The North East LEP is recruiting an Innovation Director

The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is recruiting an Innovation Director to lead, animate and develop its Innovation Programme, with the aim of driving new thinking around innovation and its ecosystem in the North East of England.

This is a unique opportunity to help deliver the North East Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) and define the North East as an innovation hot spot in Europe – an exemplar in ‘smart specialisation’ and open innovation systems and practice.

Working closely with board-level leaders and other professionals across a range of organisations and sectors, the Innovation Director will be accountable to the Executive Director.

To find out more and to apply for this position, please visit North East Jobs.