Partnerships Junior Officer, Faculty of Natural Sciences

About the role

Would you like to be part of a successful team turning Imperial's research into inventions that tackle real-world problems? Join us and contribute to generating major impact across one of the World's leading universities.

Are you a highly motivated individual with a passion for research and technology? Do you have a background in natural sciences? Would you like to be introduced to industry partnerships and develop your career in successful creation and management of partnerships? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you, join us in supporting Imperial's industry partnerships activities.

Based in our Faculty of Natural Sciences , you will be supporting the Partnerships team. The main aim of the Partnerships Team is to maximise the impact of Imperial's academic discoveries by stimulating, identifying, managing and progressing opportunities to develop research and technologies through collaboration and commercialisation.

To deliver successfully its mission, the Partnerships team members need to demonstrate a thorough and up-to-date understanding of the College's expertise to respond quickly and effectively to relevant enquiries and opportunities. A sound awareness of the external environment - markets, technology/science trends, industry news - is also essential for designing and implementing the Partnerships team's engagement and commercialisation strategy.

You will gain experience of partnership creation and management. The main aim of our team is to maximise the impact of Imperial's academic research by stimulating, creating, managing, and progressing opportunities to develop research and technologies through collaboration and partnerships.

Imperial is a leader in industry-university collaborations and technology commercialisation and you will be an integral member of Imperial's Enterprise Division , working with leading global companies and our world class researchers to develop research and technologies through collaboration and commercialisation.

Imperial recognises and rewards collaboration and innovation. We take pride in bringing tangible benefits to society by making an impact in industry and encourage academics and research staff to work across departments, fields, and institutional boundaries to tackle industry challenges.

We bring businesses, researchers and students together in a flourishing entrepreneurial ecosystem, which you can be part of. Join us.

What you would be doing

As a service provider to the Faculty of Natural Sciences , the successful candidates will work alongside experienced professionals on the following activities:

• Supporting Partnerships Officers, Executives and Senior Executives in generating and managing collaborative research, education and translation opportunities with corporate partners, both directly funded and via public funders such as Research Councils, government departments, Innovate UK and the European Union
• Map internal expertise/capability in relevant areas specific to corporate opportunities e.g. within the sectors in areas of natural sciences.
• Market research, (e.g., monitoring of emerging trends, sector analysis and industrial organisations) to understand market strategies, research challenges and technical priorities, to support development of Faculty technologies
• Marketing, communication of University research capability and technology through creation of marketing material and planning of engagement activities (e.g., presentations, workshops, showcasing events)
• Draft communications to external partners, (e.g., industry, government etc) to publicise opportunities for engagement with Faculty led initiatives and external funding opportunities
• Assist with due diligence processes on existing and prospective industry partners
• Operate as an autonomous individual, managing own work activities without detailed and continuous supervision, to contribute to the achievement of Partnerships objectives and…