Salary range: Up to £34,000 per annum (plus £4,000 training and development budget)
FTE: 1.0 (35 hours/week)
Term: Fixed-term (21 months)
Closing date: 26/06/2022
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious candidate
with established business experience and a strong supporting academic
background to further develop their career by working on a 21-month Knowledge
Transfer Partnership (KTP) project between SSEN Transmission and the University
of Strathclyde. The role will be key in driving the implementation of business
strategy through establishing a highly engaged innovation culture within the
employees; essential to the business successfully delivering on its strategic
objective to support the transition to a low carbon economy and Net Zero. The
role is located in Glasgow, Scotland and requires the successful candidate to
be based mainly at SSEN Transmission’s and the University of Strathclyde’s
offices in Glasgow.
SSEN Transmission is part of the SSE Group, responsible for
the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland. As the
Transmission Owner (TO), SSEN Transmission maintains and invests in the high
voltage 132kV, 220kV, 275kV and 400kV electricity transmission network in the
north of Scotland. The network consists of underground and subsea cables,
overhead lines on wooden and composite poles and steel towers, and electricity
substations, extending over a quarter of the UK’s land mass crossing some of
its most challenging terrain. The region has a vast renewable resource with
most of the generation in the area coming from either wind or hydro resources
which ensures a safe and reliable supply to meet local demand and for onwards
transport to the rest of the UK.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to
develop their strategic, technical and operational skills in an industry at the
forefront of the transition to a Net Zero. SSEN Transmission has ambitious
goals over the coming five years to connect the renewable energy that will
power 10 million homes and businesses, while at the same time reduce its own
business greenhouse gas emissions in line with a 1.5 degree warming pathway.
You will have real responsibility in identifying best practice for building
human capital and engagement in the cultural change necessary to implement a
new stakeholder-led innovation strategy, and then embedding that into
day-to-day business practise. You will track and revise your methods as
appropriate to deliver maximum benefit. It is through the people training
modules developed by this project that the skills and behaviours necessary for
a high engagement innovative culture will be embedded. It is essential that you
are self-motivated in identifying the best way to deliver the role’s
objectives, and proactive in engaging with those that will support these and
driving to achieve the desired outcomes.
Establishing a strong network inside the company and with
the academic team will be key to success, along with working with wider
stakeholders in the energy sector and beyond. It is essential you are educated
to a Masters level, ideally an MBA, and that you have applied this learning
outside the academic environment for a significant period. Through that work
experience you will have been involved with various change initiatives,
including the institution of high engagement work practices. A people centred,
creative approach is key. Ideally you will have an undergraduate degree or
experience of human resources, organisational studies (or related) psychology or education. Experience of the energy sector is
preferred, but not essential.
You will display strong collaborative skills that you will
apply whilst working across the business and academic partners. This will
include the existing innovation multi-disciplinary team and all other parties
involved with innovation across SSE’s transmission and distribution electricity
network companies. You will need to affect change through others using timely
stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiating skills, whilst adapting
your approach as circumstances dictate. You won’t be afraid to experiment with
new approaches when delivering change. You will motivate and inspire others to
innovate and drive change, leading to engagement with learning and new ideas
within the business.
The project is part of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership
(KTP) programme that aims to help businesses improve their competitiveness and
productivity through better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside
within the UK knowledge base. Successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership
projects are funded by UK Research and Innovation through Innovate UK and are
part of the government’s Industrial Strategy. To find out how KTP works and the
vital role you will play if you successfully secure a KTP Associate position
please visit: www.ktpws.org.uk. There are over 200 vacancies currently
available at www.ktp-uk.org/graduates or search ‘KTP jobs’. Please note this is
a fixed term appointment (expected duration 21 months)
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