Head of CPD and Business Development -Sutherland Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 8ST, GB
Salary: 59,966 - 69,488Work hours: Office Hours Monday to Friday, Full TimeJob Description
ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a senior leadership role within Research & Innovation Services (RIS) at Northumbria University, reporting to the Director of Knowledge Exchange (KE) and sitting within the RIS Executive Team.
The Head of CPD & Business Development carries primary responsibility for driving Northumbria's Continuing Professional Development (CPD) growth ambitions, making this a commercially significant role within the University's knowledge exchange portfolio. CPD is a central mechanism through which Northumbria deepens its relationships with employers, professions, and the regional and national economy, and the postholder will lead its operationalisation across all three faculties: Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture, and Science & Environment.
The postholder will translate Faculty KE Plans into active, income-generating CPD programmes,



coordinating across academic and professional service colleagues to move provision from concept through approval to delivery. They will maintain a clear CPD pipeline, develop and sustain the employer and professional body relationships that underpin demand, and ensure accurate classification, reporting, and compliance with Higher Education Business and Community Interaction Survey (HEBCIS) and Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) obligations.
Alongside the CPD brief, the role carries strategic responsibility for business development across the wider KE portfolio, identifying and securing commercial opportunities in consultancy, contract and collaborative research, Degree Apprenticeships, and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. The postholder will lead a skilled, multi-disciplinary team of Business Development and KE professionals, fostering a high-performance culture aligned to the University's KE income targets.
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