Work With Us
Innovate UK Business Connect is an equal opportunities employer. We are proud of our respectful culture that encourages people to thrive through working together.
We aim to provide an exceptional place of work for exceptional people, and our organisational values and behaviours reflect this aspiration. It’s what makes our culture unique.
We want to ensure our already strong workforce is listened to, motivated, and empowered to deliver consistently high levels of collaborative work, focusing on meeting the challenges of tomorrow.
Only with the right people can we sustain our wide-ranging expertise and convene the expertise of others, helping more businesses create value from their ideas, driving growth and productivity for our society and economy.
Our mission
We connect ideas, people and communities to drive innovation that changes lives.
Innovation is complex. The journey from idea to market is not straightforward and requires a diverse range of know-how, investment, market knowledge and research. Innovate UK Business Connect exists to connect innovators with new partners and new opportunities beyond their existing thinking – accelerating ambitious ideas into real-world solutions.
The future holds both challenges and opportunities. We are passionate about working with innovative businesses to overcome these challenges and shape the opportunities and solutions that follow.
Our vision is to create a network of innovators so powerful its ideas will change the world.
While business is at the heart of our work, our diverse connections span government, funders, research and the third sector. This unrivalled overview and connectivity enable us to be a trusted guide through a complex global landscape of research, development, and innovation. We are building these collaborations at a local, national, and global level.
Our Values
Open: We value diversity of opinions, ideas, skills and perspectives.
Creative: We embrace ideas with curious minds and use our insight to uncover opportunity.
Collaborative: We are one team, working together across sectors, people and geographies to drive positive change.
Determined: We are determined to meet challenges with solutions and enable innovators to think and act beyond expectations.
Our Culture
We aim to provide an exceptional place of work for exceptional people, and our organisational values and behaviours reflect this aspiration. It’s what makes our culture unique.
Ask yourself…
- Do you value diversity of opinions, ideas, skills and perspectives?
- Do you possess a curious mind, embrace new ideas, and love to utilise insight to uncover opportunity?
- Are you comfortable working across sectors, people and geographies to drive positive outcomes?
- Are you a problem solver, determined to meet challenges with solutions, and able to think and act beyond expectations?
- Do you want to be part of a team that empowers its members to be creative and innovative in the way they shape the future and deliver positive change?
These are the attributes we look for in our people, so if you know these apply to you then apply to us today.
Innovate UK Business Connect has a flexible working policy. We strongly believe that flexible working can increase staff motivation, promote work-life balance, reduce employee stress, and improve performance and productivity.
Innovate UK Business Connect 2025 Strategy
We connect ideas, people and communities to drive innovation that changes lives.
Innovation is complex. The journey from idea to market is not straightforward and requires a diverse range of know-how, investment, market knowledge and research. Innovate UK Business Connect exists to connect innovators with new partners and new opportunities beyond their existing thinking – accelerating ambitious ideas into real-world solutions.
The future holds both challenges and opportunities. We are passionate about working with innovative businesses to overcome these challenges and shape the opportunities and solutions that follow.
Our vision is to create a network of innovators so powerful its ideas will change the world.
While business is at the heart of our work, our diverse connections span government, funders, research and the third sector. This unrivalled overview and connectivity enable us to be a trusted guide through a complex global landscape of research, development and innovation. Over the next five years, we will build collaborations at a local, national and global level.
People Strategy
At Innovate UK Business Connect we want to ensure our already strong workforce is constantly nurtured, listened to, and further strengthened, motivated and empowered to deliver consistently high levels of collaborative work, focusing on meeting the challenges of tomorrow.
We are committed to providing an exceptional place of work for our exceptional people. In this regard we will embrace diversity and inclusion, enhancing our respectful and trusting culture so that our staff feel supported and valued – and thrive through working together.
Only with the right people can we sustain our ability to have wide ranging expertise and convene the expertise of others, more rapidly than ever before, to help more innovators get their ideas to market and to ensure ideas and innovations are shared seamlessly across sectors and business communities.
If you would like to contact us regarding career opportunities, please email the recruitment team.
Explore our open positions below or email your resume to be considered for new positions in the future.
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