Growth & Partnerships Lead, Student Housing

Campus Living Villages; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy and impact

Birthday day off

Flare discounts

Employee recognition

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Campus Living Villages is seeking a commercially driven Business Development Manager to lead occupancy growth for our student accommodation community on the Gold Coast. Based in Sydney, Brisbane or the Gold Coast with regular travel to the Gold Coast, you will build a pipeline from scratch and secure group accommodation partnerships.

You will report to the Head of Sales and focus on opening doors, building relationships, and delivering measurable results across university partners, agencies and

Qualifications

• Proven success in business development and closing strategic opportunities.
• Experience generating new business and building a pipeline from scratch.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, networking and negotiation skills.
• Commercially minded, proactive and results focused.
• Ability to work independently while building relationships internally and externally.
• Experience in education, student accommodation, hospitality, tourism, property, recruitment or related relationship-based services is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies to drive occupancy growth.
• Build partnerships with universities, TAFEs, education providers, agents and other referral channels.
• Generate, manage and convert a pipeline of new business opportunities.
• Secure group accommodation, bulk booking and partnership agreements.
• Conduct stakeholder meetings, presentations and site tours.
• Identify market opportunities and collaborate with internal teams to achieve occupancy targets.

Skills

Business development

Pipeline development

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Commercial mindset

Independent work

Job description

Campus Living Villages is seeking a commercially driven Business Development Manager to lead occupancy growth for our student accommodation community on the Gold Coast. Based in Sydney, Brisbane or the Gold Coast with regular travel to the Gold Coast, you will build a pipeline from scratch and secure group accommodation partnerships.

You will report to the Head of Sales and focus on opening doors, building relationships, and delivering measurable results across university partners, agencies and