Innovation Specialist

Leeds Academic Health Partnership 

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you a skilled innovation specialist with experience of working across the health and care sector? Do you have a high degree of personal initiative and flexibility, coupled with the ability to grow productive working relationships across a range of sectors? Have you supported organisations to successfully deploy their innovations into health and care?

Leeds Academic Health Partnership, one of the largest of its kind in the UK, represents the major, leading organisations and activities that comprise Health Innovation Leeds and is hosted by the University of Leeds. Our vision is that everyone in Leeds has the best opportunities to live a healthier life for longer. With a focus on reducing health inequalities, we bring partners together to help solve the city’s hardest health challenges. You can find out more at healthinnovationleeds.com.

We are seeking an Innovation Specialist to join our small team. You will be responsible for connecting partners from across health, care, universities, the local authority, the third sector and industry. You will help make it easier for innovators to access and engage with the health innovation ecosystem across Leeds and our region. Working closely with partners, you will understand the city’s health and care innovation needs, identifying strengths, opportunities, interests, gaps and trends. You will support the city and region to build a culture of collaboration that will speed up the adoption of innovation into practice. 

You will have experience of project management in innovation - such as commercialising new products or development of new pathways in health and care. You will have experience of working collaboratively and of influencing people from a wide range of backgrounds, including academics, health and care professionals, industry and the public. You may also have experience of product or programme evaluation in line with NICE guidelines and / or knowledge of regulatory and quality standards for medical devices and digital health technologies.

What we offer in return:

26 days' holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!

Generous pension scheme plus life assurance – the University contributes 14.5% of salary.

Health and Wellbeing: discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.

Personal Development: access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.

Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!  

If you are looking for a role in a thriving healthtech system, working to improve health and care through innovation to make a difference to the lives of others, apply today.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please view the candidate brief or contact:

Kate Lodge, Partnership Director 

Email: K.Lodge@leeds.ac.uk 

or

Sarah Bronsdon, Director of Strategy

Email: s.bronsdon@leeds.ac.uk

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Candidate Brief (PDF)

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