Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) is a quadruple-accredited, world-ranked management school, consistently in the top 20 in three major UK league tables. At the heart of the student experience is our innovative LUMS Careers team, who make a significant impact on the career development and employability of our students. 

A confident and motivated self-starter with experience of sales/business development and performing to targets, you will possess excellent communication and networking skills that they can apply to engaging with businesses across sectors for educational purposes. 

You will seek out and liaise with business contacts, helping diagnose business issues and translating them into research projects for students to tackle as part of their qualification. You will work closely with academic colleagues as part of this process.

Given the critical importance of projects to our undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA programmes in LUMS, an ability to network with, and promote these opportunities to, senior leaders in blue-chip firms, including those in the Times Top 100, would be essential.

This role will be a blended role with a mix of working remotely through MS teams and working on campus. This role will require occasional out of hours working/travel within the UK which would planned, and agreed, in advance. 

This is a full-time, indefinite role.

Please direct informal enquiries to Noeleen Hammond Jones, Deputy Head of LUMS Careers (Work Related Learning) n.hammondjones@lancaster.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 01 Jun 2026

Department: Professional/Management

Salary: £39,906 to £46,049 (Full time, indefinite)