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Job description / Role
Business Development Manager, Exams - UAE
This post is open to British Council internal candidates and external candidates who are currently residing and available in UAE at the time of applying for and taking up the post, if successful.
The British Council in UAE is looking for a Business Development Manager for the Exams Services department to support the development and implementation of the Business Development and Marketing strategy for UAE Examinations by gathering market intelligence, identifying potential clients and stakeholders, building relationships, adding value to them, and ensuring agreed targets are met to help us meet our business development and overall strategic objectives.
The UAE Exams department consists of a team of 30 staff and administers over 100,000 exams per year throughout the UAE from our centres in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. This includes a large IELTS business, significant numbers of professional, university and schools exams and growing numbers of Aptis. Exams activity forms a key component of the integrated British Council offer in UAE.
UAE Exams has an ambitious plan in place to ensure its growth and greater impact in a fast changing, competitive environment. To achieve this, the department will be engaging and working more with partners in the education, government and corporate sectors, and more closely with other British Council departments.
This role will focus mainly on IELTS, Aptis and Schools Exams development, but is also expected to identify and deliver on growth opportunities for our other Exam services as relevant. The post holder will be required to work in very close liaison with the Exams management and marketing teams.
Requirements
We are looking for a highly motivated and suitably qualified individual for the post of Business Development Manager, Exams based either in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Purpose of job is to support the development and implementation of the Business Development and Marketing strategy for UAE Examinations by gathering market intelligence, identifying potential clients and stakeholders, building relationships, adding value to them, and ensuring agreed targets are met to help us meet our business development and overall strategic objectives.
- University Graduate in any discipline
- Developing business Level 3
- Managing accounts and partnerships Level 2
- Communicating and Influencing Level 3
- Fluency in written and spoken English -IELTS band 7.0 or equivalent
- Planning and Organising Level 3
- Managing Finance and Resources Level 2
- Using technology Level 2
- Managing Risk Level 2
- Minimum 2 years experience in Business Development / Sales & Marketing
Compensation: Basic monthly salary / min: AED 7,770 max: AED10,867 / Housing allowance AED 4,165 a month / Terminal Gratuity as per companys policy / Medical cover for staff & in country dependents (spouse & children) / Annual leave flight.
About the Company
The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relationships.
Our purpose is to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and other countries and to increase appreciation of the UK’s ideas and achievements. We work in 100 countries and every year we help to create some form of personal contact with the UK for 16 million people around the world.
We are known around the world as leaders in the teaching and learning of English language. We are also a gateway to world-class education, a channel for the arts, science and technology, a cultural exchange, a facilitator for international partnerships, and a resource for development, good governance, human rights and positive social change.
The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect diversity of UK society at every level within the organization. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet essential criteria. We are registered in England as a charity.