and/or managing institutional-level UK and international academic partnerships. A solid understanding of academic partnerships and Transnational Education within the UK Higher Education sector is also essential.

Benefits:

We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days’ annual leave plus 6 paid closure days (4 at Christmas and 2 at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development and a broad range of wellbeing initiatives such as staff choir, running club, staff networks and creative writing classes.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

At Goldsmiths, University of London, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion shape how we lead, learn, and work. We are committed to building an inclusive and respectful environment, removing barriers and addressing inequalities so that everyone in our community can belong and thrive.