Business Community and Engagement Officer

Location: City Campus

About the Role

Centre for Business and Industry Transformation (CBIT)

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the established and exciting Centre for Business and Industry Transformation (CBIT, https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/centres/cbit-centre-for-business-and-industry-transformation).

At CBIT, we’re redefining the way industries adapt and innovate in a rapidly changing world. With a focus on delivering real-world impact, our team works at the intersection of academia and practice, helping organizations unlock their potential and embrace sustainable, forward-thinking strategies. CBIT is a unique initiative that integrates Business Transformation research rigour into transformative Venture Building practice and disruptive leader education. It offers

• A range of education programmes including our flagship course Msc Business Transformation (https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/nottingham-business-school/pg/msc-business-transformation).
• An award-winning Venture Builder (https://cbitvb.uk/) that provide on-demand 1-2-1 support to businesses and students, creating truly tailored programmes. With a legacy of accelerating over 100+ innovative businesses.
• A successful research team with many world-leading publications and attracted research funding from UKRI, EPSRC, BBSRC, Innovate UK and British Council, with a total over £3m for the last 2 years, and over £8m tracked record in total.

What you’ll do - Manage and grow CBIT’s 1600+ member communities, collaborating with teams to design and deliver programs for business leaders, founders, and research leaders. You’ll handle event management, marketing, and community engagement, while supporting administrative duties.

Who you are - You’re entrepreneurial, detail-oriented, and skilled at community management and marketing. You thrive in fast-paced environments, have strong communication skills, and are passionate about building impactful, future-focused business communities.

Interview date: 12th and 13th February 2025

About Us

Nottingham Business School’s (NBS) purpose is to provide research and education that combines academic excellence with positive impact on people, business and society.

In Education NBS is a world leader in experiential learning and personalisation and in Research is committed to excellence which combines academic rigour with beneficial impact on social, economic and societal welfare, as well as informing the design and delivery of all its degree, masters and doctoral programmes. NBS has an unrivalled level of engagement with business, public and voluntary organisations and thus is known as the business school for business. For more information on NBS visit our website.

For any informal queries about the role or the team, please contact Professor Xiao Ma and Mr. Georgi Iliev at CBIT@ntu.ac.uk.

Join Us

Find out more about our academic community at NTU, including the support we offer to academics at all stages of their careers at Support for academics | Nottingham Trent University

• Between 25 and 35 days annual leave per year (dependent on grade) plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata. 
• Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection. Available to colleagues who choose to opt out of the contractual pension scheme. Minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%.
• Opportunity to receive a bonus for exceptional performance and contribution.
• Range of health and wellbeing services, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.

Please note that unfortunately, this role has been assessed as ineligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system, upcoming immigration rules (4th April 2024) changes may impact on eligibility for sponsorship, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position.

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