Times Higher Education Hiring for Strategic Liaison Officer (Contractor, based in UAE) Job at Dubai Full Time

Why work with THE?

Over the last 50 years the Times Higher Education’s mission has been to help create the conditions and culture that universities need to succeed, by providing data, insights and services to universities, industry, and governments. To help support this mission and to better serve our partners the THE commercial team is growing.

If you are the kind of person who loves to travel, engage with people at every level of an organization and who has a passion for improving the quality of higher education, then we want to speak to you.

THE Commercial Team

The focus of THE’s commercial team is to understand our institutional partners and their strategic goals, whether they refer to performance in global rankings, development of their research portfolio & partnerships, growth in international recognition, student & academic mobility or anything in between. The team then look at how THE’s data, communities and experience can support our partners in achieving these goals. With team members based in the UK, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada, you will be joining a truly global team who work with hundreds of institutions with distinct and varied challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Build relationships from the ground up; find, engage, and nurture your own partner base of universities, industry partners and government entities.

• Manage pre-existing and new partner accounts; understand their needs and challenges in achieving their strategic goals.

• Create innovative and holistic solutions across multiple service streams (consultancy, data, hiring, marketing, events) that meet your clients’ needs.

• In collaboration with the consultancy, product, data and engagement teams, produce high quality projects that deliver against partner expectations.

Desirable Attributes

• 3+ year of work experience in a client-facing role such as sales, business development or client success is desirable, but we will consider experience from other walks of life, particularly within higher education.

• Self determination as you will be working remotely.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly build rapport.

• Good prioritization, project management skills and ability to work under pressure.

• Fluent in Arabic and English

• An understanding of, or experience in the higher education landscape would be beneficial.

• A university degree in any field.

• An ability and passion to travel frequently

* Must have right to work in UAE

Benefits

• £80,000 – £100,000 per annum, dependent on experience (pay will be paid as an equivalent day rate)

• Sizable and uncapped commission and bonus structure.

• An opportunity to travel the world and meet people from different backgrounds.

• Possibility to grow along with a rapidly expanding company.

Times Higher Education is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We rely on the flexibility of our staff to ensure the continuity of our high standards and performance, as such this job description is only intended to be a guide to the most regularly performed duties, it does not form part of the contract of employment and is subject to amendment and change as may be considered.

Job Type: Contract

Salary: AED28,000.00 – AED35,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dubai: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Must have right to work in the UAE