LLSA Business Development Officer: University of Leicester

Vacancy ID: 5311
Location: Leicester
Department: Research and Enterprise
Vacancy terms: Full time, Fixed term until 30/06/2023
Salary details: Grade 6 £28,756 to £33,309 per annum (pro rata)
Hours per week: 37.5
Advert closes midnight on: 22 May 2022

 

About the role

The Leicester Life Sciences Accelerator (LLSA) is a three year, ERDF part-funded, business-focused applied life science research and innovation support programme. The LLSA's main objective is to provide businesses in the life sciences and healthcare sector with innovation support to promote knowledge exchange between clinicians, academics and local companies. By developing collaborative innovation projects to accelerate development and creating a clear route to market & funding for new products and services.

We are looking to recruit an LLSA Business Development Officer to lead and manage the successful delivery of practical innovation support from the University through the support programme. You will deliver a proportion of the ERDF and University outputs and outcomes on time and budget by supporting life science innovation activities and events to recruit relevant companies to deliver collaborative projects.

You will intensively support qualifying organisations on their innovation journey to introduce new products, services or new processes in collaboration with the University while actively promoting Knowledge Exchange opportunities internally and externally.

 

About you

You will have a proven ability to build strong and credible relationships with commercial partners, academic researchers and intermediaries at all levels and experience managing multi-stakeholder projects.

You will come with a broad range of research and technical skills that will support the delivery of innovation-focused projects, with the capability to devise and deliver workshops on specific innovation themes.

 

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to James Finney, LLSA Project Manager, by emailing james.finney@leicester.ac.uk.

We anticipate that interviews will take place during the week commencing 6th June 2022.

Applications for job share will be considered.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Salary: 
£28,756
£33,309
Closing date: 
Sunday, May 22, 2022
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