Organisation
Cranfield University
Faculty or Department
Research and Innovation
Based at
Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work
37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.
Contract type
Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Period
Until 31 March 2028
Salary
Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £48,039 to £57,797 per annum
Posted Date
30/01/2025
Apply by
23/02/2025
Documents
We welcome applications from passionate, skilled and committed individuals to join this exciting, collaborative project and help propel climate-positive technology-based companies to demonstration, commercialisation and growth.
About the Role
The core purpose of this role is to help identify and connect participants involved in the scale-up of climate innovations. This will be achieved by identifying and enabling access to technology and manufacturing expertise and facilities across the UK, using your diagnostic skills to help overcome technical scale-up challenges and barriers for innovators.
Whilst drawing on and leveraging the available knowledge-base support ecosystem (e.g. academic expertise), the postholder will apply their existing capabilities to diagnose issues within technical scale-up processes (e.g. formulation, materials, system integration, manufacturing) of novel climate innovations. The postholder will standardise this process and provide tailored support plans for each business. Once a technical diagnosis has been developed, the postholder will provide bespoke support to enable the next level of prototype development, or trial set-up, as needed by accelerator users. Examples of this include, but are not limited to, advanced hackspace, prototyping facilities, lab benches and access to specialist trial facilities.
Projects you will be involved with will include the multi-regional, cross- institutional Research England Development funded Climate Scaling Collaborative (CSC) involving 5 universities (led by Imperial College London); a programme that aims to transform innovative UK-based climate startups into world-leading scale-ups.
With responsibility for meeting a set of KPIs linked to accelerator activities (predominantly climate innovation related), you will thus undertake a wide range of activities from attracting and recruiting pan-UK innovators and helping to devise attractive opportunities for participants, to managing a portfolio of individual projects and delivering on reporting requirements.
About You
You will be educated to degree level in a subject related to Cranfield's core themes, or have equivalent experience, and have demonstrable experience with support for technical innovation and scale up, as well as proven ability in successful project management and in effective communication with diverse teams.
About Us
As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield's world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.
The Research and Innovation Office (RIO) supports researchers in working together to achieve excellence and impact in delivering the University's vision for research and innovation, and reports to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation.
Our Values and Commitments
Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.
We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.
Working Arrangements
Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.
How to apply
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Juliet Kauffmann, Innovation and Enterprise Manager on (E): [email protected]
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: [email protected]. Please quote reference number 5009.
Closing date for receipt of applications: 23 February 2025