Innovation Manager - 34764

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About The Position

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don't just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment. This is a pivotal and high impact leadership opportunity ready for someone with a proven track record. You will be responsible making a success of innovation in the Chief Scientist’s Group (CSG). Based in the Environment and Business (E&B) Directorate, CSG leads on the provision of evidence and expertise to support national policy development and delivery for the Environment Agency. With a particular focus on monitoring innovation, you will have the experience, pace and determination to turn initial ideas into end-to-end proposals that can be tested and then adopted as the new way of doing things operationally. Your leadership will be vital to ensure effective coordination across the EA, particularly between national and local teams, and across science, policy and operations. You will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of an innovation pipeline for the Chief Scientists Group. By ensuring our research and development has real-world and practical application, you will be the strategic leader for scientific and technical innovation for significant parts of the Environment Agency. You will work closely with colleagues across the EA and across government and be responsible for the EA’s relationship with Defra’s Innovation Team. In collaboration with innovation colleagues in Floods and Coastal Management, you will also help to lead the EA’s relationship with external partners such as Innovate UK and the Catapult Network – leveraging opportunities to pilot, co-develop and ultimately implement innovations to support EA activities. Your role will be external facing, representing the EA and CSG with funding bodies, private sector organisations and across government.

Requirements

• Proven track record
• Experience, pace and determination to turn initial ideas into end-to-end proposals that can be tested and then adopted as the new way of doing things operationally
• Leadership will be vital to ensure effective coordination across the EA, particularly between national and local teams, and across science, policy and operations

Responsibilities

• Making a success of innovation in the Chief Scientist’s Group (CSG)
• Leading the development and implementation of an innovation pipeline for the Chief Scientists Group
• Strategic leader for scientific and technical innovation for significant parts of the Environment Agency
• Responsible for the EA’s relationship with Defra’s Innovation Team
• Help to lead the EA’s relationship with external partners such as Innovate UK and the Catapult Network
• Representing the EA and CSG with funding bodies, private sector organisations and across government

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed