Enterprise Development Administrator

At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last five years.

In 2024 we launched the Bradford-Renduchintala Enterprise Ecosystem (BREE), a £2.6m programme which aims to stimulate and support entrepreneurs to develop new business and social enterprises in our University and city. Through this programme, students, researchers, staff, graduates and community members are inspired to set up enterprises, receive training and mentoring, have access to seed and growth funding, and develop their new enterprises within an open, inclusive entrepreneurial environment that enables them to succeed.

What you will be doing:

- You will facilitate the delivery of BREE's services for entrepreneurs and business owners including networking and professional education events, brokerage services, business support and incubator / venture studio space.
- You will maintain a database of clients and monitor a range of metrics of BREE's performance and impact.
- You will service BREE meetings and provide diary support to the BREE team.

Qualifications and experience:

You will have a level 2 qualification or equivalent experience and ideally a marketing related qualification. You will need strong communication, administrative, organisational and IT skills and experience, ideally with experience as an event organiser.

Benefits:

- 25 days holiday (Grade 8) / 30 days (Grade 9) and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas)
- Family-friendly policies
- Unique fitness centre
- Eye clinic
- Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation
- Counselling & mental health services
- On site nursery
- Food & drink outlets
- Generous employer contribution pension schemes
- Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts

For enquiries prior to application, please contact Dr Liam Sutton, Associate Director, Innovation & Enterprise and Director, Bradford-Renduchintala Enterprise Ecosystem: [email protected]