Innovation & Growth Specialist (Business Advice)

1 week ago


Leicester, United Kingdom East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) Full time

**East Midlands Chamber, UK Chamber of the Year, is a well-respected and award winning organisation that aims to enhance businesses and communities in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. With more than 4,000 members, we have established a reputation as the voice of the region's economy.**

**Job title**: Innovation & Growth Specialist
**Salary**:£42,500 to £45,000 per annum
**Based at**:Chesterfield, Derby, Leicester or Nottingham with agile working
**Contract**: Fixed term until 31 March 2025, full time (35 hours per week)

**1. WHY THE POST EXISTS**

East Midlands Chamber’s partnership with Innovate UK is long standing, delivering bespoke support that grows and scales innovative businesses.

As part of high performance team delivering impactful support across the Midlands, the postholder will seek and identify business with ideas and ambitions to succeed on a global scale at pace.

This contract is funded through Innovate UK until 31 March 2025.

**2. THE KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY**
- To provide innovation and business advice to a portfolio of growth and scale clients.
- To make a significant contribution to the development of competitiveness of East Midlands businesses across the UK and global markets.
- Acting as a strategic coach and mentor to SME clients to support them in developing their own long-term growth and innovation commercialisation plans.
- Providing an account management function for the delivery of business support services, that enable clients to enhance their innovation management capacity.
- Using business analysis tools to review client needs and provide tailored support through Innovate UK EDGE services and wider Ecosystem of business support.
- Focusing on supporting the most ambitious, high-growth potential innovative SMEs to benefit from national and global opportunities.
- Providing information and guidance on exploit innovation. Signposting or referring to professional support as required.

**3. IDEALLY APPLICANTS WILL POSSESS**
- Demonstratable experience as a coach, mentor, critical friend and champion for businesses.
- Experience in UK Government Future Economies is vital, as is a knowledge and understanding of investment raising.
- Business experience at a senior level within the high growth and R&D business environment.
- Strategic and management or consultancy experience in the commercialising of ideas, including IP, access to investment finance and internationalisation.
- Assessing risk through analysis of business plans, financial accounts, and other supporting information.
- Interpreting outputs of business diagnostic and benchmarking tools, developing action plans to support growth and scale.
- Critical appraisal of bids for innovation funding.
- Understanding of the business support landscape together with funding and support available through Innovate UK.

**4. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN RETURN**

8% company pension contribution - 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time) - Your Birthday off and an extra day of leave after 5 and 10 years' service

Agile working practices and dress for the day policy - Westfield Health cash plan and other discounts after 3-months - Death in service benefit - Recognition and engagement schemes

Two Corporate Social Responsibility days per year (volunteering activity) - Recognition and engagement schemes - Access to tax-free childcare and Bike2Work scheme - Learning and development opportunities

Flexibility to take unpaid leave, paid study leave and special leave for territorial army - Employee social events - Special leave for bereavement, compassionate leave and dependent related time off

**5. HOW TO APPLY**

If you have an enthusiastic approach to your work and feel you could make a significant contribution to our organisation, we would like to hear from you.

**6. COMPANY STATEMENT**

The Chamber is open to exploring agile working opportunities which benefit both the individual and the business. The business is dedicated to retaining talent and therefore it may decide to prioritise and support internal applicants during recruitment exercises. All applicants are required to disclose any unspent convictions or cautions and company director disqualifications in their covering letter.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract

**Salary**: £42,500.00-£45,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- No weekends

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leicester



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