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University of Westminster Hiring for Enterprise Education Officer Job at Harrow, England Full Time

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This post is full time and permanent, working 35 hours per week.
Would you like to be part of an award-winning team supporting students in developing start-ups, self-employment and entrepreneurial skills? The University of Westminster has ambitious plans to grow its student enterprise activity, building on the previous successes of our Creative Enterprise Centre. We are seeking an Enterprise Education Officer to join the team to support academic colleagues to develop new enterprise activities and learning that can be embedded into the curriculum.
Since its inception in 2017 the Creative Enterprise Centre (CEC) has supported over 1000 students and graduates to engage with enterprise and entrepreneurial experiences. This has led to the creation of over 200 student or graduate founded startups and professional self-employed registrations. The CEC has recently been rebranded as the Westminster Enterprise Network (WE Network) to reflect its growth into a network of students, staff and external partners supporting student enterprise. Between 2021-23, WE Network aims to support 3000 unique students and graduates to develop enterprise skills and support 340 graduates to create new businesses.
The Enterprise Education Officer will work closely with academic colleagues to encourage and support them to embed enterprise activities and learning in their undergraduate and postgraduate courses. They will work with academic colleagues to support students to learn enterprise skills by delivering presentations, organising enterprise events, developing resources and supporting the development of new curriculum content. The Enterprise Education Officer will help to increase awareness of WeNetwork amongst the academic community, helping to manage ongoing relationships to support the growth of student enterprise at the University.
You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a good understanding of enterprise education, business start-up and teaching and learning in the HE sector. You will be organised, have proven experience of coordinating and reporting on multiple projects, and have the ability to build, maintain and manage long-term relationships with academic and professional service colleagues. You will have experience of presenting to a range of audiences and have excellent facilitation and negotiation skills. You will have a commitment to providing high levels of customer service and to contributing to a stimulating learning environment.
The wide range of benefits, including an occupational pension scheme and a generous holiday allowance makes the University of Westminster a great place to work.
To apply for this vacancy please click above. Further information can be found in the job description and person specification, which can be accessed through link below.

At the University of Westminster, diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity are at the core of how we engage with students, colleagues, applicants, visitors and all our stakeholders.

We are fully committed to enabling a supportive and safe learning and working environment which is equitable, diverse and inclusive, is based on mutual respect and trust, and in which harassment and discrimination are neither tolerated nor acceptable.

Closing date: midnight on 05 December 2021

Interviews are likely to be held on: 16 December 2021

Administrative contact (for queries only): [email protected]

Please apply without delay as we may close this advert early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

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  • Job Title: University of Westminster Hiring for Enterprise Education Officer Job at Harrow, England