Innovation and Growth Specialist - London, United Kingdom - University College London

University College London

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Ref Number
B

Professional Expertise
Administration and Business Support

Department
Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) (B09)

Location
London

Working Pattern
Full time

Salary
£48,614 - £57,041

Contract Type
Fixed-term

Working Type
Hybrid (20% - 80% on site)

Available For Secondment
No

Closing Date
19-Jul-2023

About us:

UCL Innovation & Enterprise are a group of specialist teams working with students and staff to encourage a spirit of enterprise, create links with the outside world and accelerate UCL's innovation and impact.

UCL Innovation & Enterprise's work is at the heart of UCL's ambition to
change the world for the better and plays a vital part in our shared mission to tackle the great global challenges of our time.

The BIP (Business & Innovation Partnerships) High Growth SME cluster supports UCLs engagement with innovative SMEs through innovation programmes.

These programmes provide a platform for UCL spinouts, start-ups and associated SMEs to innovate, scale and grow nationally and internationally.

About the role:

The development of partnerships with significant business and other enterpriserelevant organisations in London is an essential part of the delivery of UCL's Innovation and Enterprise strategy, and engaging with SMEs, through the Innovate UK EDGE services, who are likely to be innovating and using innovative technology, to grow and internationalise, is one key element of UCL's work with businesses in London.
As part of the Innovate UK EDGE Consortium, the objectives will be to deliver a high quality service to a target group of innovative businesses with a view to increase their innovation management capacity, access to finance, knowledge, skills, networks and customers to move a concept from the innovation to internationalisation continuum, through commercialisation, internationalisation and scaling. The IGS will explicitly work across the whole innovation to internationalisation continuum, segmenting potential clients according to, 'Seed, Early Stage, Growth and Scale' stages of growth, which will allow for a delivery model specifically shaped to their needs.
In tandem, the role will support some of the most ambitious, high growth potential innovative SME's to benefit from national and global opportunities so companies could become tomorrow's global success stories.

About you:

They will have experience of being involved in delivering on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion initiatives. They would have great leadership skills and previous record of line management. They will be competent in writing strategic/Operational reports whist being comfortable with interpreting and presenting data.

More details get be found on the Job description and Person specification.

What we offer:

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
On-Site nursery
Onsite gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.