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Job Vacancy - Project and Incubation (Regional) Director
Job Vacancy - Project and Incubation (Regional) Director
Oxford Innovation Ltd
4 Days a week
Wellingborough
Oxford Innovation (OI) is seeking a Regional Director to play a key role in the development of a cluster of six Innovation Centres in Wellingborough, Harborough and Nottinghamshire. This role will lead on regional development for Oxford Innovation in the region around Wellingborough and Market Harborough and will work in partnership with the Regional Director based in Barnsley to support the centres in Nottinghamshire (Worksop, Mansfield and Newark).
The successful candidate will have a a strong marketing and business development record, solid background and experience in a relevant science or technology sector, and proven ability to win and lead work from clients in the field of innovation management.
The role will be based at Wollaston, Wellingborough where we are managing a small innovation centre on the Scott Bader campus. Growing and developing this relationship (account management) will be a key component of the role.
About the Company:
Headquartered in Oxford, Oxford Innovation provides a range of services to innovative businesses, including start-ups, SMEs and large corporations. We are the UK’s leading operator of Innovation Centres, run Investment Networks that link investors with businesses seeking funding and deliver a comprehensive range of Innovation Services to ambitious, technology-intensive companies across the UK.
Our Business and Innovation Centres division operates a network of centres that provide flexible office and laboratory space and business support services to companies throughout the UK.Our clients are start-ups, high growth SMEs, investors and also public sector organisations that contract with us to deliver innovation centres and programmes to business.
Reporting to: Marketing and IC Development Director
Key Deliverables:
- Develop and actively engage with a strong network of economic development contacts within the region. Promote and develop the Innovation centre offer through this network
- Provision of high quality, credible business incubation support to client and virtual companies at the innovation centres, signposting to external provision as appropriate
- Working with the centre teams to ensure the innovation centres exceed revenue, economic development and enterprise targets
- Working with partners, ensure that a programme of relevant sector events is held at the innovation centres
- Proactively promote and market Oxford Innovation and SQW Group
- Demonstrate that businesses are more successful as a result of the package of support from the Innovation Centre offer provided by Oxford Innovation
- Build a strong alumni network for companies that have successfully graduated from the Innovation Centres
- Seek and secure new business opportunities for the operation of business and innovation centres in the East Midlands
Tasks and Responsibilities:
Business development
- Building upon existing capability, expertise and contacts take strategic leadership of business development for Oxford Innovation in the East Midlands
- Build the Scott Bader relationship from a small Innovation Centre to private sector, research based, Science Park. If successful this will be an exemplar for developing relationships with other major corporates.
- Build and leverage networks in key strategic sectors and markets
- Leading the preparation of high quality proposals
Marketing/promotion
- Contributing to the Innovation Centre marketing activities
- Proactively seeking opportunities to promote Oxford Innovation and the Innovation centres, e.g. presentations at high profile events
Project management
- Compiling quarterly monitoring and management reports to clients and attending review meetings with other senior managers in Oxford Innovation
- Writing professional, high quality reports
- Dealing with client and centre issues confidentially with an awareness of political sensitivities
Other
- Managing interfaces with other teams within SQW Group, in particular Innovation Services and SQW Consulting in Leeds, Manchester and Cambridge
- Active and enthusiastic contribution to the development of OI’s Business and Innovation Centres Division and the wider SQW Group
Person specification:
- Wide range of experience within business support and economic development
- A passion for innovation and technology
- Strong personal networks and well developed relationship building skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong analytical and writing capabilities
- Extensive project management experience
- The ability to win and lead work from new and existing clients
Salary and benefits:
- Salary and bonus package of c£50,000 FTE per annum
- Life insurance 4x salary
- Permanent Health Insurance
- 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Flexible benefits package including
· Contributory pension
· Ability to increase or decrease amount of annual leave
· Private medical and dental insurance
· Childcare vouchers
· Bicycle purchase
· Charitable giving
- Friendly, informal and flexible working environment
How to apply:
If you are interested in applying, please email your CV and covering letter to oxfordrecruitment@sqwgroup.com by Friday 1 July 2011. Should you wish to have an informal discussion about the role before making your application, please email Joanne Willett, Marketing and IC Development Director, at j.willett@oxin.co.uk.
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