Engagement Manager, Developing Business-Aware Academics

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Salary: The starting salary will be from £42,882 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.

Engagement Manager, Developing Business-Aware Academics

Location: Exeter (Hybrid)

Date: 29/04/2025

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary: The starting salary will be from £42,882 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.

Contractual hours: 36.5

Package: Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

Job category/type: Admin, Professional, Managerial

Date posted: 10/04/2025

Job reference: R87147

Job description

Exeter Innovation

Summary of the role:

We are seeking an Engagement Manager to develop and manage the external relationships that ensure the success and reach of the Developing Business Aware Academics (DBAA) project.

The Project is a £5m Research England-funded initiative () based at the University of Exeter Business School. It is conducted in collaboration with the Chartered Association of Business Schools and a network of academic, business, policy, and non-profit partners to build an evidence-led programme of training and networking to empower academic researchers in the early stages of their careers, and across all disciplines, with the skills, mindsets and opportunities to engage beyond academia.

Together with an existing Engagement Manager, the successful applicant will manage a portfolio of established and potential partners, including academic, industry and non-profit organisations. They will work collaboratively with academic and other professional services members of the DBAA project team to deliver our workstreams, focusing on partnership management, communications, collation of case studies, event organisation, and supporting the delivery of provision to doctoral and early-career researchers. The role-holder should have the confidence to effectively represent the project externally, drawing on experience of working with academics to develop and publicise new training and networking initiatives and/or supporting them with research impact activity.

The new Engagement Manager will be managed by the Developing Business-Aware Academics Senior Project Manager, as part of the Exeter Innovation Business School Partnerships and Programmes team.

This is a full-time or part-time, fixed-term post that will finish when the project ends in June 2027. The post will be based in Exeter on a hybrid contract. We are happy to consider requests for secondments.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world's most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research - Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus' and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter

Exeter Innovation

Exeter Innovation (EI) works collaboratively with industry and partners, proactively supporting the University in making a positive impact locally, nationally, and globally.

The project team is hosted within the Exeter Innovation Business School Partnerships and Programmes team, which provides dedicated support to the Business School.

Further information

Please contact Samantha Dyer, Senior Project Manager, .

The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer. We are officially recognised as a Disability Confident employer and an Athena Swan accredited institution. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.