Consultant

Consultant

Contract type/Duration: Permanent
Working hours Full time
Band: 2.3
Salary: £49,210 to £58,651 (Depending on location and proven ability)
Reports to: Head of Enterprise Support Built Environment

Location: London or Milton Keynes office are options (minimum of two days a week in the office. You can do more than two days if preferable)
Closing date: 10am on the 7th of June 2026

The role

This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in one of CPC's flagship innovation programmes at the forefront of the construction and infrastructure sector. As a key delivery lead, you will work closely with industry partners, investors, and SMEs to accelerate innovation from concept through to real-world deployment and procurement for sector areas such as low carbon materials, productivity, health & safety and robotics. The role spans three critical areas: discovery, selection and support of high-potential businesses, the design and delivery of structured trials, and enabling commercial scale through procurement pathways. You will help shape a robust pipeline of innovative companies, ensure their solutions are rigorously validated in real-world environments, and support their progression into commercial adoption. You will be responsible for ensuring the operational success of the full accelerator programme cycle from pre-program and industry onboarding to delivery of a 3-4 month programme centred on industry trials and business support, culminating in a Demo Day. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role requiring strong stakeholder engagement, analytical rigour, and the ability to translate complex innovation into actionable, buyer-ready propositions. We are looking for experience in:

• Designing and managing open calls, assessment frameworks, and due diligence processes
• Managing SME onboarding, engagement, and progression across trial and commercial pathways
• Engaging industry partners (buyers, trial hosts, investors) to validate demand and shape pipelines
• Mobilising and managing trials with partners in live and controlled environments
• Monitoring performance and ensuring impact is captured
• Translating outputs into evidence packs, case studies, and adoption-ready insights
• Coordinating experts to support SME's commercialisation, investor readiness, and go to market strategies
• Coordinating stakeholder engagement, events, community-building, and programme visibility
• Developing repeatable playbooks, methodologies, and capturing impact and learning

Key Responsibilities

• Support revenue targets .
• Spot opportunities.
• Contribute to bids and proposals.
• Support client confidence in and building credibility of CPC.
• Ensure CRM system is updated with stakeholder contact and any other account information.
• Support scoping and delivery of streams of work .
• Deliver plans as designed .
• Implement effective project management process .
• Organise your own contribution to the work stream.
• Collaborate effectively across the work streams/project team .
• Provide excellence in delivery .
• Meet (or exceed) utilisation targets .
• Promote innovative and professional delivery focus across project team.
• Support buy in across a range of stakeholders through professional and technical expertise .
• Accountable for timely and high-qualityactions/tasks and updates .
• Update CRM system with contact of client information
• Maintain own professional development.
• Ensure an ethos of equity, inclusivity and diversity underpin your work activity, contribute to inclusive innovation across all Catapult activities.
• You may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties to support the Catapult in achieving its strategic outcomes and ensure effective business operations.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Identify new methodologies or approaches.
• Identify solutions beyond the tried and tested methods.
• Collaborate effectively across teams and disciplines.
• Influence effectively in projects and tasks.
• Customer perspective is understood and applied.
• Uses multi-channel communication to ensure clarity and connection on activities.
• Able to plan and deliver on multiple activities.
• Respond to and learns from change with ease.
• Embed inclusive and sustainability practices in planning and delivery.

Benefits

• 9 day fortnight for everyone, every other Friday.
• 23.5 holiday entitlement for everyone, with pro-rata calculations for part-time employees, along with a Christmas shutdown period for additional days off.
• Competitive pension, up to 10% company contribution to help you save for your future.
• Two paid days of volunteering leave per year (pro-rata for part-time employees) to support charitable activities.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing 24/7 confidential work/life support services to you and your immediate family members.
• Cycle to Work Scheme encouraging a healthy and sustainable commute.
• Cash Health Plan, offering reimbursement for a wide range of essential and everyday healthcare expenses, promoting your well-being.
• Payroll Giving scheme, allowing regular charitable contributions from pre-tax income, maximizing the impact of your donations.
• Discounts and offers from a wide variety of retailers , enhancing your purchasing power and providing savings opportunities.
• Mortgage Advice benefit, delivered in partnership with Charles Cameron & Associates – provides employees with free, expert mortgage advice and end-to-end mortgage support from the application process through to completion.

Employment here is based solely upon individual merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. We strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by law. We also make all reasonable accommodations to meet our obligations under laws protecting the rights of the disabled.

About Connected Places Catapult At Connected Places Catapult, we are on a mission to create better connected places across the UK and beyond. We believe that innovation is the key to unlocking the potential of our towns, cities, and transport systems, making them more sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous for everyone.

When connected places work, it benefits: People: wellbeing, access and inclusion for everyone. Planet : sustainable and increasingly regenerative living and moving. Prosperity : prosperous local economies and trade.

From supporting SMEs to develop clean transport technologies to helping local authorities unlock innovation in public procurement, our work is making a tangible difference. We help businesses secure millions in investment, create jobs, and drive forward solutions that address climate change, social isolation, and economic inequality.