Business Alliance Officer

The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre is looking for a Business Alliance Officer to establish and develop strategic relationships and partnerships between AMIC and the business community, leading the writing and submission of collaborative grant applications.

You will work collaboratively with industry, technology providers, national technology centres, and academia to secure key partnerships and projects focused on advanced manufacturing activities.

Our mission is to provide you with the environment to innovate and create impact - for business and society, in Northern Ireland and globally.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject area e.g. Engineering, Manufacturing, Engineering/Technology Management, ICT with significant recent and relevant experience OR minimum HND in a related discipline with extensive recent and relevant experience.
• Demonstrable recent and relevant experience of working successfully and collaboratively within an industrial or university-based research environment.
• Proven recent and relevant experience of managing relationships and project management in a collaborative context.
• Evidenced experience of working with the business community successfully delivering socio-economic outcomes.
• An understanding of the processes involved in compiling grant/contract bids.

Please note the above is not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria visit our webiste.

This post will be appointed for 3 years in the first instance. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

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