Senior and public appointments

We recruit for both senior and public appointments. These include members of the UKRI Board, Executive Chairs, part-time office holders and all other senior roles across UKRI at Band X and Y (equivalent to Senior Civil Service).

We employ a strong focus on equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring recruitment that is diverse, fair and open, creating equal opportunity at all times. Public appointments are ultimately made by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.


Executive Director, Digital and Technologies, Innovate UK

Closing date
31 January 2025, 11:59pm UK time
Salary
From £130,000 plus opportunity for performance related pay
Contract type
Open ended
Hours
Full time
Grade
Y
Interview date
To be confirmed
Outcomes communicated
February 2025

This role will lead and be accountable for programme delivery, strategic engagement and business development for the digital and technologies domain, with local, national and global impact.

You will engage at senior executive level with external stakeholders to provide thought leadership across the digital and technologies domain. You will involve businesses, government and innovation ecosystem senior leaders to shape innovation policy and delivery in the UK.

You will seek and develop collaborations to optimise impact, drive up private investment and build the most effective and connected ecosystem. You will inspire both externally and internally, by leading the development of the digital and technologies domain operating model.

As a significant influencer across business, government, and other business innovation ecosystem leadership groups within digital and technologies, you will invest to drive significant positive economic and societal impact.


Chief People Officer, UKRI

Closing date
2 March 2025, 11:59pm UK time
Salary
£130,000 to £140,000 each year
Contract type
Open-ended
Hours
Full-time
Grade
Y
Interview date
27 and 28 March 2025

The Chief People Officer is the human resources (HR) professional leader for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and a member of the UKRI Executive Committee.

You will lead in determining the organisation’s strategic people agenda, its culture and the professional HR function that works to deliver on it.

Read the UKRI Chief People Officer candidate prospectus.

Last updated: 3 February 2025

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