Does Connected Places Catapult offer a compressed work week?

Yes, Connected Places Catapult provides a 9-day fortnight, allowing employees to complete their work in fewer days. This benefit is designed to support work-life balance for its colleagues.

What kind of pension contributions does Connected Places Catapult offer to employees?

Connected Places Catapult provides an enhanced pension scheme for its employees. The business offers a significant contribution, matching up to 10% of an employee's contribution.

How does Connected Places Catapult integrate diversity and inclusion into its operations?

Connected Places Catapult has a strategic focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), with inclusive innovation central to its approach. The organisation actively seeks diverse perspectives to foster an equitable innovation ecosystem. This ensures economic growth and benefits are distributed across all communities.

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Connected Places Catapult

Research and Innovation

The UK’s innovation accelerator for transport, the built environment, cities and local growth.

Research and Innovation

We are the UK’s innovation accelerator for transport, the built environment, cities, and local growth.

Our mission is to bridge the gap between cutting-edge ideas and real-world impact, driving sustainable, equitable solutions for people and places.

If you’re passionate about creating smarter, greener, and more inclusive futures, join us in shaping the connected world of tomorrow, redefining how people live, move, and thrive.

Discover how we’re driving innovation for transport, cities, and local economies – and the team behind our work.

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What Connected Places Catapult offers their employees

Benefits

Connected Places Catapult's benefits offering is currently pending verification by employees.

Culture

Connected Places Catapult's culture is currently pending verification by employees

Family friendly

We're waiting for Connected Places Catapult's employees to verify their family friendliness.

Enhanced maternity leave

Enhanced paternity leave

Flexibility

We're waiting for Connected Places Catapult's employees to verify how flexible they are.

Hybrid working (with some weekly office time)

A little flexibility in start and finish times

9-day fortnight

Mission

We're waiting for Connected Places Catapult's employees to verify how mission led they are.

Sustainability

Environmental impact driven

Data-driven

Non-salary compensation

We're waiting for Connected Places Catapult's employees to verify the non-salary compensation.

Enhanced pension match/contribution

Employee discounts

Cycle to work scheme

People-first

This is pending verification by Connected Places Catapult employees.

Supportive

This is pending verification by Connected Places Catapult employees.

Culture & Values at Connected Places Catapult

Our culture is shaped by four core values that guide how we work every day:

Respectful – We value diverse perspectives and treat one another with fairness and consideration.
Accountable – We take responsibility for our actions and deliver on our commitments.
Curious – We challenge assumptions, seek new ideas and continuously learn.
Purposeful – We are driven by meaningful impact, working to create connected places that benefit people, prosperity and the planet.

Together, these values create a collaborative environment where people are encouraged to share ideas, grow their expertise and contribute to innovation that makes a real difference.

Approach to inclusion

Our purpose is to connect people, places and businesses to a future of sustainable growth and prosperity. We deliver this by connecting markets, sparking innovative technology, and accelerating commercialisation.

EDI is a strategic focus for CPC with inclusive innovation central to our approach. By actively seeking diverse perspectives and participation in the design, delivery, and diffusion of innovation we can foster a more equitable innovation ecosystem that leads to economic growth and equitable distribution of benefits and impact across all communities.

Flexible working at Connected Places Catapult

Colleagues will be asked to come into the office a few days a week based on our hybrid working team framework:

Colleague connector – a minimum of two days a week in the office. You can do more than two days if preferable

Workplace enabler – five days a week in the office

Business needs change and colleagues may need to attend the office more frequently/in varied patterns. This means you may be required to flex to increase in person collaborations when needed e.g., transition for new joiners, change of role, development needs and project need etc.