Innovation Adviser

Location: Medway Campus

Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed term until March 2025

Interview date: To be confirmed

Greenwich Research and Innovation (GRI) is the University’s central unit providing high quality support to the academic community to assist in the delivery of the ambitious Research and Knowledge Exchange (R&KE) sub-strategy within the University’s Strategy 2030. GRI is structured to support all aspects of the project cycle from identifying relevant funding opportunities right through to maximising the impact from the University’s activities.  

The role is a key business facing position as a member of the Innovate UK EDGE team to deliver specialist advice, coaching, and business support to help eligible clients to achieve their innovation and internationalisation based growth objectives. The adviser will be expected to identify suitable SMEs, to undertake in depth analyses and diagnostic assessments with them and to design and deliver bespoke packages of support in line with the project requirements. 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact [email protected]  

Should you have any recruitment related queries please contact the People Directorate Operations Team on [email protected]  

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich  and information on the university’s working principles: Working Principles and Guidelines | Documents | University of Greenwich

To apply, please visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage)

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

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