Fundraising Manager Climate Scaling Collaborative

at  Imperial College London

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Imperial College London has secured three years of Research England Development (RED) funding to provide support to climate innovations that are ready to scale. This project – the Climate Scaling Collaborative – includes partners from the universities of Cranfield, Derby, Exeter, Leeds and Nottingham, as well as agreements to collaborate with a number of external partners.
The project will focus on IP-rich university start-ups and spinouts with deep technology-based solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation. Encompassing hardware, software and hybrid solutions, the project will support climate-focused businesses across a broad range of industrial verticals. Over the initial RED Fund period, this support will reach 60 IP-rich climate startups initiated within the UK higher education eco-system - from partner institutions and beyond. Through founder networking events, the project will engage with a further 120 UK businesses. Each regional partner will host events to showcase prototyping and manufacturing facilities and develop collaborations with local investors, policy groups and relevant businesses. The project includes work packages to deliver investment support, manufacturing advice, talent and governance navigation, business development support and peer networking.
The Imperial team is a partnership between Imperial’s Enterprise Lab and Undaunted, bringing together Imperial’s excellence in supporting innovation in general, and climate innovation in particular. The postholder will sit in Undaunted but have a close relationship with both teams.
We are looking for a talented fundraising manager to secure the future of the climate solutions collaborative, ensuring a lasting future for the network and structures created across the UK in this project.
The project funders, RED, emphasise the importance of ensuring this project, or its infrastructure and networks, are self-sustaining beyond this initial phase. We anticipate the benefits of this work to be felt across the UK. You will take an active role in shaping the workstreams and liaising with businesses, funders and industry partners from the start to facilitate this.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING

This is a brand-new role in a new team. It will be your job, from the outset of the project to take a strategic view of the project in its current form and work autonomously to take the lead in devising multiple streams of activity that will increase the chances of a sustainable future for the project from a range of potential funding sources.
The job will be dynamic - as the project develops, you will take a view on which of the activities are most useful, and what type of funding future is appropriate.
We expect you to be a self-starter, collaborating both with the other participating universities, and with other fundraising, corporate engagement, entrepreneurship and innovation activities in Imperial to coordinate efforts to secure funds for innovation and climate activities, ensuring responsible and effective communication with external funders.
Your strategic perspective will be essential to identify funding pathways to support the growth of young climate start-ups through their challenging early years, ultimately delivering green jobs in the UK and real environmental impact.