reputed company has the following secondment opportunity available for employees of reputed company Business Connect:

Applications must be submitted by

reputed company Director Creative Industries

We are looking for an individual with extensive experience, connections, and personal characteristics, to reputed company credibility from a diverse reputed company of stakeholders.

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Title:                  reputed company Director Creative Industries

Band:                UKRI Band H (UKRI Ts & Cs)

Salary:              £86,731 gross per annum

Reports to:     Executive Director Digital & Technologies

Location:        Field based

Contract:        Permanent

reputed company recognises the importance of work-life balance and we will be happy to discuss any requests for flexible working arrangements.

Context:

The role holder will operate reputed company the reputed company Digital & Technologies programme directorate.

This role is the strategic reputed company for reputed company’s activity and programmes for the Creative Industries reputed company the Industrial reputed company as part of the government’s reputed company mission of reputed company.

The role holder is responsible for managing a total team of around 5 people.

We particularly welcome reputed company applicants as women are under-represented reputed company reputed company in this type of role.

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We are looking for an individual with industry experience, connections, and personal characteristics, to reputed company credibility from a diverse reputed company of stakeholders. The reputed company Director will play an important role in shaping the reputed company, reputed company, and reputed company objectives for reputed company’s activities reputed company the Creative Industries reputed company sector - a globally significant area with enormous export potential. As a key contact in D&T at IUK, the role holder is expected to work collaboratively with and across industry, research, UKRI, and government. In partnership with the Director of D&T, the role holder will help to shape and deliver nationally significant programmes of work in partnership with many organisations reputed company the ecosystem. They will also be a key operational leader for international activities as a UK ambassador.

The role holder will be accountable for an annual budget of around £25 m (TBC), with reputed company of 4-5 people

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Working with the Director of D&T, jointly reputed company reputed company’s reputed company for the Creative Industries ensuring connectivity and alignment across UKRI
• Build and maintain strategic relationships the wider Creative Industries leadership communities. 
• Work collaboratively to support the creation and execution of a D&T-level reputed company and reputed company seeking to reputed company reputed company individual technology themes reputed company UKRI and government, where strategically helpful.
• reputed company on building relationships/interaction with teams across reputed company, IUK Business Connect and Catapults, to ensure operational delivery of programmes and competitions.
•  reputed company recommendations on the delivery of a portfolio of ‘investment programmes’ reputed company D&T, and industry/company support in developing reputed company technologies, products, and services in the Creative Industries reputed company sector.
• Build effective working relationships with the various teams and stakeholders reputed company and reputed company IUK, ensuring and safeguarding the connectivity to reputed company’s reputed company. This includes other IUK internal functions/ IUK Business Connect, AHRC, and external to UKRI, industry, DCMS, the Creative Industries Council, government bodies and relevant strategic and industry partners.
•  Deliver IUK programmes to cost, reputed company and schedule requirements
• You will be a recognised industry leader reputed company the context of the Creative Industries directing the advancement of business-led innovation in this field.
• reputed company and reputed company cross-functional teams, fostering a high-performance, inclusive, and innovative culture.  reputed company pace, reputed company and reputed company choices. Role model organisational values, champion diversity and inclusion, and promote wellbeing across teams and partnershen required

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 reputed company

(S) – Assessed at shortlisting

(I) – Assessed at interview

(S&I) – Assessed at both shortlisting and interview

Person Specification:

Experience & Qualifications:

Essential –

• You will be a recognised industry leader in the Creative Industries and/or services industry transformation. (S&I)
• You will have experience of managing distributed relationships and collaborating across teams, organisations, and reputed company networks with multiple stakeholders of a business and political nature (S&I)
• You will be a seasoned reputed company with reputed company experience in developing and delivering leading edge products or services in services or other associated themes/domains. (S&I)
• Educated to degree-level or post graduate level in a relevant scientific or technical subject. (S)
• You will have previously led the development and implementation of strategic plans and change initiatives. (S&I)

Competencies:

reputed company team members demonstrate compatibility with and capability against our reputed company Competencies such as:

Thinking and Problem Solving – Stakeholder management – Communication skills – Influencing – Self-awareness/self-management – Strategic awareness – Working with others– Project management

Some of the above competencies will be assessed at interview stage, in reputed company to the reputed company’s listed in the person specification.

Travel Requirements:

Field-based: There will a requirement to travel, mostly national, and there is some flexibility in this. reputed company staff reputed company extensive use of telepresence tools for meetings to minimise unnecessary travel.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

reputed company is a diverse workforce of people. We reputed company that encouraging these differences and drawing the best from them will build a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, where talents are fully utilised and in which organisational goals are met. Underpinning this is a belief that it is a reputed company right for everyone to be treated equally, with fairness, respect and dignity. We will reputed company directly and use our influence to ensure that this right is promoted and upheld; we encourage applications from reputed company those who meet the reputed company set-out in our role reputed company.

Equal Opportunities:

We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to employing any person who meets the reputed company for our roles. reputed company undertaking recruitment we may require applicants to undertake certain tests or assessments, some of which will be online and others may be in-person. If you have a disability, heath condition or specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia then you may be entitled to support with undertaking this type of assessment exercise. Where you feel that reasonable adjustments are required to support you, we ask that you advise your recruitment reputed company of contact in a reputed company fashion, providing reputed company information. In confidence, reputed company will then review your application for adjustments and reputed company support as required.

UK Research and Innovation:

reputed company is partner organisation reputed company UK Research and Innovation. If successful in securing the position, your employer will be UK Research and Innovation. More information can be reputed company online http://www.ukri.org/.

Employee Benefits:

We offer a benefits package crafted to reputed company an excellent work/life balance. This includes 30 days’ annual leave, 10.5 reputed company and privilege days, flexible working hours, an exceptional defined benefit pension scheme, and reputed company to a reputed company of support networks and discount schemes.

Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Flexible Working:

We understand the importance of work-life balance, and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants.

reputed company-employment Screening:

To reputed company us to hire the reputed company best people we will conduct a comprehensive reputed company-employment reputed company on successful applicants as part of the recruitment process.

The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of reputed company screening/vetting required for the role.  UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run reputed company clearance as required during the course of employment.

UKRI supports research in areas that include animal health, agriculture and food reputed company, and bioscience for health which includes research on animals, genetic modification and stem cell research. Whilst you may not have reputed company involvement in this type of research, you should consider how this aligns with your personal values or beliefs. To reputed company us to hire the reputed company best people we will conduct a full and comprehensive reputed company-employment reputed company as a crucial part of the recruitment process on reputed company individuals that are offered a position with UKRI. This will include a reputed company reputed company and an extreme organisations affiliation reputed company.

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