Summary of Position:
The primary responsibility of the Head of Commercial is to coordinate the sales and sponsorship effort working alongside the team to pursue new opportunities for business growth and development. This activity must ultimately result in increased revenue for the business.
The job holder will work with the CEO and the Executive Team to develop and drive long and short-term revenue growth
Skills
- Duties & Responsibilities Work with the Development Team to ensure that the business meets its sales targets Generate increased income from existing sources Develop proposals for projects that will attract new funding
- as well as researching and identifying new funding opportunities Support key areas of NACUE to ensure that all contractual commitments
- risks and liabilities are identified and mitigated. Must ensure that contractual agreements have the potential to become profitable. Assist the CEO in developing a three-year fundraising strategy Liaise with Head of Events and Communications to identify profile-raising events and press and media opportunities Undertake other duties as required to ensure the proper functioning of the team Person Specification Thorough understanding and experience of commercial operations including sponsorship
- fundraising and contracts Proactive individual who is eager to contribute to the growth of a young start-up through exceptional commercial awareness and acumen Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- highly responsive and able to clearly and confidently sell NACUE’s offering Ability to creatively productise NACUE’s offering into saleable propositions and proposals Confidence to work independently and as part of a team of forward thinking entrepreneurs – demonstrable
- commercialisation
- ability to sell. Capacity to work under pressure to meet deadlines and organisational priorities Hours: Full Time Salary & Benefits: Negotiable but to include performance- based bonus
Where we are
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London
E2 8AA
GB
London
E2 8AA
GB
About NACUE
Are you proactive, dynamic and eager to learn? Are you interested in making a massive change and meet with leaders in policy-making for enterprise? Are you looking for exposure to the UK's start-up scene and interested in learning on the job? NACUE is your place.
The National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs (NACUE) is a fast-paced, grassroots charity that stimulates university enterprise by supporting, connecting and representing enterprise societies, enterprising students and student entrepreneurs in Universities across the UK.
Launched in May 2009, NACUE now engages over 70 university enterprise societies across the UK, supports over 85 universities in stimulating student-led activities and represents the views of over 40,000 enterprising students to policy makers in all levels of Government, Industry and Education.
NACUE's society support mechanisms have been commended by the World Economic Forum and the United Nations; the charity has been recognised by Real Business Magazine as one of the 'Champions of Entrepreneurial Britain'; and it's Founder Victoria Lennox was recently awarded the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion for her work in building the organisation.
Read more about us:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/8279664/Student-entrepreneurship-matures.html
http://nacue.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/nacue-founder-receives-queens-award-for-enterprise-promotion/