Project Manager - Equality, Diversity Inclusion (12 Month Contract)
KTN, United Kingdom

We connect ideas, people and communities to drive innovation that changes lives.

Innovation is complex. The journey from idea to market is not straightforward and requires a diverse range of know-how, investment, market knowledge and research. KTN exists to connect innovators with new partners and new opportunities beyond their existing thinking - accelerating ambitious ideas into real-world solutions.

The future holds both challenges and opportunities. We are passionate about working with innovative businesses to overcome these challenges and shape the opportunities and solutions that follow.

Our vision is to create a network of innovators so powerful its ideas will change the world.

While business is at the heart of our work, our diverse connections span government, funders, research and the third sector. This unrivalled overview and connectivity enable us to be a trusted guide through a complex global landscape of research, development and innovation. Over the next five years, we will build collaborations at a local, national and global level.

At KTN we want to ensure our already strong workforce is constantly nurtured, listened to, and further strengthened, motivated and empowered to deliver consistently high levels of collaborative work, focusing on meeting the challenges of tomorrow.

We promise to provide an exceptional place of work for our exceptional people. In this regard we will embrace diversity and inclusion, enhancing our respectful and trusting culture so that our staff feel supported and valued and thrive through working together.

Only with the right people can we sustain our ability to have wide ranging expertise and convene the expertise of others, more rapidly than ever before, to help more innovators get their ideas to market and to ensure ideas and innovations are shared seamlessly across sectors and business communities.

And, by deepening our understanding of the evolving nature of our economy we can place business at the heart of everything we do; allowing our people to focus on building new added-value strategic partnerships to make better, more powerful and informed connections, and to identify and shape the innovation communities of the future.

EDamp;I is a recognised KTN key priority as emphasised in the recently published KTN strategy 2020 - 2025. KTN embraces diversity and inclusion, enhancing our respectful and trusting culture so that people feel supported and valued and thrive through working together. We recognise the immense potential that lies in EDamp;I and will develop and champion greater diversity to make a better and stronger innovation eco-system for the UK.

KTN will engage with its networks, partners and clients to demonstrate leadership in diversity and inclusion both nationally and globally. KTN will work with strategic partners to take collective action to ensure that innovation becomes more diverse and supports the UK being recognised as a leading nation in diversity and inclusion.

KTN is committed to EDamp;I both through our People Strategy and through the projects and programmes we deliver for and with our clients and partners.

Diversity is essential if we are to maximise positive change through innovation. KTN plays a pivotal role in creating the diverse connections to drive such a positive change.

KTN will work with strategic partners and clients on taking collective action to ensure that innovation is driven from a more diverse base that supports better innovation outcomes and helps the UK become a leading nation in diversity and inclusion nationally and globally.

This role will involve managing a range of internal and external EDamp;I focused activities. This will include the high-profile Innovate UK programmes Women in Innovation and Young Innovators, which are delivering high-quality support to over 100 individual award winners as well as the 6500+ Women in Innovation and 1800+ Young Innovators communities.

The role will work closely with the Knowledge Transfer Manager - Diversity amp; Inclusion. Furthermore, the role will work closely with KTN’s Executive on the development of KTN’s EDamp;I Strategy.

• Manage selected client EDamp;I focused projects including budget, risk, resourcing and reporting.
• Planning and designing projects and proactively monitoring progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action
• Management of project work packages or delivery of specific project tasks, including supporting delivery of projects managed by another project lead;
• Co-ordination of new capability for the business to enable effective change and realisation of benefits.
• Ensuring there is allocation of resources and skills across the pr

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