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Innovation Centre Director (Q-LABS)

Employer
University College London
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£58,404 - £63,483 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.
Closing date
30 Jan 2022

Full Time, Fixed Term -The post is funded until 31 August 2022 with the possibility of extension.
Salary: The salary range will be £58,404 - £63,483 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.
London Centre for Nanotechnology
London
The appointment will be on UCL Grade 9. 

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual with excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to lead and shape the Q-LABS initiative. Q-LABS aims to be a non-for-profit London-based innovation centre focussed on facilitating commercial activity in quantum computation and simulation. To establish a presence within the UK quantum sector, Q-LABS will form and manage a number of innovation activities including an innovation network that will engage with multiple external stakeholders to nurture partnerships and form an interdisciplinary community.

The Q-LABS innovation network will enable businesses based in the UK to respond to the increasing pace of investment and development in quantum computing (QC) and quantum simulation (QS) by creating a sustainable ecosystem of companies able to exploit the commercial quantum computing opportunities through knowledge exchange and networking.

QLABS innovation agenda include, but is not limited to:
- Activities that promote and further responsible innovation, diversity & inclusion, and outreach
- Knowledge exchange, collaborations, and policy engagement.
- Innovation challenges, and other events.
- Skills and training, including start-up programme
- Access to technical facilities.

Establishing an active innovation centre with a dynamic membership in line with parallel developments with in the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme will position our innovation centre to collaborate and partner other key stakeholders such as the National Quantum Computation Centre and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Hartree Centre. With a clear focus on commercially oriented hardware and software development, the Q-LABS innovation centre will be a complementary entity which ensures quantum computing is connected to business and promotes its early adoption.

Q-LABS is a virtual centre, hosted by the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and works to extend the vision and goals of UCL’s Quantum Science and Technology Institute (UCLQ).  The Innovation Centre Director will be supported by, and work closely with the Innovation Network Manager, who supports on the establishing and maintaining of networks for Q-LABS.

The post is funded until 31 August 2022 with the possibility of extension.

The successful applicant will have personal practical experience of entrepreneurship, and/or experience of managing an innovation network or similar initiative, experience of strategic leadership working within industry and/or interdisciplinary academic units and experience of setting strategies and writing strategic planning documents for a senior technical audience. The successful applicant will have business development experience including identifying, initiating and maintaining project and partnership activity in the innovation/research space, experience of establishing successful networks and managing relationships between academic and the public, industry and the start-up community, as well as knowledge of the quantum technologies sector quantum computation and quantum simulation.

For further details about the vacancy and how to apply online please go to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/  and search on Reference Number 1881602

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Denise Ottley, d.ottley@ucl.ac.uk, at the London Centre for Nanotechnology, or 17-19 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH, for advice.

Informal enquiries regarding the vacancy can be made to Paul Warburton (p.warburton@ucl.ac.uk).

The UCL Ways of Working for professional services supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please see "https:////www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/policies-advice/ways-working">www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

Closing Date: 30/1/2022
Latest time for the submission of applications: 23:59.
Interview Date: TBC

We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level. 


We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

To apply please our website via the Apply button.

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