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 is focusing on IP-rich university startups and spinouts with deep technology-based solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation. Encompassing hardware and hybrid solutions, the project is supporting 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. Through founder networking events, the project will engage with a further 120 UK businesses. Each regional partner will host 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 project coordinator to support this project. The job involves working with the project manager to deliver the dual elements of the programme: a cohort-based support programme for 60 small businesses, and a new, UK-wide network of climate innovation hubs. You will work closely with these startup businesses to connect them with relevant support and organise the different aspects of delivering that support which will come from a mix of researchers, business experts and external organisations.

What we are looking for

• Work experience in relevant fields: sustainability or climate change or entrepreneurship
• Proven experience of supporting the delivery of complex grant funded environmental, sustainability and business support projects
• Experience of working with multiple project stakeholders
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Detail and results-oriented: committed to delivering complex tasks against challenging deadlines and on budget
• Ability to work with minimum supervision to meet challenging deadlines

Further Information

This is a full time, fixed term until March 2028 (60% in the office).

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