Deputy Director Creative Industries

Job summary

Context:

The role holder will operate within the Innovate UK Digital & Technologies programme directorate.

This role is the strategic lead for Innovate UK’s activity and programmes for the Creative Industries within the Industrial Strategy as part of the government’s prime mission of growth.

The role holder is responsible for managing a total team of around 5 people.

We particularly welcome female applicants as women are under-represented within Innovate UK in this type of role.

Job Purpose:

We are looking for an individual with industry experience, connections, and personal characteristics, to command credibility from a diverse range of stakeholders. The Deputy Director will play an important role in shaping the success, strategy, and future objectives for Innovate UK’s activities within the Creative Industries growth sector - a globally significant area with enormous export potential. As a key contact in D&T at IUK, the role holder is expected to work collaboratively with and across industry, research, UKRI, and government. In partnership with the Director of D&T, the role holder will help to shape and deliver nationally significant programmes of work in partnership with many organisations within the ecosystem. They will also be a key operational leader for international activities as a UK ambassador.

The role holder will be accountable for an annual budget of around £25 m (TBC), with a team of 4-5 people

Job description

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Working with the Director of D&T, jointly develop Innovate UK’s strategy for the Creative Industries ensuring connectivity and alignment across UKRI
• Build and maintain strategic relationships the wider Creative Industries leadership communities.
• Work collaboratively to support the creation and execution of a D&T-level vision and strategy seeking to better align individual technology themes within UKRI and government, where strategically helpful.
• Lead on building relationships/interaction with teams across Innovate UK, IUK Business Connect and Catapults, to ensure operational delivery of programmes and competitions.
• Provide recommendations on the delivery of a portfolio of ‘investment programmes’ within D&T, and industry/company support in developing next generation technologies, products, and services in the Creative Industries growth sector.
• Build effective working relationships with the various teams and stakeholders within and outside IUK, ensuring and safeguarding the connectivity to Innovate UK’s strategy. This includes other IUK internal functions/ IUK Business Connect, AHRC, and external to UKRI, industry, DCMS, the Creative Industries Council, government bodies and relevant strategic and industry partners.
• Deliver IUK programmes to cost, quality and schedule requirements
• You will be a recognised industry leader within the context of the Creative Industries directing the advancement of business-led innovation in this field.
• Lead and inspire cross-functional teams, fostering a high-performance, inclusive, and innovative culture. Embed pace, agility and bold choices. Role model organisational values, champion diversity and inclusion, and promote wellbeing across teams and partnershen required

Person specification

Person Specification:

Experience & Qualifications:

Essential –

• You will be a recognised industry leader in the Creative Industries and/or services industry transformation. (S&I)
• You will have experience of managing distributed relationships and collaborating across teams, organisations, and complex networks with multiple stakeholders of a business and political nature (S&I)
• You will be a seasoned professional with clear experience in developing and delivering leading edge products or services in services or other associated themes/domains. (S&I)
• Educated to degree-level or post graduate level in a relevant scientific or technical subject. (S)
• You will have previously led the development and implementation of strategic plans and change initiatives. (S&I)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £86,731, Innovate UK contributes £25,125 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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Selection process details

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Security

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

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