Project Manager COCOLAB. makerspace (w/m/d)

Coconat space; Klein Glien; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

An innovative rural development company located in Brandenburg is seeking a COCOLAB workshop manager (f/m/d) to support startups and manage maker workshops. The role includes responsibilities such as advising program participants, managing community memberships, event management, and public relations. Ideal candidates should possess strong project management skills, fluency in English, and a passion for innovative environments. This part-time position (20 hours/week) offers a negotiable salary, with applications due by December 5, 2025.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in project management and ability to collaborate with diverse individuals.
• Fluency in English and comfort in international settings.
• In-depth knowledge of manual skills and/or computer-controlled production methods.
• Residence in Hohen Fläming or willingness to relocate promptly.
• Experience writing grant applications is an advantage.
• Experience managing employees or volunteers is an advantage.
• Start-up experience and interest in rural development/social entrepreneurship are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support startups and advise participants in the Flämingo Startup Hub.
• Manage memberships and workshops for the maker community.
• Coordinate public relations and create content for various platforms.
• Maker workshops: plan and implement, especially as team-building measures for guests.
• Maintenance: care for machines, infrastructure, security systems, and expansion.
• Event management: organize Maker Christmas market and related events.
• Booking integration: embed workshop offerings into sales and booking processes.
• Public relations: content for social media and newsletters, website updates and flyers.
• In-house production: create signs and merchandise for Coconat and Flämingo.
• Partnerships: deepen and establish partnerships and cooperative projects.
• Fundraising: assist with grant applications and financial viability.
• External production: explore local production capacities.

Skills

Project management

Collaboration

Creative problem-solving

Fluent English

Computer skills

Adaptability

Job description

Our team is looking for a COCOLAB workshop manager (f/m/d) to start as soon as possible.

COCONAT stands for community and concentrated work in nature. We are an impact‑oriented company: positive social effects are fundamentally more important to us than profit maximization.

We promote rural development through our innovative tourism model, which combines workation, coworking, and coliving. Important local building blocks are the COCOLAB workshop and the Flämingo Startup Accelerator.

Coconat has been bringing international knowledge workers and computer workers together in Brandenburg since 2017 and has been recognized for this as a cultural and creative pilot and with the German Tourism Award. Since 2023, COCOLAB in the former cattle barn has also been offering this idea to manual workers, and since 2025 we have been focusing particularly on international and impact‑oriented startups.

The open workshop has a CNC milling machine, laser cutter, 3D printer, fusing oven, film editing station, and screen printing equipment, as well as leisure‑time infrastructure such as billiards and foosball. The digital and analog worlds, as well as the city and countryside, come together here and create a new kind of space for creativity and innovation. The target groups are local makers, startups, and workation guests who book creative team‑building workshops here.

Your responsibilities

• Startup support: advising program participants from the Flämingo Startup Hub and integrating COCOLAB into existing programs (e.g., rabbit Game developer residency).
• Team member of Flämingo Startup Hub: participation in the creative industries project team, including selection jury for startups and quarterly project meetings.
• Maker community: managing memberships, machine operator licenses, open‑lab days, and maker get‑togethers.
• Maker workshops: planning and implementation, especially as team‑building measures for Coconat guests.
• Maintenance: caring for machines and infrastructure, locking and security systems, equipment and further workshop expansion, and coordinating with cleaning/janitorial team.
• Event management: e.g., Maker Christmas market, Fläminger Kreativsause.
• Booking integration: embedding workshop offerings (team building, rooms) into Coconat’s sales activities and booking process.
• Public relations: content for social media and newsletters, website updates and flyers.
• In‑house production: creating signs and merchandise (e.g., T‑shirts) for Coconat and Flämingo.
• Partnerships: deepening and establishing partnerships (network of open workshops, chamber of crafts, universities) and developing cooperation projects.
• Fundraising: submitting applications or assisting with permanent financial viability of the workshop (e.g., residence programs).
• External production: potential development of local production capacities (prototypes, merchandising, company signs).

We are aware that this wide range of tasks cannot be fulfilled by a single part‑time position. Depending on qualifications, priorities should therefore be set jointly.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in project management and ability to collaborate productively with diverse people.
• Fascination with innovative environments, entrepreneurial spirit, and understanding of Coconat’s unique features.
• Talent for improvisation, staying organized under pressure, and appreciation for flat hierarchies.
• Fluency in English (German welcome) and comfort in international contexts.
• In‑depth knowledge of manual skills and/or computer‑controlled production methods, good computer skills, and basic accounting knowledge.
• Residence in Hohen Fläming or willingness to relocate promptly.
• Experience writing grant applications is an advantage.
• Experience managing employees and volunteers is an advantage.
• Start‑up experience, familiarity with coworking scene, and interest in rural development/social entrepreneurship are advantageous.

Conditions

Place of work: Bad Belzig, OT Klein Glien

Start date: as soon as possible

Scope: part‑time (20 hours per week)

Salary: negotiable

Your application

Please send your detailed application by December 5, 2025, exclusively by email to Janosch Dietrich: [e-mail].