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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:
  1. Manage the members' experience from first contact to becoming an active part of the BEC community,
  2. Design and execute the Coaches' interview process to ensure a high quality match between new Coaches and the community,
  3. Recruit and hire coaches in collaboration with the center director that are in line with the organization's finances.
  4. 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,
  5. 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,
  6. Design and execute the Monitor and Evaluation framework to monitor effectiveness of curriculum and evaluate students’ performance and students' satisfaction. 
  7. Maintain strong working relationships with CIC staff and related organizations such as Venture Café Foundation, - Maintain strong working relationships with professional, academic, and governmental organizations (such as:  the City of Boston, MIT Entrepreneurship Center, MIT Venture Mentoring services, MIT e-club, MIT executive education, MIT institution affiliation and collaborators, Harvard Innovation Lab and other entrepreneurship education organizations and BEC business Partners.) 
  8. Ensure BEC operation mesh well with CIC processes,
  9. Establish relationships with key players in the region to create joint programs that create value for BEC members.
  10. design and execute financial strategies to promote BEC brand, programs and activities.  
Qualifications:　
  • Master’s degree (or higher) in a field related to Business, Entrepreneurship, Coaching or leadership training.
  • 5 year 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.
  • Demonstrate extensive social/people skills.
  • 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:
Although skills and professional experience are critical components of success in this job, values alignment and a shared purpose are equally important. The successful candidate will be:
  • 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


*** Please do NOT apply for this job if:
- It will be your first hands-on operational job;
- You expect us to relocate you from another city;
- You have an instinct to embellish your experience or education;
- You would have taken the "blue pill" from Morpheus, in the Matrix.