Associate – Events, Outreach & Community (AIC)

Mahindra University || Centre for Life Sciences; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahindra University || Centre for Life Sciences is seeking an Associate - Events, Outreach & Community to support its startup incubator, manage events, and engage founder communities. You will coordinate bootcamps, visits, and demo days, while crafting social media content and newsletters.

The role involves campus outreach, onboarding incubatees, and maintaining partner networks, with hands-on involvement in day-to-day operations and strong writing skills in English.

Qualifications

• Essential: Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• Desirable: Master’s degree in Management, Communication, or related area; involvement with an E-Cell, IIC, incubator or startup during studies.

Responsibilities

• Assist in executing events, bootcamps, demo days, competitions and visits.
• Run the day-to-day rhythm of the incubator community: groups, calendar, onboarding incubatees, introductions between founders.
• Organise regular community activities such as founder meetups, peer learning sessions, open houses and alumni engagement.
• Draft and schedule social media posts, newsletters and campaign material; maintain the content calendar with the CEO.
• Capture content from the ground: photographs, video, founder testimonials for newsletters and reports.
• Assist with campus outreach and application drives to build the startup pipeline.
• Act as the first point of contact for enquiries from prospective applicants, founders, students and visitors.
• Support visitor hosting: walk-throughs, visitor schedules and material preparation.
• Collect monthly updates from incubatees for MIS and follow up until complete.
• Maintain event records, photographs, attendance sheets and databases of startups, mentors, participants and partners.
• Assist with day-to-day office and programme coordination.
• Carry out other responsibilities assigned by the CEO.

Skills

Social media management

Content creation

Event coordination

Written communication

Relationship building

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in any discipline

Master’s degree in Management, Communication or related area

Tools

Canva

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Summary

Assists in delivering the events, outreach and communication of the Centre, and that carries the day-to-day work of building and sustaining its startup community.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the execution of events, bootcamps, demo days, competitions and visits: publicity, outreach, registrations, venue and material preparation, guest and participant coordination and on-ground support.
• Run the day-to-day rhythm of the incubator community: community groups and channels, the activity calendar, onboarding of new incubatees into the community, and introductions between founders.
• Organise regular community activities such as founder meetups, peer learning sessions, open houses and informal sessions, and sustain engagement with alumni startups and mentors.
• Draft and schedule social media posts, newsletters and campaign material, and maintain the content calendar in consultation with the CEO.
• Capture content from the ground: photographs, video, founder testimonials and inputs for case studies, newsletters and reports.
• Assist with campus outreach and application drives to build the startup pipeline.
• Act as the first point of contact for enquiries from prospective applicants, founders, students and visitors, and route them to the concerned team member.
• Support visitor hosting: walk-throughs of the Centre, coordination of visitor schedules and preparation of material.
• Collect monthly updates and data from incubatees for the startup MIS and follow up until the information is complete.
• Maintain event records, photographs, attendance sheets and feedback, and the databases of startups, mentors, participants and partners.
• Assist with day-to-day office and programme coordination.
• Carry out any other responsibilities assigned by the CEO.

QUALIFICATION

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
• Desirable: Master’s degree in Management, Communication or a related area; involvement with an E-Cell, IIC, incubator or startup during studies.

Experience

• 1 to 2 years of relevant experience in events, marketing, communication or community roles.
• Fresh graduates with demonstrable exposure to the startup ecosystem may also be considered.

Skills And Attributes

• Ability to build rapport with founders and students and to sustain relationships over time.
• Strong operational discipline and the ability to run several activities in parallel without supervision.
• Hands-on social media and content skills across LinkedIn, Instagram and X, including design and video editing tools such as Canva.
• Attention to detail and reliability in follow-through, including persistence in chasing information.
• Good writing ability in English for posts, reports and communication material.
• Comfort in dealing with students, founders, vendors and visitors.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, trackers, documents, dashboards and presentation tools.
• Willingness to do hands-on operational work alongside the team.

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