Innovate UK is looking to recruit 40 women from across the Foundation Industries, to receive a fully-funded placement on a Women’s Leadership Development programme starting this May.
The programme is a part of the Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) Challenge that brings together the metals, glass, paper, ceramics, cement and bulk chemical industries to address competitiveness and environmental impact.
The programme hopes to address the lack of diversity in this sector, particularly the underrepresentation of women at senior leadership levels, and most notably in technical and operational roles.
The learning objectives for this leadership programme include:
- understanding and overcoming imposter syndrome
- building strong relationships that benefit everyone
- mastering your time, energy and focus
- knowing your influence and negotiating win-wins
- making superior decisions and solving complicated problems
- creating opportunities for yourself and other women across the Foundation Industries
Applicants from varied age groups, ethnic minorities and diverse educational backgrounds are particularly welcome.
As this is a funded programme, there is a requirement to fully commit to the course and, if successful, Innovate UK will require line manager authorisation/commitment to support delegates in their learning, and in the implementation of that learning. The time commitment is up to a maximum of 4 hours a month for the sessions which will run for 12 months.
Beyond this, Innovate UK would be looking for delegates to act as an advocate for the future of the Foundation Industries, be a role model and mentor to others and help drive change across the sector and beyond.
If you are interested in this opportunity, complete the self-nomination form for Women’s Leadership (DOCX, 1.3MB) and return it to Zoe Price and Sarah Connolly at tfi.flg@iuk.ukri.org.
The deadline for application is 14 April 2022.