Partnerships Liaison Coordinator

University of Exeter - External Engagement and Global

Placed On: 27th October 2025

Closes: 25th November 2025

Job Ref: R51619

This 0.9 FTE (4.5 days per week) is available immediately on a permanent basis. The post is hybrid, based on the Streatham campus, with the expectation of 2 days per week on campus.

Summary of the role

The University of Exeter’s Global Partnerships team is recruiting for a Partnerships Liaison Coordinator within the Business School. This role will support our recruitment partnerships activity within the School and Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy and will incorporate work across Recruitment and Progression partnerships. This is an exciting role engaging with our partner universities around the world, and internally with teams across the university.

You will support the Business School in activities supporting maintenance of existing partnerships, including arranging staff visits (incoming and outgoing), and being open to opportunities such as site visits, conferences and other activities in support of the School’s internationalisation strategy.

The successful candidate will be a key point of contact for the School’s key recruitment partners, supporting the respective institutional relationships, ensuring the best possible service is provided to applicants, current students and respective University staff.

You will need to be proactive and adaptable, helping to promote internationalisation and international activities across the School, and to ensure that all international activities are undertaken in a professional and high quality manner. You will also be required to develop effective working relationships with a diverse range of contacts.

This is an exciting role supporting the University’s ambitious Global Strategy.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

For any questions, or an informal chat about the role, please contact either Melanie Nearchou, Partnerships Liaison Manager, m.nearchou@exeter.ac.uk or Rachel Jones, Head of International Partnerships, Business School, rachel.jones@exeter.ac.uk