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<div>Salary: £47,000 - £52,000</div>
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<div><strong>Diversity</strong></div>
<div><br>We’re an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to building a diverse workforce and fostering an inclusive environment, where everyone can thrive and be their authentic selves at work. We recognise that the climate crisis intersects with social and inclusion issues, and we’re particularly eager to receive applications from individuals who bring diverse perspectives, including people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent individuals, parents, carers, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. We also value different experiences and encourage applicants whose backgrounds may not exactly match the criteria in the job description to apply.&nbsp;</div>
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<div><strong>About the role&nbsp;</strong></div>
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<div>Our team is growing and we’re looking for a purpose-driven, passionate individual to join the Venture Support Team, to help start-ups, SMEs and corporations develop solutions in response to resource and sustainability challenges. Our support works to progress technology development and commercial exploitation through several core areas: venture development, delivery of start-up/SME programmes, accelerators, special projects and corporate innovation programmes.</div>
<div><br>You will have a commercial skillset, great interpersonal skills and a demonstrated capability of working across programmes and projects, in corporate innovation and directly with start-ups to achieve successful commercial exploitation. We are especially interested in candidates that have experience in providing support to sustainable/cleantech/climate tech start-ups through programmes of business support, accelerators, incubators or similar. &nbsp;Experience of building and scaling a business is also desirable. Tasks will include, but are not limited to:</div>
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<div>Key responsibilities:</div>
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<div><em>Delivery Support</em></div>
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<li>Quickly understanding, assessing and developing start-up business models and market opportunities;</li>
<li>Creating support plans for SMEs we are working with to prioritise the most relevant support to be provided;</li>
<li>Providing advisory support to start-ups/SMEs across a broad range of business topics including but not limited to: review and input to business plans, organisational structure and team, investor pitch packs and investment readiness, advice on financial models, strategy and market placement;</li>
<li>Preparing and presenting webinars, workshops and clinics on a broad range of business topics;</li>
<li>Representing the company at events, panels, market visits; and</li>
<li>Contributing to bid applications for partner organisations.</li>
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<div><em>Programme and Project Management</em></div>
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<li>Working with team members and across the Sustainable Ventures Group on assigned projects and programmes, ensuring that time, quality and budget parameters are met;</li>
<li>Stakeholder relationship management;</li>
<li>Connecting and building our community of sustainably focused businesses;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Building relationships with designated SMEs, capturing relevant information within the Sustainable Venture’s CRM system, identifying and executing opportunities (directly or through referrals to relevant team members) for further revenue generation;</li>
<li>Ensuring compliance and maintaining required evidentiary documentation; and</li>
<li>Taking charge of the end-to-end delivery of one or more of our programme of works or projects.&nbsp;</li>
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<div><strong>We expect you to have &nbsp;</strong></div>
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<li>6+ years’ relevant professional experience - we have a hugely diverse team with people who have worked at high growth startups, started their own businesses, been part of the armed services, spent time in professional service organisations, studied for an MBA &amp; run a fashion brand.</li>
<li>Knowledge and/or experience of the sustainability sector, and an understanding of technological and commercial innovation – this could be directly related to your previous roles or something that you have pursued outside of the office.</li>
<li>A&nbsp;commercial skill set - this might include business planning, financial modelling, product R&amp;D, market research, market analysis/characterisation, customer proposition testing, go-to-market strategy, fundraising or anything related to successfully growing a business.</li>
<li>A&nbsp;project management skill set - experience of planning and delivering multi-year projects on time and within budget, utilising effective communication, planning, stakeholder engagement and peer leadership abilities.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Demonstrable experience in undertaking client-facing work - producing high-quality outputs to time/budget/quality objectives.</li>
<li>Proven success in meeting revenue/business development targets; and</li>
<li>Proven organisational skills - for managing multiple projects/clients simultaneously, co-ordinating deliverables and meeting deadlines.</li>
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<div><strong>Desirable</strong></div>
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<li>An undergraduate degree in business, technology or sustainability-related field.</li>
<li>A&nbsp;postgraduate qualification in business, economics, technology or sustainability.</li>
<li>Experience in venture development and/or sustainability innovation.</li>
<li>Motivation to learn about other Sustainable Ventures functions, for example investment, product design and venture development.</li>
<li>A commercial skill set - this might include business planning, financial modelling, product R&amp;D, market research, market analysis/characterisation, customer proposition testing, go-to-market strategy, fundraising or anything related to successfully growing a business.</li>
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<div>Candidates are expected to demonstrate experience and aptitude for each of these functions, obtained through professional experience, educational attainment, and/or voluntary activities, in their application.</div>
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<div><strong>Additional details</strong></div>
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<li>Hours: 12 months fixed term contract, full-time, 40 hours per week, flexible working with minimum 3 days in the office</li>
<li>Salary: £47,000-£52,000 per annum</li>
<li>Based: London Workspace</li>
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<div><strong>Benefits include</strong></div>
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<div>Excellent benefits package include;&nbsp;</div>
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<li>25 days Holiday + Bank Hols</li>
<li>Monthly Wellness Day (time to rest &amp; recharge)</li>
<li>Enhanced Pension Scheme</li>
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<div><strong>Recruitment process</strong></div>
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<li>30 min phone screening interview</li>
<li>Two-stage, in-person interview</li>
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<div><strong>About Sustainable Ventures</strong></div>
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<div>We’re Europe’s largest ecosystem of climate tech startups. Following our recent expansion of our Central London headquarters, we’re focused on our mission to develop 1000 new businesses by 2025, and expand our operations across UK regions.</div>
<div><br>Our impact on the planet’s climate and its natural resources is being felt more often and by more people than ever before. It is clear that significant changes must be made to achieve the targets set by the IPCC and reach Net Zero by 2050. This presents the world’s biggest challenge and it is something that SV has been addressing since 2011.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br>We believe in the power of commercial innovation to address the twin challenges of climate change and resource scarcity.</div>
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