The Role

London Business School are looking for an External Partnerships and Scholarship Manager to join our Recruitment and Admissions team. This is a new role where your primary responsibility will be in the support of London Business School Scholarships, including Laidlaw Women’s Leaderships Fund, as well as supporting our partnerships with universities and organisations in line with our commitment to driving diversity, inclusion and belonging within recruitment and admissions.

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the onboarding of scholars and play a role in maintaining and nurturing the School's scholar ecosystem.
• Provide administrative support for university outreach and partnership development. 
• Play a strong role in London Business School’s progress towards diversity, inclusion and belonging within Recruitment and Admissions.  
• Supporting outstanding female scholars in the MBA, Executive MBA and Masters in Management programmes. 

Who we are looking for

• Excellent communication skills and ability to successfully engage at all levels of an organisation. 
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with experience of managing a large range of different stakeholders.  
• Experience of using software related to own team or department to extract, analyse and report on data.  
• Sound business development skills.  
• Experience of applying sales/ engagement/conversion techniques.  
• Good project management skills.  
• Excellent organisational skills  
• Sound understanding of the wider School’s offerings and the offerings of our competitors.  
• Demonstrable knowledge of business education and the wider education landscape, including barriers to entry.  
• Experience with diversity, inclusion and belonging, or widening participation initiatives and organisations would be beneficial.  
• Budget management experience. 

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location. 

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days PLUS extra between Christmas and New Year!
• Generous pension package, 21.4% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health
• Up to 5 days volunteering leave or parent /carer emergency leave

All enjoyed in a Smart (hybrid) Working environment so we’re looking forward to discussing how, where and when you might work best to deliver in your new role.

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging 

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large.  We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard. 

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

Closing date 5th July 2023

London Business School