Knowledge Transfer Manager – Design

Purpose of the Role

As a key member of the Innovate UK Design in Innovation team, your purpose will be to manage assets and materials which support the effective communication about our work with internal and external stakeholders. This will include data visualisation, design frameworks and toolkits, as well as slide decks and reporting templates, ensuring that they are engaging, accessible and up to date.

Demonstrating both creative and technical design skillsets, you will be responsible for liaising with all team members on their respective portfolios of work and the combined team’s activity. You will leverage this skillset to support the team’s demonstration of effective development, delivery and impact of specific programmes of work. You will work closely with the Head of Design and team colleagues to compile and visualise data on these programmes and their stakeholders, developing accessible intelligence for dissemination both internally and externally.

Using your in-depth knowledge of design skills and tools, you will tailor these assets for their respective audience. You will build and consult with a broad network of communications, design and innovation colleagues from across the Innovate UK and UKRI ecosystems, leveraging from that network valuable insight for the Design in Innovation Team’s strategy.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead on creative development of data and communications assets, supporting colleagues’ ability to demonstrate clearly activity within their portfolio.
• Be a team member who supports innovation and business growth through incentivising the use of design, in particular leading the ongoing delivery of the objectives of Innovate UK’s Strategic Delivery Plan.
• Work with senior leaders (internally and externally) to think and act innovatively and creatively, especially with regards to the role of design in innovation.
• Work with your Head of Team to translate delivery and impact data into accessible and actionable insight.
• Deliver key business metrics agreed with your line manager, and to track progress, capturing outcomes and success stories.
• Engage businesses with UKRI assets (including Catapults and Research Centres) and engage with business communities through our networks and sector development growth projects.

Experience & Skills

Essential Experience

• Deep understanding of creative and digital design appropriate for the development of engaging assets relevant to innovation across multiple sectors, technology areas and challenge themes.
• Knowledge of innovation processes and design in innovation.
• Knowledge of the publicly funded grant landscape: its strategies, opportunities and constraints.
• Capturing, visualising and analysing the outcomes and impacts of design in innovation activities and projects.

Desirable Experience

• Experience in business environments that span a range of functions including R&D, innovation and business development and growth.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and delivering programmes of activity.

Essential Skills

• Creative and technical design experience, with a focus on dynamic data visualisation.
• Track record in knowledge transfer and innovation, demonstrating the impact of such experience.
• An ability to switch between strategic and operational levels of thinking and delivery quickly and seamlessly.
• Curiosity and openness to changes and learning.
• Team player with good relationship building and influencing skills; enjoys working in a collaborative manner in an open, honest, and diverse environment.
• Adept at influencing and persuading.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate confidently and build effective relationships.
• Results orientated and demonstrated delivery capability including for complex projects. Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively across multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders, explaining complicated matters simply.
• Ability to deliver outcomes to agreed expectations and timelines.
• High level of IT literacy.

Desirable Skills

• Confidence in working with (and stimulating) senior leaders to act innovatively and creatively.
• Commercially aware – acting on information to improve strategies (internally and externally).
• Adaptability and openness to work in new emerging business niches and across other relevant business sectors.

Benefits & how to apply

• This role has a salary of £30,272 to £32,212
• 28 days annual leave plus 10.5 bank and public holidays
• Enhanced Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Wider Wallet employee benefits high street discounts scheme
• Opportunities for continuous professional development as part of our Talent & Development Programme

This advert will close on Wednesday 15th May though some circumstances may require us to close earlier, so early application is advised.

First stage interviews will be held w/c 20th May

Second stage interviews will be held w/c 27th May

Please apply by submitting a tailored cover letter outlining your suitability with specifics relating to the requirements of the role, and your CV outlining your experience.

The postholder will be home based (UK) with UK travel.

Applicants must have the existing and ongoing right to work in the UK without restrictions as sponsorship for visas is not provided. Unfortunately, owing to the high number of applications received, we can only provide feedback to applicants selected for interview.

Should you wish to discuss this opportunity further, please contact the Recruitment Team by email to: recruitment@iuk.ktn-uk.org.

Innovate UK Business Connect strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can all be ourselves. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry: people of colour, LGBTQ+ community, women, disabled people, people of any age or family status. We know that diversity makes us stronger and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive, and ensures everyone can be heard and valued for their contributions.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to removing barriers for individuals with conditions, illnesses or disabilities and we will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, and in their future role.

If you would like to request any reasonable adjustment, for any part of the recruitment process (including application), please let us know by emailing: recruitment@iuk.ktn-uk.org.

About Innovate UK Business Connect

We connect ideas, people, and communities to drive innovation that changes lives.

Innovation is complex. The journey from idea to market is not straightforward and requires a diverse range of know-how, investment, market knowledge and research. Innovate UK Business Connect exists to connect innovators with new partners and new opportunities beyond their existing thinking – accelerating ambitious ideas into real-world solutions.

The future holds both challenges and opportunities. We are passionate about working with innovative businesses to overcome these challenges and shape the opportunities and solutions that follow.

Our vision is to create a network of innovators so powerful its ideas will change the world.

While business is at the heart of our work, our diverse connections span government, funders, research and the third sector. This unrivalled overview and connectivity enable us to be a trusted guide through a complex global landscape of research, development, and innovation.