Business Development Coordinator
| Posting date: | 12 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,319 to £30,378 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 October 2025 |
| Location: | Durham, County Durham, DH1 3LE |
| Company: | Durham University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 25001214_1757671718 |
Summary
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 and 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.
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
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