Head of Regional Commercialisation Programmes

The Role and Department

Both the SCENE and Northern Accelerator programmes are led and hosted by Durham University on behalf of the North East universities. The Director of Economic Development, Commercialisation and Policy (the Director of EDCP) at Durham University is the Accountable Officer for the programmes and the lead sponsor on behalf of the Business and Innovation Group of UNEE.

The Role

The Head of Regional Commercialisation Programmes will report to the Director of EDCP at Durham University, and support and report to the SCENE Management Group which includes Director level leads from the five Universities, and will be responsible for the delivery, integration and ongoing development of this group of programmes. The postholder will also liaise closely with the structures supporting the new University Commercialisation and Spin Out fund.

Looking forward, the postholder will work with the five Universities and the wider network of strategic partners to develop new opportunities to promote successful Research Commercialisation

The postholder will lead and bring together the core team currently supporting the Northern Accelerator programme alongside new staff appointed through the SCENE programme ensuring close integration in delivering the objectives of the programmes. This will include the postholders appointed within each of the five institutions to support these programmes.

The postholder will be responsible to the Director of EDCP and the Management Group for the effective management and development of the resources available for delivering the programmes, taking into account the requirements and expectations of funders and drawing on best practice from within the partner institutions and the wider university sector.

An illustration of the UNEE Governance Structures and SCENE Staffing Structures will be available here.

The Department

The postholder and the Durham based members of the Team of staff will sit within Durham University’s Research and Innovation Services (RIS) team. RIS is a professional services directorate at the heart of Durham University.

We provide expertise, leadership and support to academics and professional colleagues across the University for all research, research-related, knowledge exchange and economic development activities. Our aim is to strengthen Durham’s role at the leading-edge of research and innovation, inspiring extraordinary change across the world and in our region. Our vision is to facilitate world-leading research and knowledge exchange through a high-performing, high-quality service.

The team is based in our exciting new professional services hub at Boldon House, which is located on the outskirts of Durham near the Arnison Centre in Pity Me. Boldon House brings professional services teams together across the University in a vibrant office environment which supports collaborative working and is designed to embrace hybrid working.

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