Coordinator, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Small Business Development Center (EISBDC)
Closure Date: Sep 01, 2022
Reference Number: 208
Abu Dhabi
- Qualification: MBA or Any other Masters in Business/Entrepreneurship/Engineering Management.
- Location: Abu Dhabi Campus
- Job Description :
- Lead and manage the day-to-day activities of AAU's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (strategy, policy, plans, schedules, priorities, monitoring, and follow up).
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate conferences, workshops, fairs, events, and meetings (responding, planning, prioritization, preparation, communications, and presentations).
- Coordinate with the Deans of the Colleges to implement a comprehensive innovation/ entrepreneurship education program serving and collaborating with all academic and student services departments, external stakeholders, and entrepreneurs.
- Support the efforts of AAU related to Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Work closely with AAU Colleges and other Incubation Centers to develop relationships with innovators and entrepreneurs to encourage and support new business startups.
- Develop the Center's scholarships/fellowships plan for attracting entrepreneurs/innovators (How AAU and external funders contribute to the Center's activities and success)
- Publicly recognize student achievement
- Report on KPIs
- Develop and manage programs to promote creative, innovative ideas.
- Manage and administer the Center's offices and staff on a day-to-day basis.
- Develop and conduct necessary training for AAU students in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation.
- Help students with understanding the financials issues for startups, feasibility analysis, and business model canvas by having workshops /training sessions.
- Manage all necessary documentation for the Center: writing, printing, distributing, and marketing reports (e.g., reports on economic impact, technology, inventions)
- Coordinate plans for and manage Center's events (e.g., technology events, science fairs, inventor of the year, Khalifa Fund Awards).
- Help develop and coordinate an entrepreneurship and innovation calendar (development, review, follow-up).
- Develop a process for Innovation center and programs assessment.
- Work on student engagement, mentoring, and follow-up.
- Experience in managing education/educational institutions, innovation, and entrepreneurship
- Strong leadership skills
- Bilingual with good command of both English & Arabic spoken and written
- Excellent knowledge of computer skills, particularly MS office programs
- Interested candidates may send their updated CV mentioning Education, Skills, and Experience