Innovation Career Pathway

The Innovation Competency Framework helps you to identify the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required for a thriving innovation career at the University. Use it as a tool to plan your learning and development, and to guide and inform career conversations with your line manager and mentors.

The Framework is structured using five innovation capability levels: 

1. Potential Innovator - Generates innovative ideas but has yet to test or validate them. Aware of innovation funding and the concept of intellectual property.
2. Aspiring Innovator - Secures innovation funding to test ideas and concepts collaboratively with non-academic partners, stakeholders, and end-users.
3. New Innovator - Develops and validates products/services/processes. Builds and grows innovation profile, securing backing and buy-in for vision.
4. Experienced Innovator - Manages a large-scale/diverse portfolio of innovation projects and funding. Exploits intellectual property and delivers extensive impact.
5. Innovation Leader - Advocates for innovation internally and externally, shaping and influencing innovation strategy. Fosters a culture of innovation

The Framework comprises ten competencies that span the entire range of innovation capability levels: collaboration, creativity, funding, intellectual property, leadership, market analysis, networks, risk, strategy and University resources.