Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Manager: Bucks New University

Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Manager (472)

Innovation and Enterprise Manager

£39,152 – £49,553 per annum

Full-time – 37 hours per week

High Wycombe

Bucks New University is an ambitious, modern university; one that is always open to fresh ideas and thinking. Our staff combine the very best professional practice with inspirational teaching and the University is consistently in the top quartile of the NSS for higher education institutions in the UK, exceeding the sector average in almost every area of the survey (NSS, 2019).

This is an exciting time to join the University, with our new University Strategy – Impact 2022 – and our revised values. The University is poised for the next phase in its development as we seek to develop our impact further, enrich the student experience through innovative and employment-focused education, and realign our professional services in support of our strategic aims.

The Innovation and Enterprise Manager will provide experienced support to develop opportunities, deliver collaborations and productive relationships, and establish and nurture partnerships linked to our research and innovation strengths.

The post holder will work with academic colleagues to support them in developing links to external organisations to achieve impact from their research, implementing strategies to enable growth in income from external partners, develop consultancy, Continued Professional Development and Intellectual Property commercialisation activities.

The post holder will support the development, delivery, communication and reporting of the Knowledge Exchange Concordat (KEC), as well as activities related to the monitoring of progress and the delivery of reports and data concerning the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). The post holder will also take the lead in the HE-BCI data collection.

You will be responsible for scoping opportunities, engaging with external partners, developing and supporting strong multi-layered relationships and ensuring that bids and proposals are aligned to the needs of industry and have industry support (both financial and in-kind) whilst meeting the strategic ambitions of the University. You will co-develop and deliver programmes of activity with business to ensure the diversification of our innovation portfolio, including support for development of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership portfolio.

You should be confident and experienced in working effectively with businesses, the public and third sectors and regional organisations. This role requires a proactive and ambitious individual with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to forge and maintain mutually beneficial relationships. You will be a strategic thinker who is quick to recognise emerging opportunities and able to manage multiple priorities. You will have the ability to work effectively with others within and exterior to the University, identifying areas of activity which will deliver value for all stakeholders and with the ability to capture these in clear and compelling written business cases.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level and will have a strong understanding of the sales/business development process and experience of project management, with successful delivery of outcomes.

The Innovation and Enterprise Manager will be part of a small centralised Research and Enterprise Development team, with oversight of all research and enterprise activity within the university. 

If you have the qualities and attributes representative of the University’s values and ambition, we would be delighted to hear from you.

What you can expect in return are excellent employment benefits including: training, development and research support, a generous holiday entitlement, contributory pension scheme, discounted gym membership and a range of staff discounts with major retailers.

For further information about this role please contact Professor Florin Ioras at florin.ioras@bucks.ac.uk

All applications are to be made in full and online.  The University operates an anonymised shortlisting process and therefore any uploaded CV’s or supporting documents must not include your name and personal details.

Please note that if you do not have permission to work in the UK, Bucks New University will not be able to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship for you to take up this position. All non EU/EAA candidates must have valid immigration status and/or a UK visa valid for the duration of the contract in order to be considered for this appointment.

Bucks New University is a Disability Confident employer and as such you will be given the opportunity to declare a disability as part of the application process. 

Further details at:

https://jobs.bucks.ac.uk/vacancy/innovation-and-knowledge-exchange-manager-437208.html