Innovation Connector

Full Time, 37 Hour per week.  Fixed term, initially to 31 March 2027.
Connect ideas.  Unlock growth.  Innovation without the jargon.

Wigan and Leigh businesses are full of ideas. This role helps turn those ideas into practical action by exploring how Wigan & Leigh College, and the wider Greater Manchester network, can help provide the skills necessary to make them a reality.

As Innovation Connector at Wigan & Leigh College, you’ll work with local employers, especially small to medium enterprises, to help them understand how innovation, digital tools, AI, process improvement and skills support could improve productivity and growth.  You’ll be the person who opens the right doors to what our college can offer by asking the right questions and then connecting them to the right part of our offer, either at Wigan & Leigh or from the Greater Manchester Innovation Network.

This is a role for someone who can move confidently between stakeholders and understand the differing needs of each.  You’ll need commercial credibility, strong relationship-building skills and the ability to make complex support feel simple, useful and human.