Incubation Manager

This exciting role would be well suited to a candidate with excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, with proven success in relationship management and delivering low carbon consulting services.

Based in the Innovations team, the Incubation Manager would strengthen our breadth of expertise and help to manage our incubation support activities. This role offers unparalleled exposure to a diverse portfolio of leading start-up companies and opportunities to help transform their commercialisation prospects. It will also involve helping to develop and grow our incubation proposition. The role will be based in London and will require some travel both across the UK and internationally.

About us:

The Carbon Trust's mission is to accelerate the move to a sustainable, low carbon economy. We are independent experts on carbon reduction and resource efficiency, who reinvest surpluses from group commercial activities into our mission.

The Carbon Trust provides innovative advice to governments and businesses around the world to support the global transition to a low carbon economy. We work closely with decision makers and implementers in key institutions in the UK and across multiple emerging and developing countries on low-carbon finance, programmes, policy and technology.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Managing our relationships with a diverse portfolio of start-up and early stage clean technology ventures
• Advising portfolio companies on their development and growth including by providing support on: coaching and mentoring, market research and prioritisation, sales and business planning, business models and strategy, supply chain and operations, investment readiness, and team development and growth
• Diagnosing commercialisation gaps and key commercial and technical milestones to help identify and prioritise incubation support
• Collaborating with partners in the delivery of multi-disciplinary low carbon incubation and innovation support projects
• Project management of a portfolio of incubation projects involving multi-disciplinary teams;
• Developing and maintaining relationships with clients, attending meetings, workshops and seminars
• Support in the preparation of technical bids and fee proposals for incubation support for public and private clients
• Line-manage junior colleagues
• Other duties associated with the Carbon Trust’s mission will be requested on an ad hoc basis.
  

Key skills we are looking for:

• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and relationship development skills to engage effectively with start-up management teams, technologists, and their potential customers and partners
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to lead and run workshop sessions, present to small and large audiences, and write high quality reports
• Ability to solve complex problems and respond to the evolving needs and requirements of clients and portfolio companies
• Understanding of climate change and sustainability issues and the role that innovative ventures can play in accelerating progress towards climate change targets and sustainable development goals

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree educated (or equivalent), ideally in a quantitative discipline e.g. engineering, science, economics
• Postgraduate qualification focusing on the environment, business, economics, technology or sustainability (desirable)
• Demonstrated interest in working in a start-up environment/launching and growing new businesses
• Strong experience of delivering low carbon consulting services including incubation support, ideally with experience in the UK and developing countries
• Experience of managing multiple projects simultaneously and managing work efficiently including coordinating deliverables and meeting deadlines
• Robust programme and project management and development experience
• Knowledge/experience of commercialising products and innovations, including intellectual property issues
• Knowledge/experience of the sustainability and energy sectors, including technology and commercial innovation
• Experience of helping to secure investment for early stage companies
• Energy access sector experience and/or development experience in Africa and/or Asia

Salary & Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary and a performance based bonus. Our hours are 37.5 per week with 28 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and a generous pension scheme.

Our head office is in London, close to Blackfriars and Waterloo stations, we offer travel card loans, a cycle to work scheme, company away days and a 24-hour Employee Assistance Helpline.

Joining the Carbon Trust provides an opportunity to work alongside some of the leading practitioners in the low carbon arena so if you are excited by this opportunity and would like to join us please follow the link to our application page.

We are an equal opportunities employer, value diversity in our workforce and make our decisions based on your skills and experience. We can only accept applications from those who can prove their eligibility to work in the UK. No agencies or publications.