Entrepreneurship Officer (Aston)

Gbs Uk; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in the UK is looking for an Entrepreneurship Officer to coach and mentor students in developing entrepreneurship activities. The role entails engaging students, promoting entrepreneurship, and managing projects and events. Ideal candidates should have a degree or equivalent experience and familiarity with start-ups or SMEs. Benefits include extra leave for service, a pension scheme, and tuition reimbursement for career development courses.

Benefits

Extra leave per year of service

Workplace pension scheme

Tuition reimbursement for career development courses

Flexible benefits like Cycle to Work

Employee discounts platform

Reward and recognition programme

Employee referral scheme

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the enterprise area and experience working with Start-ups or SMEs.
• Experience in planning and managing delivery of projects and events.
• Prepared to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Deliver core programme of entrepreneurship support initiatives.
• Develop and grow the team’s offer in a contemporary way.
• Curate events and workshops with internal and external speakers.
• Support running of entrepreneurship coworking space.
• Engage with stakeholders for successful delivery of the programme.
• Plan activities for all campuses to support students and graduates.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Mentoring

Project management

Communication

Creative thinking

Problem solving

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The role

The role: The Entrepreneurship Officer is responsible for coaching and mentoring students within the development of entrepreneurship activities. Raising the profile of Entrepreneurship among the student body by engaging with a wider range of students. Increasing the number of successful student/graduate start-ups by establishing a fully developed enterprise pipeline. Inspiring, motivating and equipping students/graduates through training, resources, competitions, events, and coaching/mentoring. This role will also deliver the promotion, monitoring and delivery of workshops and other activities linked to our supporting the start-up and growth of student businesses. Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position. What the role involves:

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the delivery of a core programme of entrepreneurship support initiatives.
• Think creatively to develop and grow the team’s offer, ensuring that it remains relevant and contemporary.
• Collaborate positively across the team, working collectively on joint projects and, where appropriate, lead on curating events and workshops, including booking speakers, rooms, and catering.
• Actively support and contribute to the effective running of the entrepreneurship support coworking space.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders relevant to the successful delivery of the Enterprise Support core programme.
• Plan and deliver entrepreneurship activities for GBS on all campuses.
• Support and deliver entrepreneurship support for students and graduates, including those accessing our investment programme.
  Flexibility with time and travel is required as you will occasionally be required to work outside of regular working pattern over weekends and evenings, and travel to our various campuses to meet the departments.

Qualifications

• Degree holder and/or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of the enterprise area and/or experience working with Start-ups, SMEs or similar, and/or experience in mentoring, coaching and an understanding of the entrepreneurial mindset.
• Experience of planning and managing the delivery of projects and/or events.
• Experience of working/ability to work with competing timeframes across a number of initiatives.
• Ability to communicate credibly with a range of people from all levels internally and externally.
• Prepared to work flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends.
• Aptitude for problem solving and creative thinking.
• Experience of and/or willingness to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Ability to process and present information in a suitable format for different audiences.
  GBS is a higher education provider offering a range of sector-relevant courses across ten campuses in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. Working in partnership with several of the UK’s leading higher education providers, we deliver vocational, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in finance, accounting, business, construction, tourism, healthcare, and more.

Benefits

• 1-day extra leave per year of service, up to a maximum of 5 days
• Workplace pension scheme
• Tuition reimbursement for career development courses
• Flexible Benefits: Cycle to Work, Workplace Nursery, Techscheme and much more
• Perks@Work discounts platform, wellbeing centre and much more
• Reward and recognition programme
• 500 award employee referral scheme
• Discretionary annual performance bonus