Context
Launched in November 2021, the Global Initiative for Future Industrial Safety is a partnership between UNIDO and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, addressing the urgent need to improve worker safety.
Emerging technologies create both risks and opportunities in industrial safety. While they may expose workers to new hazards, they also offer innovative solutions to enhance workplace safety as they become more accessible worldwide.
The Initiative helps the global manufacturing sector navigate these challenges by establishing universal safety principles, promoting advanced safety technologies, and developing resources to improve safety capabilities. Key objectives include:
- Addressing safety risks from emerging technologies like AI, IoT, and robotics;
- Bridging knowledge gaps in safety awareness;
- Enhancing transparency in industrial safety;
- Providing insights for business leaders and policymakers;
- Ensuring safe adoption of new technologies.
Supported by Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy, the Initiative is driving progress in industrial safety worldwide.
The role
We are seeking a Programme Manager for the Global Initiative for Industrial Safety, a role that will be pivotal in fostering engagement, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing within our growing network. The ideal candidate should have strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, the ability to build and manage online and offline communities, and experience in content creation, social media management, and event coordination. They should be proactive in supporting discussions around industrial safety, facilitating partnerships, and ensuring that key insights and technological advancements reach the right audiences. A background in industrial safety, manufacturing, or technology is a plus, along with the ability to work across diverse international teams and contribute to the Initiative’s mission of promoting safer workplaces globally.
Main duties and responsibilities
Strategic direction support:
- Support the Project Director to provide strategic direction to the Global Initiative for Future Industrial Safety (GIFIS).
- Support the activities of the Governance Board, ensuring effective decision-making and coordination, including KPI monitoring and reporting support.
- Support Project Director to liaise with funders as appropriate to coordinate relationship management approaches.
- Help to identify opportunities to enhance the initiative’s impact in making industry safer and saving lives.
- Stakeholder engagement and coordination support:
- Support the Project Director as a point of contact for external stakeholders, ensuring alignment and fostering engagement.
- Help the Project Director to build and nurture relationships with industry leaders, partner organisations, and safety advocates to amplify the Manifesto’s reach.
- Support the consultation process with existing and potential community members to create consensus around emerging challenges and opportunities related to industrial safety, build trust around a common agenda and drive engagement around specific initiatives/activities.
- Coordinate with the Events Team to organise and facilitate initiative events (e.g. workshops or roundtables) and strategy meetings.
- Support the production of new insights:
- In collaboration with Insights Team members, help generate and aggregate new insights (e.g. best practice strategies, use cases) and support specific deliverables (e.g. frameworks, blogs, White Papers) to disseminate latest knowledge, findings and lessons learned, and help raise awareness across stakeholders.
- Stakeholder communications support:
- Support and coordinate with Communications team to define stakeholder communication strategy.
- Support the management and updating of the Global Manifesto for Industrial Safety website as required.
- Ensure the website content is accurate, engaging, including updates to events, publications, and news.
- Support the Communications team with the delivery of tailored communication and marketing materials for diverse stakeholder groups, including industry professionals, policymakers, and community members, as needed.
Key competencies
Essential:
- Qualification: Educated to master’s level in a related subject or equivalent level of experience.
- Communication & engagement: Strong verbal and written communication skills to engage diverse stakeholders, including industry leaders, policymakers, and the wider community.
- Community building: experience in developing and managing online and offline communities, fostering meaningful interactions, and encouraging knowledge-sharing.
- Content creation & social media management: Ability to craft compelling content (articles, posts, newsletters) and manage social media platforms to increase visibility and engagement.
- Event coordination: Experience in organising webinars, workshops, and networking events to bring together key stakeholders.
- Stakeholder relationship management: Experience working with partners, sponsors, and industry experts in the UK and/or overseas.
- Project management: Strong organisational skills to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and priorities efficiently.
- Writing and analytical skills: Ability to generate new insights, such as best practice strategies and use cases, and support the development of key deliverables (e.g. frameworks, blogs, White Papers), including the ability to understand and translate complex policy into engaging communications for policy audiences.
- Passion for industrial safety & technology: Understanding of, or willingness to learn about, safety challenges and technological advancements in industrial sectors.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of industrial safety & emerging technologies: Familiarity with safety principles, AI, IoT, robotics, and their role in workplace safety.
- Public relations & media outreach: Experience in engaging with media, writing press releases, and building the Initiative’s reputation.
- Data & analytics: Ability to track engagement metrics, analyse trends, and optimise community strategies based on insights.
Experience in non-profit or international organisations: Background in working with NGOs, global initiatives, or industry associations.
About the role and how to apply
The role is full-time and based in Cambridge; however, we are open to discussions about flexible working and operate an ‘office first’ hybrid working policy (with 60% of working time in the office). The salary for this role is £45,000 per annum, plus a generous benefits package, including healthcare. IfM Engage is responsible for ensuring that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Please send a CV and covering letter to ifm-engage@eng.cam.ac.uk
The closing date for the role is 17:30 7th April 2025. We look forward to your application.
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