Partnership coordinator

LUT University’s Management Services is seeking a partnership coordinator.

Are you the kind of person who sees the glass as half full? If optimism, enthusiasm, and a solution-focused mindset are your strengths, you’ll fit right in with us!

Your job focuses on supporting the LUT faculties and degree programmes in building new and developing the existing academic partnerships with foreign universities. In addition to bilateral partnerships, the partnership coordinator will participate in the operations of the EULiST consortium, which is a European University Alliance of 10 universities located in 10 countries around Europe. 

Your job will include various coordination and communication related tasks in addition to analyses and data collection to support the faculties, departments and degree programmes in managing and enlarging their partnership portfolio. 

We expect:

• Experience in international cooperation, preferably in higher education
• Master’s degree
• A service-minded and solution-focused approach
• “One step ahead” attitude
• Strong coordination and teamwork skills in a multicultural working environment
• Ability to collect, process and analyze data, and present insights to stakeholders
• Ability to work both independently and in various networks 
• Written and spoken fluency in English with ability to communicate also in Finnish. Knowledge of other languages is an extra asset

Good interaction skills and the desire to learn new things are essential in this position. Resilience, ability to work under pressure, negotiate and prioritize various assignments, is a requirement to succeed in this job. 

We offer meaningful work in a community of experts, where you are, in essence, making the world a better place together with the LUT community. You will have the support of other LUT service units like the Study Services. Moreover, we offer flexibility for work-life balance and support our employees in maintaining and developing their professional skills.

The work will start as soon as possible (negotiable). The employment relationship is permanent and full-time. The position starts with a six-month trial period.

Your home campus will be in Lappeenranta and the work will require travelling mainly inside Europe to our partners’ campuses. Partial remote work is possible.

The salary is based on the current collective agreement for Finnish universities. The salary will be at requirement level 9 (EUR 3213,69/ month), on the expert and support staff pay scale. In addition, the pay includes a personal, performance-based salary element 6-50%. The typical entry-level salary in similar positions is EUR 3500-3800 / month.

For more information, please contact Project Manager Anne Makkonen, anne.makkonen@lut.fi, +358 40 182 4533 (available: 16 April at 14-16, 22 April at 14-16 and 29 April at 15.00-16.30).

Submit your application, CV and other possible documents by Monday 5 May 2025 at midnight Finnish local time (UTC +3) through our online system. Please include a 1-2 minute video in both Finnish and English, highlighting your professional strengths, goals, and relevant experience for this position.

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