Coordinator: Student Entrepreneurship

3 days ago

Bellville, South Africa University of the Western Cape Full time

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is a vibrant, diverse and dynamic university, rooted in the African continent with an increasing global reach. UWC actively responds in critical and creative ways to the development needs of the country, within an ever-changing and challenging global context.

You will report to the Director: Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. We seek a person who thrives in an impact and purpose-driven organisation. You must have a passion for wanting to see entrepreneurship flourishing on the university campus with a special emphasis on students and see the potential of achieving this by bringing an entrepreneurial mindset and skills training and exposure to students.

The job requirements include:

- Communicate with stakeholders on various platforms.
- Design and adapt programmes for the engagement of students and stakeholders.
- Facilitate engagements with sponsors and stakeholders to maintain relationships and secure resources for the University.
- Planning and showcasing of various entrepreneurial events and programmes that will translate into the appropriate exposure and impact.
- Training of various students and stakeholders.
- Activating networks and relationships to access resources and ensuring appropriate resourcing of programmes.
- Setting up frameworks to onboard training partners and performing appropriate due diligence.
- Securing student cohorts and cohort planning.
- Reporting to grantors, management and governance structures.
- Provide input into overall CEI strategy and how best to scale including assessing how we could adopt various approaches including using a ‘train the trainer’ approach and designing a roll out plan for scale in collaboration with the Director and stakeholders.
- Build and maintain major stakeholder relationships of interest to the CEI within the university training and entrepreneurship sector, manage varying expectations and communicate effectively with all relevant institutional and individuals.
- Conduct Ecosystem think tanks with major stakeholders to aid co-creation.
- Maintain partner training organisations and service provider relationships, contract negotiations and communication.
- Analysing information and data and compiling reports to the Director on implementation, performance, and impact of the CEI Student entrepreneurship programme, compiling of the student entrepreneurship annual publication.

**Minimum Requirements**
- 3-5 years’ relevant work experience
- Matric and a relevant degree
- Ability to communicate fluently in English language
- Project management and project tracking skills together with, planning, budget management skills
- Report writing, problem solving, capacity to develop processes and systems with the ability to develop and refine programme elements in an evidence-based manner. Design, develop and deliver students orientated programmes across curricula
- Strong inter-personal skills including stakeholder relationship building, verbal and written communication, media engagement, public speaking, facilitation and coaching. Ability to relate to undergraduate, graduate and alumni needs
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Willingness to travel as required
- Knowledge of higher education would be an added advantage.

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