About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:20.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About The Job</b></H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">The Manager plays a strategic role in advancing SUSS’s social entrepreneurship agenda by driving the creation, development and scaling of social enterprises. This role leads the design and delivery of social enterprise initiatives, including the University’s flagship festival, which serves as a platform for innovation, ecosystem engagement and public education.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">The role focuses on translating social impact priorities into student learning, venture creation and early-stage founder development through the design and delivery of social entrepreneurship programmes, community engagement and venture support initiatives.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:20.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What You Will Be Doing</b></H2> </div><div><p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Programme Development</strong></span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of programmes that support the ideation, creation, and scaling of social enterprises aligned with the University’s social impact mission.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Develop and manage programme playbooks, budgets, timelines, and KPIs, ensuring alignment with Centre and University strategies, funding requirements, and reporting frameworks.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Advise and support founders in ideation, validation, execution and early-stage development </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Lead the end-to-end management of the Social Entrepreneurship Festival, including conceptualisation, planning and delivery of the event</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Partnership Development</strong></span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Develop and manage relationships with impact mentors, social enterprises, NGOs, corporates, funders, government agencies and alumni startups</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Facilitate cross-sector collaborations and partnerships emerging from festival and programme activities, translating engagements into meaningful opportunities for the ventures </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Manage startups records and accounts, including but not limited to grants administration for startups</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Strategy, Planning and Reporting</strong></span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Contribute to ecosystem strategy and partnership development, and support departmental planning, funding proposals and institutional reporting </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Track and report outcomes related to venture creation, participation and ecosystem engagement to internal stakeholders and external funders</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Identify, cultivate, and secure funding partners to support entrepreneurship programmes</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Develop and execute plans for awareness, outreach and engagement efforts for entrepreneurship programmes.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">• Perform any additional duties as assigned</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:20.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Requirements</b></H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Degree holder; experience in startup/social enterprise ecosystem is an advantage<br>• 5–8 years of experience in social enterprises, impact investing, innovation programmes or ecosystem development <br>• Strong understanding of social impact models, venture development, and ecosystem dynamics <br>• Experience leading large-scale events, festivals or public-facing programmes <br>• Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and programme execution capabilities</span></p></div></div></div>