About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the role
Our Arise Innovation hubs, based on Harlow Innovation Park and ARU Chelmsford campus support early-stage, innovative businesses working in our priority sector areas of life sciences, advanced manufacturing, digital and technology. We work closely with our partners across ARU in our research centres, institutes, learning and teaching and ARU temps departments to create opportunities for our businesses, staff and students.
Our Arise Innovation Hubs benefit from strong links to the wider ecosystem connecting into professional support networks, NHS partners, and local business organisations, ECC and local government initiatives. We are looking to appoint a full time individual to deliver operational coordination and management of relations with our businesses, based primarily at the Arise Innovation Hub in Harlow. The successful individual will have a degree or equivalent relevant qualification at degree level and provide day to day support to our internal business community and delivery of a range of activities in partnership with local organisations. Overall, this exciting role makes a highly valuable contribution to our ambition to provide centres of excellence in innovation and business support.
We have been delivering Arise Innovation hub services since 2014 from our Chelmsford hub and we have expanded to deliver Arise Innovation Hub in Harlow in 2021, located on the Harlow Innovation Park. We are looking for a suitably qualified, committed, enthusiastic and skilled individual with relevant experience to support growth of our business community at the Harlow Hub and to support engagement locally and with the wider business community.
The operation of the Arise hubs are well established and you will be responsible for maintaining levels of occupier satisfaction, connect occupiers with support available from our university and partners and contribute to the development of new services in support of business innovation. You will be responsible for working with university colleagues and local authority partners to support the position of the Arise Innovation hubs and their activities as a Centre of Excellence in innovation and business support. The successful candidate will provide coordination of day-to-day management to ensure the Arise Innovation hubs deliver the planned outputs in line with our 10-year strategy and underpinning delivery plans.
This role is an exciting opportunity to be part of an established team for an ambitious, hardworking, service coordinator/ business operations professional to support our Arise Innovation Hubs and deliver business, innovation and economic impact.
Interviews for this role are currently scheduled to take place on Tuesday 22 September 2026.
Informal enquiries can be made to Jack Ellum, Arise Innovation and Enterprise Manager at [email protected]
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK and will conduct Right to Work checks in line with UKVI’s Right to Work policy and our own institutional policy. Furthermore, we must note:
- Applicants applying from outside the UK: At this time, ARU is unable to sponsor applicants applying from overseas for a Worker Route visa.
- Applicants already in the UK: ARU is unable to offer Worker Route visa sponsorship to applicants whose salary does not meet our minimum sponsorship threshold, which aligns with roles at Grade 6 and above.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Guidance Notes:
Please download the Job Description Person Specification for key requirements. To apply, demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria.
