Innovation Sector Lead

3 weeks ago

Warwick, United Kingdom CHAP - Crop Health and Protection Full time

**Contract**: Permanent**:
**Hours**: Full Time**:
**Reports to**: Innovation Sector Team Lead**:
**Location**: York / Harpenden / Warwick**:
**Salary**: Dependent upon experience**:
Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) Ltd is one of four UK Agri-Tech Centres launched under BEIS supported by Innovate UK in 2015. As a unique, independent nexus between UK government, researchers and industry, CHAP builds innovation networks to identify and accelerate the development of cutting-edge solutions to drive transformative change in sustainable crop productivity to deliver unparalleled economic and societal benefits for all.

**Overall Job Purpose/Role**:
This role will report to the Innovation Sector Team Lead and support continued development of a successful and growing CR&D programme at CHAP. The post holder will provide Research, Field and Digital Agronomy expertise to CHAP and support the delivery of strategic priorities in both the short and long term. This will include liaising with CHAP Partners, Members and External Stakeholders to enhance networks, build consortia and write bids, drawing upon your technical expertise and working collaboratively with the Innovation and wider CHAP teams to secure income for CHAP.

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**:
You will undertake the following responsibilities:

- Create and develop partnership and consortium networks with CHAP partners and wider community.
- Proactively research and engage with the sector to understand current opportunities and challenge.
- Acts as the key point of contact for CHAP capabilities associated with role.
- Act as a key scientific/technical point of contact for CHAP.
- Raise awareness of CHAP and its capabilities.
- Provide relevant documentation and reports internally.
- Produce briefing documents and presentations as required for colleagues, Board and wider audience.
- Assist with appropriate reporting to the Innovation, Operational, Commercial teams and Monitoring Officer as required.
- Participate in company training and skill enhancement programmes as required.
- Attend and represent CHAP at events nationally and internationally as required.
- Ensure compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

**Skills, Experience and Behaviours**:
**Essential**:

- Experience of working in academia and/or commercial environments.
- Degree level qualification in Biology/Agriculture/Agronomy/Soil Science fields.
- Clear understanding and experience of U.K. and international funding programs available including Innovate UK, UKRI, EU and charitable bodies.
- Have project management skills facilitating end-to-end delivery of projects from design stage to evaluation and monitoring
- Be confident in developing professional networks and liaising with both internal and external stakeholders to gather strategic information to support effective decision-making
- Effectively plan and manage workload
- Able to work to tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Independent thinker - able to take the lead
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team
- Excellent presentation skills (written and oral) with ability to engage with stakeholders at any level.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office packages
- The ability to represent CHAP nationally or internationally as required.
- Full UK driving licence

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