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  • Posted: Nov 1, 2022
    Deadline: Nov 15, 2022
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    The phrase Her Majesty's Government is a formal term referring to the government of a Commonwealth realm or one of its constituent provinces, states or territories. In use since at least the height of the British Empire, the phrase has been inherited and integrated into the countries that emerged from that polity and which remain Commonwealth realms.
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    Science & Innovation Officer HEO

    Roles and responsibilities:

    • Responsible for strengthening and broadening bilateral science and innovation collaboration between the UK and Ghana, with a regional watching brief over West Africa.
    • To promote collaboration, diplomacy, people to people links and inform UK policy development in science and innovation. You will:
    • Develop high quality and sustainable UK/Ghana science and innovation partnerships that focus on UK and Ghanaian priorities, including developing and maintaining a network of senior level contacts across the UK and Ghana research landscape;
    • Act as focal point for delivering UK Government science and innovation strategy; manage information on science and innovation work and lead on science briefing and reporting for Ghana.
    • Develop and expand the UK relationship with Ghanaian research, innovation and funding bodies;
    • Work closely with the Research and Evidence regional research hub and FCDO communications specialists to leverage and amplify the UK’s research investment and partnerships, promoting evidence-based policy making and the development of Ghana’s research landscape and partnerships.
    • Support wider UK prosperity objectives, including higher education and linkages in the digital sector. Spot and work with Department for International Trade to match opportunities to UK firms
    • Provide support to senior UK Government officials and the UK research base regarding the Ghana science and innovation environment; supporting VIP visits;
    • Identify opportunities, develop and manage bilateral projects (these might be regional in nature) in order to increase collaboration opportunities for the UK science base;
    • Support efforts to promote visibility and HMG coherence on science technology and innovation. This includes  convening and  supporting cross-mission meetings of science-focused specialists.
    • Support and facilitate UK, global and Ghanaian science partners in delivering objectives on Open Science; Science and Media; and other cross cutting priorities
    • Support UK science and innovation projects and programmes through monitoring, advice, networking and communication.
    • Resources managed (staff and expenditure):
    • You may be required to manage small projects, these are unlikely to have a budget of more than £50,000.

    Essential qualifications, skills and experience  

    • Degree in a scientific/technological discipline or significant (5 years) work experience in a science/innovation role;
    • Be able to work quickly and reliably with attention to detail and with limited supervision;
    • Excellent written and spoken English;
    • Strong IT computer skills including MS Word and Excel;
    • Good presentation, interpersonal and representational skills,
    • Good communications skills – amplifying and landing targeted messages to key stakeholders;
    • The ability to initiate , maintain and exploit a wide range of working relationships;
    • Strong organisational skills and project management experience;
    • The ability to deliver results under pressure;
    • Project management experience.

    Desirable qualifications, skills and experience  

    • Policy development
    • Experience of working with Ghanaian scientific research organisations and/or an understanding of research funding in Ghana;
    • An understanding of the UK science and innovation landscape;
    • Experience of working with UK research organisations.

    Required behaviours  

    • Seeing the Big Picture, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Her Majesty's Government (HM Government) on fco.tal.net to apply

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