Vacancy Details

Description

Business Engagement Officer (NICRE SW) 

Countryside and Community Research Institute

Fixed term for 2 years

 

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) aims to realise a step change in rural business innovation and unlock potential in the UK’s rural economies. It responds to a national strategic need for a visible, accessible, and respected source of evidence, knowledge exchange, leadership, and enterprise development for rural economies. 

 

This position offers an exciting opportunity to link the research and policy work of the SW NICRE team based at the CCRI in Cheltenham, networking, and co-developing innovation, understanding and ideas by working closely with rural business organisations and supporters in the south-west of England, reaching from Cornwall to Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. Itwould be suited to someone who has previous experience of business engagement and networking as well as a keen interest in rural entrepreneurship and rural businesses of all sorts. 

 

The ideal candidate will support the instigation, delivery, and dissemination of NICRE projects and initiatives, including innovation projects, policy reports and engagement events as well as regular liaison with key national and regional stakeholders for rural businesses and communities. It will provide a varied portfolio of engagement activities and enable you to develop skills and knowledge of rural enterprise and its challenges within a supportive team environment, over a clearly defined two-year period. It requires a good communicator with sound organisational skills and the ability to adapt rapidly to new challenges and opportunities. 

 

Please contact Janet Dwyer (jdwyer@glos.ac.uk) or Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins (bgoodwinhawkins@glos.ac.uk)  

 

Closing Date:                     Monday 20 June 2022

Interview Date:                Thursday, 7 July 2022

 

This is a University of Gloucestershire Professional Services (UoGPSL) position. UoGPSL is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Gloucestershire.  Further information about UoGPSL can be found by following this link

 

Successful applicants with current, continuous membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) will be eligible to continue membership of the scheme and will be employed by the University of Gloucestershire.

 

The University is committed to building a diverse and inclusive staff community and welcomes applications from currently under-represented sections of our workforce. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, guaranteeing an interview to everyone who meets the definition of disability set out in the Equality Act 2010 and the essential criteria contained within the person specification.

 

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