Job Responsibilities:

• Ensuring Emerging Technologies content, activity, policy asks, and strategy are relevant, credible and influential by becoming an active and trusted participant in the UK’s emerging technologies communities, cultivating excellent relationships with key stakeholders, and ensuring key web pages and spreadsheets are accurate and current
• Supporting ‘sprint campaigns’ on specific technologies, ensuring they have a clear narrative and deliver impactful outputs like reports and policy recommendations that benefit industry and Government
• Effectively leveraging networks, reach, and expertise to support team objectives and goals by convening the UK’s emerging technologies sector through panel discussions, workshops, roundtables, and more to advance the development, application, and commercialisation of emerging technologies or industries
• Serving as an ambassador for the Tech and Innovation programme, and the organisation’s emerging technologies activity by writing articles, speaking at events, and networking
• Contributing to the planning and delivery of Tech and Innovation initiatives that have an emerging technologies focus, including but not limited to events, reports, policy formulation, insight or interview series, Councils or Working Groups, and annual campaign weeks or Summits. In particular, support the development and delivery of annual Tech & Innovation Summit by liaising with sponsors, partners, and members
• Collaborating with other teams, to ensure the organisation’s emerging technologies content, activity, policy asks, and strategy are coherent, consistent, and effectively promoted
• Proactively maintaining and growing membership base in emerging technologies, including by playing an active role in the identification and recruitment of new members and by supporting colleagues by suggesting and exploring new business ideas or processes

Requirements:

• Effective communication and presentation skills, including producing clear written communications and creating compelling narratives for events, reports, and campaigns that resonate with stakeholders
• Strong capability in researching, collating, and presenting information
• The ability to take ownership of the regular sprint campaigns and other aspects of the wider Emerging Technologies programme, including proactively identifying and addressing potential challenges and opportunities while ensuring timelines are monitored, deadlines are met, and key stakeholders are briefed
• The ability to deliver a broad programme of activity while maintaining strong attention to detail in areas such as policy formulation or analysis and proofreading
• Motivated and organised, eager to learn and stay updated with emerging technology developments, and contribute innovative ideas to a constantly evolving programme.