Innovation Lead – Agriculture x 2
| Posting date: | 18 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £47,000 to £55,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | *This post also includes up to 10% Performance Related Pay per annum. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2024 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Innovate UK |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | JR3575 |
Summary
Context:
The UK Agriculture sector is a broad and highly dispersed industry, spanning horticulture, aquaculture, livestock, food and crops. Agriculture is the bedrock of the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, food and drink, which contributes over £120 billion to the country’s economy. Collaboration and strong relationships across the breadth of the UK’s agricultural industries, research, UKRI and government are critical to driving the much-needed innovations to ensure this industry continues to thrive.
At Innovate UK and within the Healthy Living and Agriculture Domain, the Agri-food team is responsible for significant (over £300M 22/23 to 24/25) innovation funding (that includes IUK core funding and substantial managed programme in partnership with DEFRA, the latter being in addition to our relationship with our sponsoring department DSIT. Regardless of the funding origin, the Agrifood programmes are focused on driving economic performance and the environmental sustainability of the sector. Developing new funding programmes as well as delivering impact from our current portfolio are key outcomes.
Job Purpose:
As an Innovation Lead you will be responsible for developing and delivering a vital range of interventions to support agri-food businesses to innovate and to help grow the UK economy, response to industrial challenges and commercial opportunities.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Collaborating in the development and promotion of our strategy in Agri-Food based on a good understanding of relevant industries and technologies and wider innovation infrastructure
• Designing, developing, and delivering funding competitions and other business support interventions for the agriculture sector, working effectively with the internal and external stakeholders to achieve a successful outcome
• Maintaining technical oversight for a portfolio of projects, tracking progress to ensure desired outcomes are achieved and ensuring that project challenges and successes are understood, captured and escalated as necessary
• Supporting funded projects to maximise the impact of our investment
• Developing relationships with business and innovators to create a deep understanding of opportunities from, and barriers to innovation in the sector
• Ensuring that UK activity is set in an international context and recognises regional strengths across the UK
• Working with Innovate UK and UKRI colleagues and networks on decisions made in your specialist area, to ensure they make sense in the context of the broader organisation, strategically and operationally
• Representing Innovate UK at leading industry events, raising awareness of innovation opportunities and successes
This is not an exhaustive list and the post-holder might be expected to undertake any other duties across the wider directorate, commensurate with the Band and level of responsibility of this post, for which the post holder has the necessary experience and/or training.
The UK Agriculture sector is a broad and highly dispersed industry, spanning horticulture, aquaculture, livestock, food and crops. Agriculture is the bedrock of the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, food and drink, which contributes over £120 billion to the country’s economy. Collaboration and strong relationships across the breadth of the UK’s agricultural industries, research, UKRI and government are critical to driving the much-needed innovations to ensure this industry continues to thrive.
At Innovate UK and within the Healthy Living and Agriculture Domain, the Agri-food team is responsible for significant (over £300M 22/23 to 24/25) innovation funding (that includes IUK core funding and substantial managed programme in partnership with DEFRA, the latter being in addition to our relationship with our sponsoring department DSIT. Regardless of the funding origin, the Agrifood programmes are focused on driving economic performance and the environmental sustainability of the sector. Developing new funding programmes as well as delivering impact from our current portfolio are key outcomes.
Job Purpose:
As an Innovation Lead you will be responsible for developing and delivering a vital range of interventions to support agri-food businesses to innovate and to help grow the UK economy, response to industrial challenges and commercial opportunities.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Collaborating in the development and promotion of our strategy in Agri-Food based on a good understanding of relevant industries and technologies and wider innovation infrastructure
• Designing, developing, and delivering funding competitions and other business support interventions for the agriculture sector, working effectively with the internal and external stakeholders to achieve a successful outcome
• Maintaining technical oversight for a portfolio of projects, tracking progress to ensure desired outcomes are achieved and ensuring that project challenges and successes are understood, captured and escalated as necessary
• Supporting funded projects to maximise the impact of our investment
• Developing relationships with business and innovators to create a deep understanding of opportunities from, and barriers to innovation in the sector
• Ensuring that UK activity is set in an international context and recognises regional strengths across the UK
• Working with Innovate UK and UKRI colleagues and networks on decisions made in your specialist area, to ensure they make sense in the context of the broader organisation, strategically and operationally
• Representing Innovate UK at leading industry events, raising awareness of innovation opportunities and successes
This is not an exhaustive list and the post-holder might be expected to undertake any other duties across the wider directorate, commensurate with the Band and level of responsibility of this post, for which the post holder has the necessary experience and/or training.