POSITIONS: Manchester Metropolitan University

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Manchester Metropolitan University
Job Reference: HP/431
Job Title: Senior Enterprise Fellow (0.6 fte)
Location:Aytoun
Closing Date: 29 May 2009
Salary Range: £ 44930.00 to £ 52086.00
Division: Business School
Department: Centre For Enterprise
Work Pattern: Temporary until June 2010

The Business School is looking to recruit a Senior Enterprise Fellow to work within the Centre for Enterprise.

The Centre for Enterprise was launched in March 2001 to bring together activities related to entrepreneurship and managing SMEs. The Centre's mission is to create and transfer knowledge to develop enterprise and entrepreneurship within and beyond the University, support the start-up and development of small and social enterprise and inform enterprise policy.

This role will be for 12 months in the first instance, and you will be responsible for the management of the Centre's academic enterprise activities and the academic enterprise project team.

You will be required to develop and maintain networks that create alertness to opportunities for academic enterprise projects and create the profile to attract this funding. Through excellent leadership and networking skills you be responsible for raising the Centre's profile on both a national and international level.

Previous experience of managing teams and knowledge of academic and social enterprise is essential.