Senior Industry Programme Officer
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Job Scope
The Royal Society is the national academy of science in the UK and plays a key role in promoting science and the value of science around the world. The Royal Society is committed to innovative scientific research wherever it is found. The Industry Engagement team at the Society works to facilitate interaction among academia, industry and government related to science and translation. The Society has a Science, Industry and Translation (SIT) Committee to oversee this programme of activities.
The Society is looking for an enthusiastic individual to contribute to activities within the Industry Engagement team, including the successful delivery of high-level scientific meetings. They will also support activities within the Science and the Law programme, and may facilitate engagement with other professional sectors. The role holder will work with committee members and colleagues across the Society to ensure that consideration is given to industrial science and professional engagement across the work of the Royal Society.
The ideal candidate will be excited by the opportunity to work with scientists in both industry and academia and will have experience of effectively engaging with senior stakeholders. Experience working in industry science is desirable, as is knowledge of the challenges facing scientists around commercialisation. They will also need excellent planning and organisational skills, an ability to write concisely and effectively and to communicate clearly and professionally.
Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Reports to: Industry Programme Manager
Line manages: N/A
Pay band: D
Salary: £38,000 - £42,000 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week
Location: Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG plus the option for some hybrid remote working
Closing date for applications: Midnight 25 March 2025
Interviews will be held: 9 &10 April 2025
Responsibilities
- Delivering conferences, workshops and meetings, primarily as part of the Transforming our Future conference series.
- Contributing to the delivery of other activities undertaken by the Industry Engagement team (eg Creating Connections, Labs to Riches, etc).
- Contributing to the delivery of the Science and the Law programme, including organising seminars, supporting development and distribution of court primer documents and providing secretariat support for the Science and the Law Steering group.
- Producing written materials including conference reports, webpage text, case studies, briefings and meeting summaries.
- Building, engaging and maintaining networks of:
- Judicial contacts as part of the Science and the Law programme;
- Communities centred around specific Transforming our Future conference topics.
- While the role does not have direct reports, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing colleagues on specific tasks and projects.
Key Knowledge and Skills Required
Education
Degree in science
Post-graduate degree or at least three years relevant industry experience
Essential
Essential
Knowledge/ skills/ abilities
Skilled oral and written communication with a range of audiences
Essential
Has knowledge of office systems and procedures and good IT skills
Essential
Self-organisation and management of several tasks simultaneously
Essential
Good awareness of and interest in a broad range of scientific issues
Essential
Excellent networking skills and familiarity with industrial science and
the broader industry sector
Essential
Experience
Successfully delivering complex projects
Essential
Working in a team environment
Essential
Producing promotional and support materials for a variety of media
Essential
Writing, editing and disseminating briefings and reports
Essential
Establishing and maintaining a network of contacts
Essential
Events management
Desirable
Circumstances
Able to be flexible about working hours, including working evenings and weekends,
and to travel on occasion
Essential
Competencies
At Band D you will hold a role as a Senior Specialist or Professional in your field. Pay Band D roles are described in the following dimensions:
Decision-making - You organise and undertake a range of specialist tasks. You take action, makes decisions or recommendations within established policies or guidelines which are standard for your area of work. You seek guidance on complex or unfamiliar matters.
Thinking challenges - You undertake the analysis needed to find the best solution to unusual situations or issues where the answer is not available through existing policies, standards or procedures. You use your initiative to investigate new ways of working or to improve policies or procedures.
Communicating - You shares and present information or ideas to others, tailoring your language, style and media used to meet the needs of varied situations and responds to specialist queries. If your role demands, you make new contacts and participate in external networks on behalf of Royal Society.
Developing people - You are likely to have direct line responsibility for one or more staff members in a narrow field of work. If you are in a specialist role, you advise, guide or train others in a specific discipline or field of work.
Managing Resources - You are likely to have delegated responsibility for allocating resources, for reconciling financial information or for monitoring and recording use of a delegated budget.
Applying knowledge & expertise - You apply your specialist or technical skills in a specific area of expertise that requires theoretical understanding gained through vocational or professional qualification, practical knowledge and skill, or equivalent level of expertise obtained through relevant specialist experience.
The competency levels for a pay Band D role are described below.
Self-management
• Works unsupervised and can motivate self
• Produces results under pressure
• Can manage in stressful situations
• Pushes for the best results
• Pursues and encourages feedback that may reveal an error in judgment and then makes appropriate adjustments
• Recognises own personal biases or limitations, and uses this understanding to improve decisions and plans for action
• Seeks out mentors and other development resources to gain additional self-awareness and personal development
• Reflects on negative situations with maturity and seeks to understand own contribution to the situation
• Holds things together and acts as a settling influence
Working with others
• Contributes ideas and identifies opportunities to work with others both within the team and across the organisation
• Willing to provide feedback to sectional colleagues when requested
• Produces succinct presentations and papers for senior colleagues
• Understands when to seek senior advice on potentially delicate negotiations
• Reaches a variety of audiences using an appropriate mix of communication methods and tailored messages to appeal to their unique needs
• Speaks from the heart to compel action and creates an emotional appeal for organisational priorities
• Creates an environment of transparency while respecting confidentiality requirements
• Builds consensus for delivering team goals. Frequently interacts with peers, on cross-functional matters.
Resource management
• Makes the best of internal/external resources and coordinates well with external partners to best meet the needs of the Society
• Builds contingency into projects taking into account possible outside factors
• Sets and monitors performance against quality and results orientated targets.
• Focuses on both short and long-term goals
• Creates novel solutions to problems
• Creates a detailed design or plan to implement a new solution or approach
• Evaluates new technology as potential solutions to existing issues.
• Adjusts course as new information comes to light
• Executes quickly and decisively in a time-sensitive situation
• Takes accountability to persist until opportunity is realised or problem solved
Critical thinking
• Determines and clarifies the exact requirements of any situation
• Checks information for accuracy and raises concerns if information is inaccurate
• Extracts the key points succinctly, clearly and accurately
• Puts forward suggestions for improvement concerning current processes or systems
• Tries different ways of doing things to get the best results
• Compares and evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of options
• Formulates an opinion by considering opposing views and suggestions
• Runs trials and models or applies statistical analysis and stress testing to confirm or disconfirm proposal
Adaptability
• Overcomes obstacles and is not deterred by setbacks; checks assumptions and first principles and works out alternative approaches
• Reacts proactively to new challenges and works in a flexible manner to produce solutions
• Provides feedback and participates in discussions surrounding new ideas approaches or projects
• Maintains focus and continues to deliver when things are 'up in the air'
• Adjusts to act differently depending on the situation
• Takes steps to understand basic risk management and importance of identifying and maintaining controls
• Helps others to understand and cope with ambiguous situations
Managing people and relationships
• Delegates effectively, setting clear expectations and authority
• Monitors results and feedbacks to team on a regular basis
• Recognises others' contributions and acknowledges their limits
• Helps others to identify ways to improve their performance
• Prioritises supervisory responsibilities and carries them out in a timely fashion
• Understands and can identify client/stakeholder/staff needs and looks for opportunities to improve their experiences
• Demonstrates trust in others' ability to accomplish tasks at acceptable levels of performance
• Provides current, direct, complete and actionable positive and constructive feedback
• Has a mind-set of sharing own and others' expertise
• Creates an environment of transparency while respecting confidentiality requirements
• Focuses on surfacing underlying customer issues/concerns and identifying root causes
• Increases exposure to and personal relationships with customers
• Expresses positive views of the customer