Job Introduction
We are seeking a dynamic and results driven Business Development Manager to join Westminster School Enterprise Limited (WSEL) on a short-term, part-time basis. This role is ideal for a self-starter with a strong network in the events, hospitality and film industry and a passion for driving growth. The successful candidate will play a key role in expanding Westminster School Enterprise's client base, increasing venue bookings, and building long-term strategic partnerships.
WSEL is the commercial arm of Westminster School, offering venue hire, filming locations and sports pitch hire in central London. The company manages and promotes the school's facilities for external use, generating revenue to support the school's educational mission and funding of bursary places. The services currently offered by WSEL include the following:
* Venue Hire: Offers a range of indoor and outdoor spaces for private events, corporate functions, and celebrations. These include historic venue spaces, sports pitches and lecture rooms.
* Film Locations: Provides access to architecturally rich and historically significant buildings for film, television productions and advertising photoshoots for the advertising industry.
* Sports Facilities: Available for hire, including cricket and football pitches and a large sports hall.
* Holiday Home: Offers accommodation for short breaks and longer holidays.
* Guided Tours: Hosts 90-minute tours of Westminster School's historic buildings.
Role Responsibility
* Focussing predominantly on Easter, Summer, October half-term and Christmas, identify and pursue new business opportunities across B2C, Old Westminsters and cultural sectors.
* Develop and execute outreach strategies to attract event planners, agencies and direct clients.
* Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and decision-makers.
* Assist with the marketing support by promoting the business on WSEL's social media channels and continuous updating of the WSEL website.
* Recommend new event and filming listing sites whilst updating content on existing listings sites.
* Represent WSEL at industry events and networking functions, including - but not limited to - Film London Premiere Locations, the Schools Enterprise Association and the Heritage Filming Alliance.
* Prepare proposals, pitch decks and presentations tailored to individual client needs.
* Track sales performance and report on KPIs to the Commercial Director.
* Assist with the running of events as and when required.
The Ideal Candidate
Please refer to the below (attached) person specification.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
Safeguarding and Child Protection
Westminster School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Package Description
Required for: as soon as possible
Location: Deans Yard - Westminster School
Contract: part-time, temporary (6 month fixed-term contract)
Hours of work: 3 days/24 hours per week with flexible scheduling. Work from home is available, however must be office-based for one day per week.
Salary: £16,000 (actual) based on a full-time equivalent of £52,000 per annum.
Benefits include:
- Free school meals when on-site
- Generous School pension scheme
- Free access to the School's leisure facilities, including a fitness gym (restricted hours)
- Private medical insurance (opt in).
The deadline for applications is midday on Monday 24th November 2025. Interviews will take place in-person shortly after the closing date.
About the School
Working at Westminster
Westminster School is a busy, purposeful and vibrant place to be and an excellent workplace. The community is made up of around 750 pupils, 120 teaching staff and 108 support staff.
Our staff are friendly and welcoming, and all newcomers quickly become part of the rhythm of life here.
There is a real sense of community here as, being a boarding school many members of staff and pupils live on site and the School's premises are very much treated as a home away from home. School life starts before breakfast and continues way beyond the working day; as a result, there is always a lively atmosphere in and around School and always someone to share a tea and biscuit with in the Common Room. Support staff as much as teaching staff are encouraged to embrace the School's day-to-day activities, whether that be attending an evening concert or a morning service in the Abbey.
At Westminster we will always select the best candidate for every position. We do know, however, that we can only truly choose the best person on every occasion if a broad and diverse pool of candidates see the job advertised and are encouraged to apply.
As such, we continue to work on how our job roles are encountered, and particularly welcome applications from groups who have traditionally been underrepresented here.
Westminster School is for everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We hope you are encouraged to apply.
The School
Westminster School is an independent day and boarding school for boys aged 13-18 and girls aged 16-18, with a long history, a distinctive ethos, and a unique sense of place in the very heart of London. Pupils achieve exceptional examination results and entrance to some of the top universities in the world. It is a busy, passionate and purposeful place where independent and deep thinking is enjoyed, encouraged and respected by all, and where holistic excellence is nurtured and valued.
While the School is one of the foremost centres of academic excellence in the country, its commitment to academic life does not make it a hothouse for passing examinations. Pupils' success at examinations and entry to leading universities is instead a result of their enjoyment of academic enquiry, debate and search for explanation, well beyond published syllabuses. Pupils are intellectually, socially, ethically and politically engaged and our aim is to ensure that their enthusiasm for learning is developed further, allowing them to take full advantage of the opportunities presented to them in the future. At Westminster, pupils have the freedom to lead on projects outside of the classroom and embrace a whole range of extra-curricular activities and interests. A host of pupil-led societies take place every week at the School, often with expert guest speakers, and pupils can choose to study an additional language, play an instrument or two, volunteer in local primary schools, row along the Thames, take part in plays and musicals, and much more.
The School's ethos resides in the enduring values of the liberal tradition reflected in the 1560 Charter of Westminster's Elizabethan foundation, where it is stated that: 'the youth which is growing to manhood, as tender shoots in the wood of our state, shall be liberally instructed in good books to the greater honour of the state'. Whilst academic and cultural attainments are highly prized at Westminster, the School is fully committed also to each pupil's spiritual, moral, emotional and physical development and wellbeing - with a particular emphasis on drawing out individual talent wherever it lies - and to prepare young people for fulfilled private and public lives.
From September 2028, the School will welcome both girls and boys at 13+ entry, offering a Westminster education to all. By 2026, Westminster Under School will have opened its brand new pre-prep for girls and boys at 4+ and girls will have joined boys in Years 3 and 7, at the 7+ and 11+ entry points. By 2030, all year groups at Westminster School and Westminster Under School, from ages four to 18, will be fully co-educational, reflecting the School's dedication to inclusivity and excellence.
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