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Salary - £48,414 - £51,377 Hybrid working (50/50) 12-months Fixed Term Appointment Full-time and part-time (06. FTE) applications considered The closing date for applications is 1 December, with interviews scheduled for 15, 16 & 18 December 2025. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early. We are looking for a strategically minded and collaborative Strategy Delivery Manager to identify and bridge gaps between our organisational strategy and the operational delivery of our world-leading science. This pivotal role will connect vision with implementation, ensuring that our structure, systems, and people are equipped to deliver on our ambitions. Reporting to our Finance Director, you will work closely with our Head of Strategy in the delivery of the next phase of our 2030 Strategy, ensuring that UKCEH’s business plans and operations are set up to achieve our organisational objectives and key results. This is a particularly exciting time to join us at UKCEH. In 2024, we launched a new five-year strategy that has been enthusiastically received across the organisation, marking the start of a period of change and renewal. Alongside this, we’ve introduced a refreshed brand identity, which will continue to roll out over the coming year. A key element of your role will be to lead and coordinate major projects, including the evaluation and development of UKCEH’s business and operating models, working with external consultants and internal stakeholders to design and deliver the changes needed for our future success. Your main responsibilities will include: • Leading business model development and organisational design – Coordinating the evaluation and enhancement of UKCEH’s business and operating models, working with internal leaders and external consultants to deliver improvements., • Driving strategy delivery – Supporting the development and implementation of multi-year business plans to ensure alignment with UKCEH’s strategic objectives., • Bridging strategy and operations – Translating high-level strategy into actionable plans, connecting strategic priorities with day-to-day operations to enhance effectiveness and efficiency., • Engaging stakeholders – Facilitating collaboration across teams and directorates, and communicating strategy, progress, and outcomes effectively to internal and external audiences., • Supporting strategically important projects as required - Oversee multi-stakeholder projects including within the cultural change programme, working closely with senior leadership to ensure milestones are met and outcomes achieved. For the role of Strategy Delivery Manager, we’re looking for somebody who has: • Demonstrated success in strategy development or business model design ideally within complex or mission-driven organisations, • Project management expertise - holding a relevant qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP) or equivalent practical experience in managing multi-faceted initiatives, • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving ability, with a data-driven and outcome-focused approach, • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment, balancing strategic vision with operational execution, • Outstanding communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills, including engagement at executive and board level, • Experience of the research, academic, or scientific sectors, with an understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities in these environments Working for UKCEH is rewarding We appreciate the continuous dedication and contributions of our staff, which is why we provide a comprehensive benefits package that includes financial incentives and wellbeing-oriented perks, such as: • 27 days annual leave (rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service) plus 3 days for Christmas closure, • 10% employer pension contribution, • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements (role dependant), • Peer reward and recognition scheme, • Dental insurance, gym/fitness discounts, retail discount portal, • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave If this opportunity resonates with you and aligns with your personal career goals, the team would love to receive your application. Please apply by submitting your CV along with a covering letter that highlights any qualifications, skills or experience you believe are relevant to this role. At UKCEH, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone - regardless of background, identity, ability, or circumstance - has the opportunity to thrive. As a Disability Confident employer, we actively encourage applications from neurodivergent candidates and those with disabilities. We are happy to provide any adjustments or support you may need throughout the application process- please don’t hesitate to reach out. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we’d love to hear from you anyway. You may be just the right fit for this role or another within our wider team. Please note: Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role and this does not qualify for endorsement to support a Global Talent Visa application. If you are considering pursuing self-sponsorship, please indicate this in your application so we can take it into account during the recruitment process.

