Core activities will include:

Day-to-day implementation of entrepreneurship support and accelerator programmes, which includes:

• • Support with design and delivery of capacity building and training modules, ranging from basic business modelling to advanced investment readiness training
• • Support with design and management of entrepreneur mentoring programmes
• • Delivery of investor and partnership demo days
• • Monitoring of programme performance against KPIs
• • Reporting to clients
• • Business development activities in the entrepreneurship and innovation programmes sector where required

Successful consultant outputs:

• • Experience in managing training programmes, accelerator programmes, incubator programmes, or entrepreneurship support programmes, in an academic or private sector setting
• • Familiarity with basic entrepreneurial training tools, such as the Strategyzer toolkit
• • Familiarity with supporting entrepreneurs in developing pitch decks and communication skills
• • Creativity and curiosity to learn about new markets, technologies, and business models
• • A demonstrable interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, startups, investment, or new technology commercialisation
• • The ability to communicate with stakeholders at different levels, from senior academics to CEOs of private companies and government representatives
• • Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English
• • Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• • Excellent presentation skills
• • Intermediate to advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• • Good organisation and time management skills
• • Self-motivated and ability to manage a varied workload and prioritise tasks
• • Good attention to detail
• • Ability to use initiative and capable of working independently with minimal supervision
• • Proven planning skills to enable delivery of tasks to required deadlines

Desirable skills:

• • Involvement and experience contributing to an internationally recognised entrepreneurship and innovation initiative, such as a startup incubator or accelerator programme
• • Working knowledge of a second language
• • Involvement in – or experience of - setting up or supporting the launch of a technology-based startup or spinout, including e.g. raising investment or bringing products to market
• • Experience from knowledge exchange and commercialisation, technology consulting, market research or a science-based industry