King's Entrepreneurship Lab Coordinator - Cambridge, United Kingdom - King's College Cambridge

King's College Cambridge

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Description

Responsible to:
Directors of the Entrepreneurship Lab

Responsibility:

To provide support to the Directors of the Entrepreneurship Lab to run the King's Entrepreneurship Lab - an innovative set of activities at the core of King's College aimed at building entrepreneurship acumen.

The E-Lab Coordinator would play a pivotal role in the team and support a range of activities - the administration of the residential programme (a one week programme for students), organise the monthly speaker series, organise the visits for the Entrepreneurs in Residence as well as visitors to the Lab, liaise between students and mentors.

The E-Lab is an innovative initiative, and the new coordinator would have opportunities to shape the role creatively.

The team of the lab includes two directors who are also faculty members at the Judge Business School in addition to their activities at King's College, and a small number of Lab Associates who volunteer their time.

Salary:
£35,530 per annum dependent upon experience

Contract type:
Fixed-term (6 months initially, but this may be extended or become permanent), full time, 37.5 hours per week to be worked Monday - Friday with some evening and weekend work possible

Person specification:

King's College, Cambridge cultivates radical out-of-the box thinkers and innovators like John Maynard Keynes, Alan Turing and E. M. Forster and the Bloomsbury Group.

Today King's is also home to the King's Entrepreneurship Lab, a new initiative in the heart of Cambridge devoted to fostering an entrepreneurial spirit and a community of aspiring innovators.

With an emphasis on developing sustainable and ethical projects with a positive social and environmental impact, the King's Entrepreneurship Lab includes a set of activities turned towards both King's students, and outside the college, tapping into the collegiate University and the Silicon Fen.

We are seeking an experienced administrator to coordinate our Entrepreneurship Lab activities.

Good office skills, including computer keyboard skills (Level 2 for Word and Excel, familiarity with databases and the internet)
Excellent interpersonal skills
The ability to record and manage funds for our graduate students via spreadsheets
The ability to work with and support others in a collaborative manner
The ability to be patient, tactful and diplomatic across a variety of stakeholders
The ability to make decisions on own initiative and to work with mínimal supervision
The ability to work as a team and collaboratively with the E-Lab team (Directors, Lab Associates) and other stakeholders in college such as the Senior Tutor, Bursar, Catering)
The ability to cope with a varied and demanding workload and to meet deadlines
The ability to be organised and work systematically and accurately

Other Details:

Lunch on duty
32 days paid holiday per annum pro rata (including Bank Holidays)
Healthcare cash plan (upon successful completion of probation)
Car parking on site (when available)

Application Process:

Applications should be made on the form provided on our website.

Closing Date: 10th May 2024

Job Types:
Full-time, Temporary contract, Temp to perm

Contract length: 6 months

Pay:
£35,530.00 per year

Benefits: