ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BUERK CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Req #: | 172998 |
Department: | FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - BUERK CENTER |
Job Location: | Seattle Campus |
Posting Date: | 10/10/2019 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with education and experience |
Shift: | First Shift |
Notes: | As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. |
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Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship currently has an outstanding opportunity for an ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. (Program Operations Specialist)
For the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, this assistant director will provide leadership, strategic planning, organization-building, and project management to ensure the successful planning, execution and growth of three key program areas. First is the Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge (HIC), now in its fifth year. This challenge is a competition open to undergraduate and graduate students from UW and colleges and universities throughout the Cascadia Innovation Corridor, and engages the Seattle health innovation community as mentors, judges, and sponsors. The second key program is the ITHS/WRF Summer Commercialization Fellowship. UW graduate students working toward their MBA, Master’s Degree, or PhD are recruited to work on business assessments for promising technologies out of the research labs. In addition, this position oversees all aspects of the Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate, and in the point of contact for students in the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club and the Foster MBA BizDev Consultants.
The Buerk Center offers programs, curricula, and real-world experiences that give entrepreneurial students from any major the knowledge and the hands-on experience they need to be innovation leaders in their careers. Entrepreneurship is on the rise. Many students see entrepreneurship as important for their career path. Those who participate in Buerk Center's programs--like the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge, the Dempsey Startup Competition, the Jones + Foster Accelerator, or the Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge--go on to start successful ventures or be leaders of new business endeavors at established companies.
This position requires close collaboration with Buerk Center colleagues who manage other competitions in the department and who handle newsletters and marketing for all of the Center’s programs. In addition, outreach to key faculty members and advisers in other departments across the UW campus, including engineering, bioengineering, information school, health sciences, global health, public policy and others is essential to maintain awareness for the HIC as well as the ITHS/WRF fellowship program. Also key is maintaining extensive interaction and visibility within Washington's health innovation and entrepreneurial communities for recruiting judges and mentors as well as potential sponsors. Collaboration with UW CoMotion (technology licensing office) on IP issues related to student startups and promoting supportive programming for budding entrepreneurs. In addition, this position will manage relationships and programming for graduate students interested in entrepreneurship, as well our fellowship programs.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Health Innovation Challenge – Planning and Execution:(55%)
HIC-Related Event Management:
ITHS/WRF Summer Commercialization Fellowship Program Management: (25%)
A. Coordinate and lead planning meetings.
B. Cultivate new management team members who have the capability of supporting fellows with knowledge of product development, entrepreneurship, qualifying for funding, developing intellectual property, meeting FDA requirements, and other areas of expertise.
A. Contact individual managers, program leads, and key faculty to source potential projects.
B. Vet projects with core management team to determine core projects to offer to the fellows.
Recruit students to the fellowship positions:
A. Target business-trained or experienced MBA or other graduate students.
B. Make in-person announcements and email notifications to clubs and key departmental contacts.
C. Work with management team to find qualified students.
D. Organize interview process and selection of fellows.
Summer Fellow Curriculum:
A. Work with core management team to review and update curriculum and guest speakers for program.
B. Review and update timeline and due dates for deliverables.
C. Schedule and lead regular team meetings.
D. Provide feedback to fellows to encourage productive progress.
Event Management:
A. Schedule series of presentations for the program, inviting key participants.
Graduate Programs: (10%)
A. Manage campus-wide graduate recruitment and admissions to the program.
B. Act as liaison to navigate registration policies for graduate students from across campus.
C. Manage all aspects of the certificate program including the oversight of student databases, evaluation of application, admission and registration processes, class registration, student completion and issuance of certificates.
D. Serve as a liaison between non-business graduate students and the Foster School for admissions and registration issues.
E. Advise current and prospective students on graduate-level ENTRE course offerings and requirements.
F. Hold regular info sessions to attract entrepreneurial graduate students to the center.
G. Represent the Buerk Center at various graduate student events as requested by graduate student groups.
H. Communicate the Buerk Center's outreach activities to students and departments on campus.
I. Serve as liaison to the EVCC and SEBA graduate student clubs, including developing a relationship with each club's leadership team and organizing an annual lunch for club leadership teams to meet one another.
J. Update the Buerk Center's website and print materials with current graduate curriculum information and create new content as needed.
Other Duties as Assigned: (5%)
Lead Responsibilities:
Planning and execution for major competition (Health Innovation Challenge) and summer fellowship program (ITHS/WRF Summer Commercialization Fellowship)budget management, marketing to faculty and students across the region, identifying sponsors, coaches and judges, event management. Responsible for graduate-level entrepreneurial-related programs, including certificate programs and fellowships for non-business majors.
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in business, liberal arts, communications, life sciences, or engineering and two or more years of relevant experience in entrepreneurship center, entrepreneurial setting, or fund-raising office. Must have significant experience in event planning and budget coordination. Affinity for working with students. Exceptional communication skills, and the desire to work in an environment of self-starters. Must be able to demonstrate ability to develop and maintain relationships with business and community health leaders, and the skills to independently plan, develop, manage, and grow high-quality programs. Proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and the aptitude to learn competition software programs .
Desired:
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