Salary - £61,399 - £65,157 Hybrid working (50/50) 12-months Fixed Term Appointment Full-time and part-time applications considered The closing date for applications is 1 December, with interviews scheduled for 12 December 2025. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early. At UKCEH, we’re entering an exciting new chapter, and we’re seeking a dynamic and collaborative Head of Strategy and Governance (12-month maternity cover) to help shape what comes next. You’ll ensure our strategy and governance drive real impact as we work to make the world a better place through our science. As a trusted partner to our CEO, Finance Director and Senior Leadership Team, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of UKCEH. You’ll bring insight, influence and strategic clarity, leading initiatives that turn ambition into measurable impact, and ensuring our organisation continues to thrive and evolve. With a blend of curiosity, confidence and collaboration, you’ll guide and energise teams across the organisation, helping to align our collective efforts and deliver on our shared mission objectives with purpose and precision. You’ll take the lead in tackling our most pressing and high-profile challenges, ensuring we stay ahead of emerging issues through decisive, agile leadership. You’ll bring a strong strategic vision and provide thought leadership, and by bridging critical gaps and streamlining internal governance, you will help drive organisational excellence and transformation. Working closely with our Strategy Delivery Manager on adapting UKCEH’s business model, you’ll ensure our structures, systems and people are positioned to deliver on our ambitions - enabling UKCEH to achieve even greater impact through its science. There’s never been a more exciting time to join UKCEH. Our new five-year strategy, launched in 2024, has sparked a wave of energy and optimism across the organisation, ushering in a period of transformation and renewal. Alongside this, we’re unveiling a refreshed brand identity that reflects our ambition and purpose for the years ahead. This is an opportunity to contribute to a new chapter in UKCEH’s story: to help translate vision into action, foster innovation, and ensure that every part of the organisation is connected by a clear and purposeful ‘golden thread’ from strategy through to delivery, making a significant impact on the future of environmental science. Your main responsibilities will include: • Ensure the strategy is delivered by the organisation including co-leading the programme to evolve the organisational business model., • Lead multi-year business planning such that we maintain a ‘golden thread’ from strategy down to individuals’ objectives, • Provide strategic leadership on key areas of the strategy where coordination and thought-leadership are needed e.g. the environment and economic growth,, • Ensure the strategy adapts to major changes in the wider world., • Strategic oversight of UKCEH’s governance to ensure the correct structures and processes to support delivery, including the role of the Executive Leadership team and the Board of Trustees We’re seeking a proactive, confident leader who thrives on taking initiative and driving progress. You’ll bring clarity and energy, communicating with impact and purpose. In this fast-paced environment, your ability to stay agile - reprioritising seamlessly, responding decisively, and remaining resilient under pressure - will set you apart. While you’re comfortable following direction when needed, you’ll also demonstrate the independence and confidence to lead with conviction. For the role of Head of Strategy and Governance, we’re looking for somebody who has: • Excellent strategic thinking and vision, with the ability to translate high-level strategy into actionable objectives across all levels of the organisation., • Strong leadership and coordination skills, particularly in areas requiring collaboration and thought-leadership across multiple teams., • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire both internal and external stakeholders, including engagement at executive and board level., • Enjoys working at pace to dive into the deeper issues our organisation faces in achieving our strategic objectives., • Ability to digest high volumes of information quickly and identify the pertinent points., • Adaptability, creativity, and foresight to ensure the strategy evolves in response to significant changes in the external environment Working for UKCEH is rewarding We appreciate the continuous dedication and contributions of our staff, which is why we provide a comprehensive benefits package that includes financial incentives and wellbeing-oriented perks, such as: • 27 days annual leave (rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service) plus 3 days for Christmas closure, • 10% employer pension contribution, • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements (role dependant), • Peer reward and recognition scheme, • Dental insurance, gym/fitness discounts, retail discount portal, • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave If this opportunity resonates with you and aligns with your personal career goals, the team would love to receive your application. Please apply by submitting your CV along with a covering letter that highlights any qualifications, skills or experience you believe are relevant to this role. At UKCEH, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone - regardless of background, identity, ability, or circumstance - has the opportunity to thrive. As a Disability Confident employer, we actively encourage applications from neurodivergent candidates and those with disabilities. We are happy to provide any adjustments or support you may need throughout the application process - please don’t hesitate to reach out. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we’d love to hear from you anyway. You may be just the right fit for this role or another within our wider team. Please note: Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role and this does not qualify for endorsement to support a Global Talent Visa application. If you are considering pursuing self-sponsorship, please indicate this in your application so we can take it into account during the recruitment process.

