Technology Transfer Strategic Partner

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 232857**Salary**:

- £49,075 - £56,350**Grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- BEIS - Science, Innovation & Growth - Government Office for Tech Transfer**Type of role**:

- Strategy**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

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- Cardiff, SalfordAbout the job

**Summary**:
**Our Mission**

At BEIS, we are leading the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission

We lead on the UK’s commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.

**Our Inclusive Environment**

We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

**Job description**:

- Do you enjoy identifying and developing new opportunities for commercialisation and knowledge transfer? Are you successful at building relationships? Would you like to play a key role in boosting the exploitation of public sector innovations and driving forward cultural change? Are you looking to develop your career in new and exciting ways? If so, this role could be for you
- The UK’s public sector is a thriving source of innovation. BEIS has established a new unit, the Government Office for Tech Transfer (GOTT), to support public sector organisations to unlock the potential to deliver benefits and returns of that innovation through the development and exploitation of knowledge assets (KAs). Exploitation routes include commercialisation or wider adoption within UK government departments. The outcomes are similar - delivering benefit for the UK economy and society.
- KAs are non-physical assets such as intellectual property, skills, know-how, data and R&D outputs. These are key elements of a 2021 report (“Getting Smarter: a strategy for knowledge and innovation assets in the public sector”), and part of an HMG priority to boost productivity and bring UK inventions into the economy. GOTT aims to deliver a step change in the management and exploitation of KAs, working with central government departments and their arm’s length bodies and providing specialist support.
- GOTT is a multi-disciplinary team that includes policy and technology transfer expertise. To support KA development, we manage a specialised grant fund and have access to a dedicated seed fund. We value the diverse experience and skills within our team which are necessary to deliver on the ambitious government agenda, and which make GOTT an interesting and exciting place to work.**Responsibilities**:
We are appointing a Grade 7 Technology Transfer Strategic Partner (TTSP) to join the TT Strategic Partnerships team in GOTT. The TTSP will collaborate closely with public sector organisations (scientific and non-scientific) to improve their understanding and awareness of KA management and, in turn, unlock potential value, helping to create a more entrepreneurial culture. This includes supporting exploitation (as a lead, or as an advisor), to drive tangible outcomes and enhance awareness and capability across the public sector. As a TTSP, you will join a relatively new team and play your part in creating a new model to deliver KA exploitation outcomes across the public sector.

You will work across a range of public sector organisations (our “clients”) to:

- Support KA strategy development and provide advice on KA management specific to each organisation within your portfolio.
- Closely collaborate with clients to seek out opportunities for KA exploitation and actively support the next steps to do this, including help in developing KAs for commercial markets and/or wider adoption e.g. across government departments.
- Identify gaps in currently available support, and signpost to other support mechanisms where additional specialist expertise is required.
- Engage with external partners including professional service providers, potential customers and investors.
- Support the organisations in your po