Job number: NAT02143
Faculties: Faculty of Natural Sciences
Departments: The Grantham Institute for Climate Change
Salary or Salary range: £57,785 – £69,365 per annum
Location/campus: South Kensington and White City Campus – Hybrid
Contract type work pattern: Part time – Fixed term
Posting End Date: 15 Mar 2026

About the role

Imperial College London has secured three years of Research England Development (RED) funding to provide support to climate innovations that are ready to scale. This project – EarthScale – includes partners from the universities of Cranfield, Derby, Exeter, Leeds and Nottingham, as well as agreements to collaborate with a number of external partners.

The project focuses on IP-rich university start-ups and spinouts with deep technology-based solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation. Encompassing hardware, software and hybrid solutions, the project supports climate-focused businesses across a broad range of industrial verticals. Over the initial RED Fund period, this support will reach 60 IP-rich climate startups initiated within the UK higher education eco-system – from partner institutions and beyond. Each regional partner hosts events to showcase prototyping and manufacturing facilities and develop collaborations with local investors, policy groups and relevant businesses. The project includes work packages to deliver investment support, manufacturing advice, talent and governance navigation, business development support and peer networking.

The Imperial team is a partnership between Imperial’s Enterprise Lab and Undaunted, bringing together Imperial’s excellence in supporting innovation in general, and climate innovation in particular. The postholder will sit in Undaunted but have a close relationship with both teams.

We are looking for a talented fundraising manager to secure the future of the climate solutions collaborative, ensuring a lasting future for the network and structures created across the UK in this project.

The project funders, RED, emphasise the importance of ensuring this project, or its infrastructure and networks, are self-sustaining beyond this initial phase. We anticipate the benefits of this work to be felt across the UK. You will take an active role and liaising with businesses, funders and industry partners to facilitate this.

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