UPP is the UK’s leading provider of on-campus residential and academic accommodation infrastructure, operating over 35,000 rooms in partnership with 15 world-leading universities across the UK. UPP has forged a powerful reputation for driving innovative, student-led approaches to campus accommodation and we work closely with our university partners, offering bespoke, end to end expertise and support for the lettings process to ensure maximum occupancy and revenue each year.
UPP is seeking to make the crucial appointment to the role of Revenue and Partnerships Manager to lead the North and Midlands region (15,000 bedrooms) to success by driving team sales activity with a key focus of maximising occupancy levels and delivering revenue targets throughout the year. Managing the engagement with accommodation leads across the seven university partners in your region you will ensure that our strong partnerships are maintained and developed, whilst also mitigating any occupancy risk throughout the cycle, to have full sales accountability for your region, producing executive level reporting on a regular basis.
We are looking for you to have a background in delivering sales, lettings and/or associated revenue generation activity along with experience ideally within the Higher Education accommodation sector or similar. Confidence in navigating complex commercial contracts – ideally within a PFI/PPP setting, or other equivalent experience you can draw on. Strong relationship management and team leadership skills and good financial and number literacy. Overall, you will have the energy, passion and pace to work collectively as a team to delivery against targets whilst identifying opportunities to introduce process efficiencies and improvements.
This is an exciting time to join a commercially focused, high performing, customer and results oriented organisation that operates with energy, pace and passion – and a to play a key role ensuring that UPP provides high-quality, industry-leading facilities.
UPP is an inclusive and flexible employer that offers excellent employee benefits in addition to competitive base salaries and performance bonus. Benefits include private healthcare, pension, life assurance, cycle to work scheme and 29 days holiday plus bank holidays: as well as access to our UPP Rewards portal, offering discounts from a variety of retailers, restaurants gyms and more.
For a confidential discussion please contact our retained advisors Hayley Mintern (hayley.mintern@mrgpeople.co.uk / 07530680184) and Hannah Searle (hannah.searle@mrgpeople.co.uk / 07530680184) at MRG. Applications should consist of a CV and covering letter and should be sent to Hayley (hayley.mintern@mrgpeople.co.uk) and Hannah (hannah.searle@mrgpeople.co.uk)