Salary: £58,589 - £65,100 dependent on experience Contract: Permanent Hours: Full Time( We understand the importance of work-life balance and are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities with candidates) Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. Whether its sending probes into space or finding new ways to treat cancer, everyone here plays a vital role in making a positive difference to society. Come and discover how much you can achieve when youre surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity. About Us: The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is one of Europes largest research organisations. Through combining world-class facilities with major international collaborations, and some of the worlds most talented staff, we are driving ground-breaking advances in science and technology. STFCs Business and Innovation Directorate (BID) connects STFCs facilities, research and technology programmes to business and the wider economy, delivering UK economic growth through spin-out companies, growing the research and innovation campuses, attracting inward investment and collaborative industrial R&D. STFC is one of nine partner organisations that have been brought together to create UK Research and Innovation (UKRI); a new organisation with a vision to ensure the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation. Our Benefits: UK Research and Innovation recognises and values employees as individuals and aims to provide a pay and rewards package that motivates staff to perform to the best of their ability. The reward package includes a flexible working scheme, a defined benefit pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance plus 10.5 bank holiday/privilege days and a number of other benefits. About The Role: We now have an excellent opportunity for a talented Business Development Manager within the STFC BID to ensure the continued growth and success of the Harwell Health Cluster. Harwell Health Cluster is a world-leading healthcare innovation hub founded on inter-disciplinary collaboration between physical and life sciences. Areas of focus include ageing, drug discovery and environmental impact on human health. The objective of the cluster is to boost healthcare growth and innovationand validate novel technologies for the benefit of patients through growth and better exploitation of Harwells unique combination of facilities and talent. We are creating an evermore vibrant ecosystem in which companies can flourish and interact more freely and collaborate more easily with brilliant academics and researchers, accessing state of the art equipment and advanced research capabilities. Harwell can help companies realise new and better ways for developing and commercialising advances in research and technology at the leading edge of science. You will lead the development of Harwell Health Cluster, working with cluster development partners to support new and potential investors into Oxfordshire primarily through the focus of the health and life sciences sector. Key Responsibilities: Driving the definition and implementation of the Health Cluster development strategy and identifying critical success factors to attract key-players and accelerate the growth of the cluster by engaging in new opportunities. Developing and maintaining metrics of Health Cluster performance and growth and supporting a robust evidence base for economic metrics around company numbers, investment, and other agreed metrics. Targeting a number of high growth opportunities that fit with the strategic vision, and building partnerships that will lead to the growth and effectiveness of the cluster. Working closely with key stakeholders at Harwell Campus such as Health Innovation Networks and Rosalind Franklin Institute. Building on the synergies between Life and Physical sciences to create a vibrant and growing Cluster population that encompasses the entirety of commercial value chain. Leading cluster initiatives to exploit the cross-disciplinary activities inherent in the Harwell Campus and across Oxfordshire. Promoting the offer of the Health Cluster and sector locally, nationally, and internationally. Building links with the broad range of multidisciplinary stakeholders locally to support the role of Oxfordshire in increasing the competitiveness of the UK in Health Tech business. Working with the Harwell Campus Business Development Director to manage the overall implementation of Campus strategic partnerships, programmes and events linked to Health and life sciences activities on the Campus. Articulating the Health Cluster, and the wider Oxfordshire Health and Life Sciences sector offer to businesses that are contemplating growing or investing via event attendance and managing the generation of leads from this, from inception through to delivery of an agreed development, partnering and funding plan. Working with the Daresbury North West Health Cluster on mutual objectives. Person Specification: Essential: Educated to degree level or equivalent experience. Demonstrated understanding of the health and life sciences sector, services and applications. Experience gained in at least one key Health sector, (Pharma, medical devices and wearables, digital health, NHS). Experience in the implementation of development strategies and in the implementation of collaborative programmes and working across public and private sectors. Excellent knowledge of the SME community. Excellent knowledge of the investment landscape and mechanisms in the UK and internationally. Able to support development of new strategies, concepts, solutions and ideas in response to emerging issues of importance to the organization. Evidence of effective communication skills (oral & written) delivering complex messages to a wider range of audiences. Clear and effective negotiation, influencing and networking skills with a demonstrative ability to influence the thinking and actions of others at all levels. Excellent project management skills with experience of the whole project lifecycle including appraisals and finance. Ability to quickly learn and understand new and cross-cutting technologies. Self-motivated, pro-active and innovative with excellent planning and organisational skills Trustworthiness and discretion when handling confidential information in a professional manner. Join us and discover whats possible! TPBN1_UKTJ

We offer many enhanced benefits including:.Stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%.Free confidential counselling service: available to all staff and volunteers.Opportunity for all managers to join our Bespoke Management Development Programme - Compass.Full details about our b

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