Innovation Grant Consultant

TBAT is looking for someone to join the expansion of its Grant Funding team. You will be joining a fast-developing company and as such, you will have the opportunity to play a key part in the continued growth of the business.

You will lead and support high-quality end-to-end proposal development and bid process activities, with a goal to deliver on-time and compliant submissions. This will include structuring, developing, researching and writing grant funding bids into (for example) a number of Innovate UK, BEIS, SBRI, DfT and European schemes.

The role is client-facing and relies on your ability to deal with senior technical people on a one-to-one basis, conducting structured interviews and the writing of high-quality technical reports.

This is a great opportunity if you’re looking for a chance to take a stimulating role working with clients and in collaboration with a team-based and consultancy environment.

**Responsibilities**
- Lead and support high-quality end-to-end proposal development and bid process activities, with a goal to deliver on-time and compliant bid submissions.
- Understanding and definition of R&D projects and expenditure through participation in technical discussions with clients
- Assessment of projects in line with grant guidelines
- Writing compelling technical and commercial content to bring out the key factors of client projects to inform the grant bid
- Developing own knowledge and skills in grant funding, to keep fully up to date and continue to improve
- Interaction with clients' technical and engineering staff in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the project and identify how aspects of projects meet the grant guidelines
- Support business development team members in grant prospect assessment and qualification
- Review written work across the organisation for accuracy and relevance
- Assist in creating, standardising and implementing reporting and proposal-writing templates and tools for timely and organised management of grant writing projects
- Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications team on the development of engaging and informative content

**Qualifications, skills and experience**
- A demonstrable technical knowledge and experience of writing grant bids
- Adept at translating technical conversation into clear, concise and compelling documents
- Exceptional writing and proofing skills and the ability to work with a broad range of people
- Strong organisational skills including multi-tasking, prioritising, planning, and effective time management
- Ability to interact readily with other technical professionals, have outstanding interpersonal skills and excel in eloquence and concise summary of information
- Strong attention to detail and first-time accuracy is essential
- Aptitude for dealing with technological challenges faced by industry professionals, such as engineering design, the development or improvement of manufacturing processes, development of new products and improvement to existing products
- Project management skills and client relationship-building abilities
- Comfortable working in a close team
- Creative thinker, independent worker, and a self-starter
- English fluency required

**Salary**: £30,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- grant writing: 1 year (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Derby

Reference ID: Innovation Grant Consultant