Chief Operating Officer COOBusiness Accelerator and Entrepreneurship program

Vacancy: Chief Operating Officer (COO)

(Business Accelerator and Entrepreneurship program)

Location: Lagos Nigeria

Job summary

Our client is seeking an innovative and motivated professional to serve as COO of the organization s business accelerator and entrepreneurship programs. He/she will oversee the operations of the entrepreneurial school and as well as its various business acceleration initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and administer the business incubation programs while also coordinating business accelerator initiatives and programs
  
• Work closely with the Board to provide a range of support services while seeking innovative funding mechanisms
  
• Promote and solicit for new startups business and develop a revenue model for services and sustainability
  
• Entrepreneurial Hub: set the direction and goals and oversee operations of the school
  
• Grants and Research: source and collaborate with partners to identify funding and research opportunities that support innovation and entrepreneurship
  
• Elish highly effective business incubation programs with robust value proposition metrics grounded on industry best practices
  
• Elish a Mentoring Program in collaboration with Alumni groups and business/industry partners to support early stage companies.
  
• Market and promote the Business Accelerator Program to community/business partners faculty students/entrepreneurs etc.
  
• He/she will develop and implement cuttingedge programs to support new and growing businesses with cowork space affordable office space professional development and a wide array of mentorship opportunities
  
• Coordinate with strategic stakeholders to enhance the entrepreneurial community; develop and maintain an active advisory council; create partnerships with local regional and state economic development organizations; attends state and national conferences and meetings to enhance knowledge and create partnerships
  
• Directs the work of multiple employees including making recommendations to hire promote and discipline direct reports and conducting annual performance reviews of staff
  
• ist with grant proposals pursue innovative opportunities and oversee grant project initiatives
  
• Adhere to and operate the incubator and accelerator within the business standard of best practices and the principle of client graduation so as to stimulate economic growth business sustainability and a lasting and vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem
  

Knowledge/Qualifications/Education required

• Knowledge of the best practices of business incubation and accelerator principles.
  
• Knowledge of or willingness to acquire knowledge of business and entrepreneurial development odologies like business incubation business acceleration including best practices
  
• Previous experience as Head of a School of Entrepreneurship or the entrepreneurship division/department of a bank or a large corporate organization
  
• Bachelors degree in a relevant course. Masters degree is an added advantage
  
• Experience sufficient to thoroughly understand the diverse objectives and functions of organization subunits divisions and departments in order to direct and coordinate workflow
  
• Knowledge of investor access processes for seed and growth funding
  
• Knowledge of budget development and management principles
  
• Knowledge of peoplemanagement
  
• S in delegation of responsibility and authority
  

Application

Interested and qualified applicants should forward their CVs to using COOF1024 as subject