Innovate UK EDGE - Senior Business AdvisorDevelopment- Full time Fixed Term Contract till 31st March 2025Grade: Manager Band 3Salary Range: £38,036- £47,399 per annum with the opportunity to progress to £54,090
Can you empower businesses to innovate, scale and expand globally as markets recover from the COVID-19 crisis? Do you have significant business experience at a senior level within a high-growth business environment? Can you support businesses in developing a robust growth strategy, which could help them become tomorrow's global success stories?
The Enterprise and Innovation Organisation (EIO) at Coventry University is a newly formed business whose aim is to maximise the leverage of knowledge from the University into businesses and communities to help them innovate and become more productive.
Cultural diversity in our teams bring insights to, and broad experience of, multiple business cultures. It is part of our DNA and we seek it out. We want to discover what you can bring to the EIO through your personal experience, background, and identity as much as through your professional expertise.
What You Will Be Doing
Operating primarily in the Midlands region, you will be capable of being a combination of coach, mentor and critical friend; a champion to those companies at the forefront of innovation. You will help them to commercialise cutting-edge technologies, to grow their business and to achieve global success. We are looking for someone with a passion for supporting business models for success.
You will need to demonstrate experience or knowledge of:
Innovate UK EDGE is a key part of the UK innovation agency’s deep investment in the pioneering businesses that drive economic growth. As part of a nationwide consortium of Growth Partners, Coventry University is host to a regionally-based team of Specialists whom you will join in offering impactful innovation & Growth services to leading-edge businesses across the Midlands.
What You’ll Receive
We are focussed on creating better futures, and we cannot do that alone. We will prioritise and invest in your future and make sure you are supported in your career and working environment.
As well as a competitive salary we have a range of impressive benefits some of which are; pension schemes, generous holiday allowances, flexible working, a childcare vouchers scheme, personal and professional development, employee networks and discounted membership to the University's bespoke £4m sport and recreation centre where the University offers a physiotherapy service for all staff.
WE HIRE PEOPLE
We harness the power and potential of our people, their different cultures, back-grounds, abilities, and experiences help us grow and create better futures for all. Together, as unique individuals, we deliver inclusive and impactful global education.
We want you to know that Coventry University is an equal opportunity employer. For us, that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment and that we do not, and will not, tolerate discrimination of any kind.
If this role sounds like you, please submit your CV along with a cover letter outlining:
. What skills, knowledge and experience could you deploy to help SMEs to innovate and grow their business?
. Describe a situation where you have influenced management and brought about a positive change in a business or any other organisation.
