Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Category: Administrative/Clerical
Type: Full Time
Deadline: 15-Sep-19 12:00:00 AM
Salary: N/A
Description
Job Vacancy Announcement
Application deadline: 5:45pm; September 15, 2019
Company: American University of Armenia (AUA), Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Centre (EPIC)
Position: EPIC Communications & Administrative Coordinator
Contract type: FT (5 days/40 hours per week, Maternity Leave Replacement)
Job Location: Yerevan, Armenia
The Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center (EPIC) is the business venture and start-up incubator of AUA. Started in 2016, EPIC provides an ecosystem for emerging entrepreneurs from both inside and outside AUA. Twice a year, teams made up of AUA students and outside entrepreneurs compete to enter EPIC where they receive further entrepreneurial education, mentorship, and other resources to grow and advance their start-ups. EPIC also sponsors lectures, startup conferences, hackathons, and maintains a sophisticated prototyping and reverse-engineering laboratory in the basement of AUA's main building.
Responsibilities
-Coordinate the development, evaluation and implementation of various projects goals, objectives, and activities of the center
-Plan and implement various workshops/events/webinars/talks
-Manage incubator facilities, interns and volunteers, support staff, and associated budget
-Coordinate and supervise activities of EPIC mentors, advisors, academics, educators
-Administer and monitor EPIC grants, contracts, and subcontracts
-Help to write grant applications, funding proposals and respond to RFPs
-Help identify funding sources for projects requiring financial assistance
-Serve as a liaison between EPIC and AUA departments as well as other internal and external collaborators, partners, and stakeholders
-Conduct research, gather data and prepare reports
-Oversee preparation of information and data tracking applications (including KPIs) for all EPIC activities - student groups, visitors, beneficiaries, collaborators, advisors
-Provide administrative coordination in scheduling and maintaining appointment calendar, capturing meeting minutes, collecting background information, and oversee briefing/debriefing
-Coordinate travel
-Represent EPIC to the public when necessary
-Oversee public relations for EPIC in coordination with AUA Communications department
-Write press releases
-Establish and maintain media archiving database for internal and public events;
-Oversee promotion program - including collateral, videos, website, and social media
-Help to develop an on-boarding program for new startup teams
-Design process flows for various EPIC processes and programs;
-Perform other related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor(s)
RequiredQualifications
-Master's degree. A degree in business or a MBA would be a plus
-3+ years of executive-level management in a fast-paced, complex environment
-Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
-Strong problem solving and group work leadership skills
-Ability to interact with people of all ages and cultural backgrounds
-Ability to work independently and as part of a team
-Experience in marketing and specifically, social media marketing would be beneficial
-Excellent presentation skills
-Effective oral and written communication skills
-Ability to work flexible hours
-Bilingualism is an asset
Benefits
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