Innovation Lead - Rail (Maternity Cover)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £56,745 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 03 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Swindon, Wiltshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Yn gyfan gwbl o bell |
| Cwmni: | Innovate UK |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | JR4171 |
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The Team:
The role holder will provide maternity leave cover for an important member of the Rail team within the team at Innovate UK. Responsible for delivering Rail Innovation programmes on behalf of the Department for Transport, and others as required, and directly supporting the rail industry, a critical component in the Nation’s transport infrastructure. This role delivers an opportunity to make a significant difference to the capability of the rail industry.
Job Purpose:
As an Innovation Lead, the role holder will work with others to deliver rail innovation programmes.
This includes working closely with funders and other key stakeholders to develop strategic interventions in response to industry challenges and commercial opportunities.
The role holder will ensure the portfolio of projects and programmes deliver successfully and to budget and help demonstrate impact and highlight success stories from the intervention.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Build and maintain strong relationships with funders of rail innovation including the Department for Transport and other partners such as Network Rail and HS2
Be an Innovate UK ‘expert’ for innovation in rail, supporting the translation of rail policy and industry strategy into funding interventions that deliver the desired impact
Scope, plan and deliver activities which support the rail portfolio, the organisations involved and our funders as to maximise the rail team’s value proposition.
Proactively manage the portfolio of live rail projects maintaining demonstrable control including appropriate reporting to funders and other key stakeholders
Understanding the financial forecasts of the portfolio and support the accurate programme level forecast, managing this against budget
Support project participants to maximise their return on investment during and after project completion
Develop robust evidence of the value if the investment including developing success stories, and support impact analysis with economists
Build strong relationships with relevant bodies and networks such as businesses, trade associations, Catapults, government departments and agencies, private investors, regulatory bodies and research organisations.
Represent Innovate UK and UKRI at leading industry events, raising awareness of the innovation opportunities that exist through the fund and connect activities.
Contribute to the wider implementation of Innovate UK and UKRI strategy; supporting colleagues in the implementation of their programmes where appropriate
This is not an exhaustive list and you might be encouraged 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 key experience and/or training.
Shortlisting criteria
(S) – Assessed at shortlisting
(I) – Assessed at interview
(S&I) – Assessed at both shortlisting and interview
Person Specification:
This position requires a person with commercial awareness who can manage competing priorities and a complex stakeholder environment.The post holder will need to make sense of multiple data sources, to establish underlying patterns and articulate a clear and compelling vision of what needs to be done. They will require excellent prioritisation skills and an underlying ability for end-to-end programme management.They are expected to lead the thinking in their particular area of domain expertise, inputting to the creation and implementation of national strategies where appropriate. They should be confident in developing senior industry and government engagements but work equally well in a highly cooperative way with internal Innovate UK staff and wider field-based teams. A good team player, willing to share knowledge on resource efficiency with others and to learn from them.Able to self-start and take proactive steps when needed to deliver for a technical and demanding sector.
Experience & Qualifications:
Essential –
Degree level in relevant science, engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience) (S)
Strong business experience, having worked in and/or with business (S&I)
Up-to-date and broad knowledge of innovation in rail (S&I)
Experience of working across technology fields and the wider industrial landscape in the UK. (S&I)
Familiarity with the wider research environment. (S&I)
Demonstrable stakeholder management experience, including working with senior level individuals managing conflicting demands and priorities and building relationships (I)
Demonstrable influencing skills, influencing groups of stakeholders towards a desired outcome, ideally in an international setting (I)
Demonstrable programme and/or management experience and record of programme delivery (S&I)
Skills –
Ability to think and act strategically. (I)
High degree of organisational ability and attention to detail. (I)
Ability to prioritize multiple often competing tasks (I)
Ability to think strategically, but deliver operationally (I)
IT competency. (S)
Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to present to a wide range of audiences. (I)
Excellent interpersonal skills. (I)
Capable of working unsupervised with the ability to prioritise and multitask (S&I)
The role holder will provide maternity leave cover for an important member of the Rail team within the team at Innovate UK. Responsible for delivering Rail Innovation programmes on behalf of the Department for Transport, and others as required, and directly supporting the rail industry, a critical component in the Nation’s transport infrastructure. This role delivers an opportunity to make a significant difference to the capability of the rail industry.
Job Purpose:
As an Innovation Lead, the role holder will work with others to deliver rail innovation programmes.
This includes working closely with funders and other key stakeholders to develop strategic interventions in response to industry challenges and commercial opportunities.
The role holder will ensure the portfolio of projects and programmes deliver successfully and to budget and help demonstrate impact and highlight success stories from the intervention.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Build and maintain strong relationships with funders of rail innovation including the Department for Transport and other partners such as Network Rail and HS2
Be an Innovate UK ‘expert’ for innovation in rail, supporting the translation of rail policy and industry strategy into funding interventions that deliver the desired impact
Scope, plan and deliver activities which support the rail portfolio, the organisations involved and our funders as to maximise the rail team’s value proposition.
Proactively manage the portfolio of live rail projects maintaining demonstrable control including appropriate reporting to funders and other key stakeholders
Understanding the financial forecasts of the portfolio and support the accurate programme level forecast, managing this against budget
Support project participants to maximise their return on investment during and after project completion
Develop robust evidence of the value if the investment including developing success stories, and support impact analysis with economists
Build strong relationships with relevant bodies and networks such as businesses, trade associations, Catapults, government departments and agencies, private investors, regulatory bodies and research organisations.
Represent Innovate UK and UKRI at leading industry events, raising awareness of the innovation opportunities that exist through the fund and connect activities.
Contribute to the wider implementation of Innovate UK and UKRI strategy; supporting colleagues in the implementation of their programmes where appropriate
This is not an exhaustive list and you might be encouraged 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 key experience and/or training.
Shortlisting criteria
(S) – Assessed at shortlisting
(I) – Assessed at interview
(S&I) – Assessed at both shortlisting and interview
Person Specification:
This position requires a person with commercial awareness who can manage competing priorities and a complex stakeholder environment.The post holder will need to make sense of multiple data sources, to establish underlying patterns and articulate a clear and compelling vision of what needs to be done. They will require excellent prioritisation skills and an underlying ability for end-to-end programme management.They are expected to lead the thinking in their particular area of domain expertise, inputting to the creation and implementation of national strategies where appropriate. They should be confident in developing senior industry and government engagements but work equally well in a highly cooperative way with internal Innovate UK staff and wider field-based teams. A good team player, willing to share knowledge on resource efficiency with others and to learn from them.Able to self-start and take proactive steps when needed to deliver for a technical and demanding sector.
Experience & Qualifications:
Essential –
Degree level in relevant science, engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience) (S)
Strong business experience, having worked in and/or with business (S&I)
Up-to-date and broad knowledge of innovation in rail (S&I)
Experience of working across technology fields and the wider industrial landscape in the UK. (S&I)
Familiarity with the wider research environment. (S&I)
Demonstrable stakeholder management experience, including working with senior level individuals managing conflicting demands and priorities and building relationships (I)
Demonstrable influencing skills, influencing groups of stakeholders towards a desired outcome, ideally in an international setting (I)
Demonstrable programme and/or management experience and record of programme delivery (S&I)
Skills –
Ability to think and act strategically. (I)
High degree of organisational ability and attention to detail. (I)
Ability to prioritize multiple often competing tasks (I)
Ability to think strategically, but deliver operationally (I)
IT competency. (S)
Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to present to a wide range of audiences. (I)
Excellent interpersonal skills. (I)
Capable of working unsupervised with the ability to prioritise and multitask (S&I)