Senior Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• Shape the strategic direction and future evolution of IIF, identifying opportunities for expansion, replication and long-term sustainability.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior government and industry stakeholders.
• Translate programme insights into future propositions, policy recommendations and investment opportunities.
• Support the development of future funding opportunities and contribute to long-term pipeline development across Enterprise Support.
• Lead the successful delivery of the IIF programme, ensuring milestones, KPIs, budget and contractual commitments are achieved.
• Manage complex programme governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with funders, government departments, industry partners and delivery stakeholders.
• Provide leadership across programme workstreams, ensuring alignment between delivery, monitoring and evaluation, communications and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Partner with the Head of Enterprise Support (Transport) to shape the long-term Enterprise Support strategy, develop future propositions and identify opportunities for growth across transport innovation
• Identify and realise synergies across innovation programmes to maximise organisational impact.
• Lead and contribute to bids, proposals and commercial opportunities relevant to the Enterprise Support portfolio.
• Coach and support colleagues, demonstrating best practice in programme leadership and stakeholder management.
• Provide insight and leadership on emerging transport challenges, innovation trends and market opportunities, helping to inform organisational and sponsor strategy.
• Champion equity, diversity and inclusion across programme delivery and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties required to support the achievement of organisational objectives.
• Meet revenue targets.
• Spot opportunities.
• Contribute to bids and proposals.
• Increase client confidence in and credibility of CPC, manage sell ons and 2nd phase wins.
• Ensure CRM system is updated stakeholder contact and any account information including opportunity management.
• Scope and lead streams of work.
• Shape the planning and budgeting of work.
• Shape and design the deliverables.
• Manage the PMO and commercial control.
• Organise the work stream for the core and virtual team members.
• Provide excellence in delivery.
• Meet (or exceed) utilisation targets.
• Design and plan innovative and professional delivery.
• Develop senior client buy in across a range of stakeholders.
• Hold face off accountability at senior management levels.
• Update CRM system with contact of client information.
• Contribute profession/specialism into delivery and proposal development.
• Provide thought leadership.
• Work in profession virtual community.
• Provide learning opportunities.
• Maintain own professional development.
• Ensure an ethos of equity, inclusivity and diversity underpin your work activity, contribute to inclusive innovation across all Catapult activities.
• You may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties to support the Catapult in achieving its strategic outcomes and ensure effective business operations.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Act as a recognised leader within the transport innovation ecosystem, bringing together industry, government, investors and innovators to accelerate innovation adoption at scale.
• Exceptional programme leadership and delivery skills.
• Ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder programmes and partnerships.
• Strong strategic thinking and systems thinking capabilities.
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to operate effectively with senior government, industry and innovation stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness and experience contributing to business development activities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Ability to balance strategic oversight with hands-on delivery.
• Commitment to inclusive innovation, sustainability and collaborative working.
• Ability to work at pace within a dynamic innovation environment.
• Spark creative thinking across all tasks.
• Apply systems thinking to problem solving.
• Create effective networks.
• Use personal influence to progress beyond challenges and blockers.
• Use experience to provide the voice of the customer in all activities.
• Effectively manage communication across teams and stakeholders, lead meetings and contribute to publications and events.
• Co-ordinate plans across activities.
• Role model agility and adaptation.
• Champion and promote inclusion and sustainability.

Benefits

• 9 day fortnight for everyone, every other Friday.
• 23.5 holiday entitlement for everyone, with pro-rata calculations for part-time employees, along with a Christmas shutdown period for additional days off.
• Competitive pension, up to 10% company contribution to help you save for your future.
• Two paid days of volunteering leave per year (pro-rata for part-time employees) to support charitable activities.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing 24/7 confidential work/life support services to you and your immediate family members.
• Cycle to Work Scheme encouraging a healthy and sustainable commute.
• Cash Health Plan, offering reimbursement for a wide range of essential and everyday healthcare expenses, promoting your well-being.
• Payroll Giving scheme, allowing regular charitable contributions from pre-tax income, maximizing the impact of your donations.
• Discounts and offers from a wide variety of retailers, enhancing your purchasing power and providing savings opportunities.
• Mortgage Advice benefit, delivered in partnership with Charles Cameron & Associates – provides employees with free, expert mortgage advice and end-to-end mortgage support from the application process through to completion.