Program Director

Program Director Overview

BEC is hiring a Program Director who will report to the Center Director, manage a team of Coaches, and be responsible for growing and strategically supporting the BEC's diverse community of members.

Responsibilities

• Manage the members' experience from first contact to becoming an active part of the BEC community,
• Design and execute the Coaches' interview process to ensure a high quality match between new Coaches and the community,
• Recruit and hire coaches in collaboration with the center director that are in line with the organization's finances,
• Strategically manage activities and operations in the local and global BEC communities to increase the number of connections, the level of mutual support and the amount of collaboration among members,
• Design and execute the Entrepreneurship Coaching Program (including curriculum development and syllabus) that fuels the community with inspiration and hands-on knowledge for social change,
• Design and execute the Monitor and Evaluation framework to monitor effectiveness of curriculum and evaluate students’ performance and students' satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (or higher) in a field related to Business, Entrepreneurship, Coaching or leadership training,
• 5 years experience working in entrepreneurship education, business training,
• Capable to do academic research of teaching methods, curriculum design, startups industry, and entrepreneurship skills,
• Have strong sensibilities of students’ needs and profound technical skills,
• Highly initiated, team player with proficient oral and written English skills.

Requirements

• Ability to strategically analyze the BEC community and identify specific actions to enable an increasing level of interaction and collaboration among the members,
• Ability to inspire and motivate people,
• Possess exceptional communication skills,
• Ability to facilitate and host events with a large, diverse audience (preferably experience with hosting Open Spaces, World Cafés and events applying similar techniques),
• Knowledge and experience with entrepreneurship and social innovation (preferably through having been exposed to these environments for a prolonged period of time),
• Knowledge and experience with shaping an organizational culture,
• Affinity with technical tools that enable virtual community interaction,
• Demonstrate a high degree of leadership skills and an entrepreneurial mindset,
• Ability to identify new opportunities and capitalize on them,
• Familiar with the concepts of Art of Hosting and Systems Thinking.

Values

• Passionate about topics such as social innovation, entrepreneurship and Startup,
• Prepared to lead by example, and will have demonstrated a strong service ethic in past experiences,
• Aware of how his/her behavior affects other people, locally and globally,
• Eager to improve their professional and personal skills on an ongoing basis,
• Knowledgeable about major global challenges (climate change, energy alternatives, food systems, etc.), and curious about practical solutions,
• Innovative at solving problems,
• Quick to pick up new skills,
• Equally excited to host both high-profile leaders and young, inexperienced entrepreneurs,
• Personable and attentive to members' needs,
• Able to prioritize and achieve many goals and tasks on a daily basis,
• Comfortable suggesting new processes,
• Fun-loving, with a great sense of humor,
• Positive, calm, and dependable under stress,
• Empathetic with people from diverse global cultures,
• Prepared and available for a minimum of a two-year work period.

Commitment

Full time or part time (minimum 20 hours a week)

Salary

$25000-$35000/year

International Applicants

We accept OPT and OPT STEM extension, we sponsor H1-B

Location

Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC)
One Broadway, Cambridge MA 02142 USA

Do Not Apply

• If it will be your first hands-on operational job,
• If you expect us to relocate you from another city,
• If you have an instinct to embellish your experience or education,
• If you would have taken the "blue pill" from Morpheus, in the Matrix.