Business Development Manager

Dublin

Join us as a Business Development Manager with EF Dublin, where you'll forge strategic partnerships with local businesses in hospitality, retail, and service industries. Utilize your expertise in Dublin’s job markets to create lasting connections, enhancing our students' experiences and expanding our EF Community programme.

Careers at EF | Open the world with us

EF Education First’s mission is opening the world through education.

A career with EF combines the support and opportunity of a large international organisation, with the spirit and energy of a small business. We look for thinkers and doers – creative, collaborative, and motivated people who are excited by education, communication, and travel.

When you join EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries. In the UK and Ireland, our core presence is felt at our international language campuses and summer schools, where we welcome students from around the world to participate in language learning and cultural exchange. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and encourage you to open the world through education.

Your Role

As our Business Development Manager, you will forge partnerships with local Dublin businesses in relevant industries to facilitate our Job Club and Internship programmes here at our Dublin school as well as create long term business partnerships interested in becoming part of our EF Community programme. This project demands a deep understanding of Dublin’s temporary and seasonal job markets, particularly in hospitality, retail, service but also wider industry connections and knowledge of companies that would be ideal partners for our school.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a targeted business development strategy that will create partnerships with local employers that will offer internship roles and other work opportunities to our students
• To develop contacts with employers here in Dublin that are willing to offer our students longer term job roles as part of the Job Club programme
• Establish connections and secure partnerships within specific industries (but not limited to) known for seasonal hiring, such as hospitality, retail and other service industries
• Working with the school team to secure interview commitments from local businesses
• Create a database of relevant businesses with potential for long-term relationships creating mutually beneficial partnerships, such as our Community Card programme

Requirements

• Demonstrated networking capabilities within Dublin’s business community, particularly in targeted industries
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, International Relations, or a related field
• Strong negotiation, communication, and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus
• Clear background check and two references
• Right to work in Ireland

Why you will love EF Dublin

• Continuous professional development for all staff
• Work in a truly international environment
• Regular social events
• Ambition is nurtured and fast-tracked career enhancement opportunities are provided
• Staff are encouraged to innovate, take ownership of their ideas and bring them to fruition
• Global career opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private health insurance
• Life insurance
• Access to EF Hello language learning

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EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be followed up and will ask specifically whether there is any reason that the applicant should not be engaged in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18. Upon interview all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily and proof of identity and, where applicable, qualifications will be required. Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.