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Job Location drjobs

Wilmslow - UK

Monthly Salary drjobs

£ 55591 - 62974

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Innovation Hub Group Manager

Full time / Part time

Fixed term until October 2025 (with the potential to be extended until October 2026

Salary:with potential for further progression to 70907 with our pay progression scheme.

Location: Hybrid

Contracted to our Wilmslow London Edinburgh Cardiff or Belfast office however we offer flexible home and officebased working opportunities. There will be times when you will be expected to attend the office to collaborate with colleagues or travel due to business need.

Why work for the ICO

  • Pay progression scheme.

  • Hybrid and flexible working options.

  • 25 days paid holiday per year plus privilege and public holidays.

  • Flexi leave (up to 26 additional days leave per year).

  • Pension (employer contribution around 28.9.

  • Online discount scheme to at major supermarkets retailers gyms restaurants insurance providers and many more.

  • Health Cash Plan.

  • Fantastic development opportunities to learn and progress.

Further details can be found on the benefits section of ourwebsite.

Job summary

The Innovation Hub is critical to the delivery of the ICOs enduring objective to empower responsible innovation and sustainable economic growth. It builds strategic partnerships to influence the development of high priority new technologies and products with privacy and data protection in mind. The Hubs work increases regulatory certainty for innovators through inclusive and empathetic engagement.

The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is the independent regulator of information rights. In a datadriven world we provide advice guidance and support to organisations enabling compliance with their obligations as well as protecting individuals and their personal data.

As an employer we are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives and careers of our people and we empower you to be curious impactful collaborative and respectful.

Job description

As the Group Manager for the Innovation Hub you will be responsible for developing and managing the Hub programme as well as its effective and efficient delivery though a small team of specialists. You must ensure that partnerships and projects are aligned with ICO priorities. This includes actively sourcing new collaboration opportunities and securing a pipeline of future projects.

The Hub collaborates with partners including government departments other regulators and innovation agencies like Catapults to convene groups of innovators and help them to build data protection by design into their developing products. It works directly with innovators through innovation challenges tech sprints and support programmes. It is your role to manage a package of projects that delivers maximum impact in our priority areas.

The Innovation Hub will also deliver the ICOs contribution to the next phase of the Digital Regulators Cooperation Forum (DRCF) AI & Digital Innovation Hub. The regulators collaborate to help innovators navigating two or more regulatory regimes during their product development. This emerging workstream will be trialling new models and approaches in 2025 providing an opportunity to innovate with new regulatory initiatives. You will deploy team resources to the activities most likely to impact innovators working in areas that touch the ICO remit.

Key responsibilities:

Person specification

Essential criteria assessed at application stage:

Essential criteria assessed during interview:

Equality diversity and inclusion

The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality diversity and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together with a number of staff networks. Read more about our commitment on our website.

Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy will be invited to interview as part of the ICOs commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme.

Candidates who declare they identify as belonging from an ethnic minority background andwho meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy will be invited to interview as part of the ICOs commitment to our EDI objectives and creating a workplace that represents the communities and societies we serve.

If you are disabled or have an impairment and require an alternative application method please email the HR team at

Closing Date

Please submit yourCV and cover letter detailing your suitability to the role by23:59 5 May

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before this date should we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.


Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type

Full-Time

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