Start-up Manager

Turning Passion into Purpose.

London South Bank University are excited to be recruiting for the post of Start-up Manager to support our aspiring entrepreneurs to start and grow their ventures.

Are you someone that loves to work with innovative minds, sparking curiosity and nurturing talented people through their entrepreneurial journey?

This is your opportunity to join an award-winning, collaborative and mission driven team, delivering transformational initiatives that inspire our entrepreneurial community.

About the Role:

You will primarily lead on our South Bank Works incubator programme, developing the community, and creating engaging start-up and entrepreneurial initiatives to support founders achieve their milestones.

You will be working closely with a refreshed team that is consistently recognised as an Outstanding Entrepreneurial University and be involved in devising and delivering initiatives and activity towards increasing entrepreneurial competence and opportunities.

As part of the LSBU Enterprising Futures team you will iterate and seek to do things differently to deliver an effective calendar of initiatives and support, as well as managing seed funding and entrepreneurial competitions.

Your role will also involve engaging with academic, civic, and business stakeholders, providing opportunities for wider impact.

As part of a high-performing team, you will have the opportunity to deliver impactful work while enjoying ownership and flexibility to inspire and respond to our entrepreneurial community. You will be supported and challenged and will have the satisfaction of seeing the impact of your work through our entrepreneurs’ development.

About You:

The role will require someone who is keen to experiment and drive growth for the benefit of our entrepreneurial community. You will have a strong understanding of the startup journey, and practical experience supporting early-stage entrepreneurs. You will be a champion of our start-ups, seeking opportunities to help them grow.

Required skills and experience:

• Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience.
• Knowledge and understanding of enterprise and entrepreneurship and the challenges that students face in starting a business or social enterprise, demonstrated by experience of supporting student entrepreneurs or start-ups and/or supporting curriculum development and delivery, with a university or similarly large organisation, or own-business start-up experience.
• Experience of developing initiatives which support entrepreneurs and business growth i.e. accelerators, incubators, competitions, and hackathons.

More information is included in the attached Candidate Pack.

Benefits and How to Apply:

As a leading Higher Education Institution LSBU offers staff a highly competitive benefits package including holiday entitlement starting at 26.5 days per annum, professional development opportunities and flexible working. Full details on the range of benefits we offer can be found here.

The person specification for this role alongside applicant guidance on what to submit within your application can be found within the candidate pack attached.

Application Deadline and Interviews:

• The closing date for applications is 23:59 Sunday 19^th of May 2024
• Interview/assessment – Friday 7th June 2024

We are happy to talk flexible working and reasonable adjustments and aim to make our recruitment and selection process accessible to all, please contact us to discuss any support you need. The diversity of LSBU’s staff and students is a source of our strength and the richness of ideas and perspectives that this diversity brings makes LSBU a unique place to work.

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