Impact and Partnership Development Manager

Clean Energy Engineering and Decarbonisation, Infrastructure and Built Environment, and Engineering Materials and Manufacturing.

The above 1.0 FTE post is immediately available on a permanent basis. The postholder will be a member of Exeter Innovation’s Sector Team based in Exeter.

Summary of the role

Exeter Innovation aims to bring a new focus to partnerships and collaborative working with external, non-university partners in the Southwest region, nationally and internationally and to drive place-based innovation. Its key aim is to secure significantly greater income and impact and significantly better outputs and outcomes from relationships with partners drawing on the University’s education, research and physical assets.

We are seeking a highly skilled IPDM Knowledge Exchange Manager to support the Data, Engineering and Physical Sciences sector teams helping to develop key sub-themes of Clean Energy Engineering and Decarbonisation, Infrastructure and Built Environment, and Engineering Materials and Manufacturing. This post is key to building collaborations that support research, development and innovation activities with commercial companies and stakeholders, and to work with funders and funding agencies. Work will include direct business support, market analysis, exploring funding opportunities, project development, client relationship management and support for academic teams in the preparation of research and other proposals.

Exeter will appeal if you wish to work in beautiful surroundings with plenty of opportunities for sporting and outdoor activities. The campus is a few minutes’ walk from Exeter city centre with its entertainment venues, shops and galleries.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 per cent of our research is of international quality and 47 per cent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

For further information, please contact Jim Grant, email J.A.T.Grant@exeter.ac.uk or telephone 07956146018.

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