Specialist - Innovation and Collaborative Funding

Job description

Job title: Specialist (x3)
Team: Innovation, Collaboration and Funding 
Location: Any Scottish Enterprise Hub within Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh and Aberdeen (with home working options) 
Salary: £48,324
Hours: Full time
Status: Fixed term (24 months)
Closing date: 17 May 2024
Job ref no: R00492

Be part of building Scotland's future

Innovation, internationalisation and investment are key priorities for Scottish Enterprise as we look to build a thriving economy. Innovate UK Business Growth Services play a huge part in this. Join us and help drive innovation and growth in Scotland. 

The role

As part of the Innovation, Collaboration and Funding Specialist team you’ll identify ambitious, high-growth SMEs and support them to significantly grow and scale. You’ll help them raise grant funding and investment so they can commercialise their innovation and become investable. You’ll also help them get ready for investment and prepare themselves to reach growth potential.
 
As Innovation Ecosystem Specialist, collaboration is key. You’ll work with Innovate UK colleagues, British Business Bank regional colleagues and intermediaries, plus other key regional stakeholders. Making connections and joining the dots is how you help your clients navigate the local innovation, investment and growth support environment. You’ll get to know and draw heavily on Scottish Enterprise’s local and national partners, as well as working alongside accelerators, launchpads, and regional clusters.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Identifying ambitious innovation-orientated SMEs with the potential to scale
• Assessing the companies’ needs and introducing them to relevant Innovate UK growth products and Scottish Enterprise support
• Providing strategic funding and finance support for Innovate UK’s investment readiness and funding programmes
• Giving flexible support to meet the companies’ growth and scaling needs
• Connecting companies with the people and opportunities to accelerate growth in the UK and internationally
• Staying close to and supporting the national Innovate UK Business Growth “investability” pathway and the Innovate UK Scaleup Programme  
• Developing, delivering and facilitating capacity-building workshops to support high growth and scaling. This may include attending national and international conferences and exhibitions

Who we're looking for

You’ll have worked across strategic funding and understand the financial needs of innovative companies with high-growth potential. As a specialist, you’ll have expertise in funding and finance strategies for innovative companies with global potential. You’re an experienced project manager creating networks and building substantial relationships throughout your work.

Your skills, abilities and experience should include:

• Supporting companies to implement funding and finance strategies, including fund raising to support innovation
• Commercialising and launching new innovations
• Supporting companies to commercialise in a global market
• Developing, facilitating and delivering innovation capacity building support programmes
• Strong networking, business development and sales skills
• Good connections to national and international business support 

Life at Scottish Enterprise

As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they prefer so that they deliver as best they can, in support of our corporate plan.  

Find more information on our rewards and benefits including pay progression.

What we offer

If successful, you'll gain access to the following benefits: 

• Membership of the Scottish Enterprise Pension and Life Assurance Scheme – a pension based on your final pensionable salary, flexible retirement options and generous life assurance cover
• Up to 43 annual leave days a year (including public holidays), with the opportunity to buy additional holidays
• Flexible working arrangements
• A health cash plan
• Our Employee Retail Benefits Scheme
• Our Employee Assistance Scheme

How to apply

If you're interested in this role, complete your application form by Wednesday 8 May 2024.

Interview dates:

• Stage 1 – Wednesday 22 May 2024

Our values

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.

Apply now to keep building your future with us

At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process, but throughout your employment with us.

We have the following networks which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion: Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-Cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).