About this role
Location London or Milton Keynes (minimum of two days a week in the office. You can do more than two days if preferable) Working hours Full time (9day Fortnight companywide) Contract type/duration: Permanent Full Time Band: 2.1 Salary: £32805 - £47442 (Dependent on office location and proven ability) Reporting to: Head of Enterprise Support (Transport) Closing date: 28th October 2026 The successful candidate will support the day-to-day running of the demanding Freight Innovation Fund (FIF) Accelerator Programme to enable delivery to time and quality. Working very closely with the Accelerator Programme Lead, the successful candidate will play a key role in supporting SMEs, mentors, coaches, and partners to work together in helping achieve commercial impact and positive outcomes for the UK’s freight sector. Provide day-to-day support for the FIF Accelerator Programme, including supporting partner relationships, scheduling, operations, and communications. Co-ordinate internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure successful programme delivery. Work with internal and external stakeholders to align accelerator activities with wider objectives of the Freight Innovation Fund. Provide an excellent support service to the SMEs in the cohort, ensuring their business and technical needs are met. Regular communication with partners, SMEs and CPC experts to ensure smooth trial delivery. Create a strong sense of community within the FIF programme, working closely with partners, DfT stakeholders and SMEs to unearth new collaborative opportunities. Co-ordinating and providing support at programme events. Assist Marketing, and other teams, with managing the Programme’s online presence across website, blogs, and social channels, including finding compelling content ideas, particularly those that demonstrate impact. Contribute to internal funding and contract award and monitoring and evaluation activity as needed, ensuring efficient and high-quality delivery. 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-quality actions/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.