Business Manager

In addition to its acclaimed international standing as an examination board, Trinity College London also operates a world-renowned digital and print publishing house, Trinity College London Press (TCLP), which sells and distributes a diverse range of publications globally and is constantly expanding its portfolio of copyrights. Building upon and supporting the success of one of the UK's largest awarding organisations, Trinity College London Press is expanding its business development activity and seeking a dynamic and experienced salesperson to help drive our sales strategy for TCLP's publications across the subject areas of Music, English language teaching and testing, and Drama and Performance Arts.

As Business Manager, you will provide primary support to the Managing Director/Chief Business Development Officer in driving the performance of the TCL Press subsidiary and of the group Business Development function by providing the ongoing business management and administrative function. You will will be responsible for coordinating the creation of departmental reports, budgets and metrics, the tracking and reporting of KPIs and OKRs, project managing relevant workstreams, updating risk registers and roadmaps and coordinating activity with all relevant clients and suppliers. As part of the Business Manager role, you will provide analysis and updates for the key strategic workstreams as required and will ensure the regular inputting of customer data into the CRM system. You will liaise with key stakeholders around the organisation both in the UK and internationally and will attend certain committee and board meetings with the Managing Director/Chief Business Development Officer as required
as well as occasional events.

• A degree in an Arts, Language or Business-related subject and/or relevant work-based/sector experience


• Demonstrable business and/or data management experience


• Able to work seamlessly with multiple stakeholders


• Highly data focused; able to analyse, interpret and summarise complex data in a succinct manner whilst also liaising with analysts


• Great attention to detail.


• Highly organised and motivated, with the ability to prioritise conflicting tasks and a challenging workload


• Demonstrable expertise with a wide range of business management software packages including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, MS Teams


• Highly articulate with clearly evidenced presentation and communication skills
  
  Trinity College London does not hold a job visa sponsorship licence and so is not in a position to sponsor visas in the UK.


We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of the children and young people that we work with. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the organisation. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Upon successful appointment into the role, you will be required to complete our vetting procedures as with all Trinity College London employees. This is carried out by a 3rd party supplier and our standard background checks consist of Right to Work in the UK, Identity Check, Employment History check, Financial Probity Check, Highest Academic Qualifications Check and a basic DBS check.

Trinity promotes equality of opportunity and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records. In line with the requirements of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974), we select all candidates for interview based on their competencies, qualifications and knowledge. As part of our selection process, you will be required to disclose any potential issues with criminal record checks that will be carried out if you are offered a role with Trinity. The information will only be seen by those who need to see it as part of the recruitment process. We ensure that an open and measured discussion takes place on the subject of any offences or other matter that might be relevant to the position for which you have applied. Failure to reveal information that is directly relevant to the job sought could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment. We undertake to discuss any matter revealed in a criminal check with you
before withdrawing our offer of employment.

As an employee, you'll enjoy a range of benefits including generous annual leave, private health insurance, pension scheme, regular social events, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, free access to Trinity examinations and continuous training and development, plus more.