Learning Innovation & Community Manager - Exec Ed

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, seeks a Learning Innovation and Community Manager to build and nurture academic and practitioner communities for our Executive Education portfolio.

You will collaborate with the Learning Innovation and Community Director to engage senior academics, coordinate onboarding, and drive improvements across systems and processes to deliver exceptional contributor experiences.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing complex stakeholder relationships and communities.
• Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple priorities with strong attention to detail.
• Experience improving systems or processes to enhance effectiveness.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Collaborative and proactive approach across teams.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of how stakeholder engagement supports success.
• Experience in higher education or executive education is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Identify and engage leading academic and practitioner expertise for Executive Education programmes.
• Coordinate contributor selection and onboarding to ensure an outstanding experience from engagement through to programme delivery.
• Develop initiatives that build an inclusive, connected and collaborative contributor community.
• Act as a trusted partner to colleagues across Executive Education, working with client, product, commercial and programme delivery teams.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with academics, practitioners and internal stakeholders across Oxford and beyond.
• Drive improvements to systems, processes and operational workflows to enhance efficiency, consistency and stakeholder experience.
• Support strategic initiatives that strengthen the School's contributor network and learning innovation capabilities.

Skills

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project management

Process improvement

Organisational skills

Collaborative approach

Commercial awareness

Higher education experience

Job description

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, seeks a Learning Innovation and Community Manager to build and nurture academic and practitioner communities for our Executive Education portfolio.

You will collaborate with the Learning Innovation and Community Director to engage senior academics, coordinate onboarding, and drive improvements across systems and processes to deliver exceptional contributor experiences.