Entrepreneurship Technical Advisor, Global Programs at IREX

Your Background & Skills 

• Bachelor’s Degree 
• 8+ years of progressive job experience 
• Experience with developing leadership and entrepreneurship-focused curriculum, activities, and learning opportunities 
• Experience training and coaching for-profit and non-profit entrepreneurs, ideally across a wide range of international contexts 
• Experience conducting outreach and developing and maintaining partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders 
• Experience creating and facilitating entrepreneurship development programs 
• Experience presenting information orally in front of a range of audiences 
• Demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace 
• Supervisory experience or experience directly managing staff preferred 
• Proven experience managing a project or multiple administrative and programmatic components of a project to meet goals and objectives in a demanding, time sensitive work environment. 
• Proactive and comfortable with contemporary digital platforms for collaboration and communication including familiarity with online tools and platforms for surveys, payments, and virtual programming; as well as with the Microsoft suite of applications 
• Demonstrated ability to plan strategically and creatively to meet specified objectives with strong ability to anticipate challenges and proactively generate solutions; 
• Proven organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, including the ability to prioritize; 
• Ability to work independently and as a team member with consistent ability to take initiative, meet deadlines, and be flexible; 
• Availability to support scheduled program activities in the evenings and on weekends occasionally; 
• Outstanding interpersonal and intercultural skills; and 
• Speaking, reading and writing proficiency in English 
• Availability to travel domestically and internationally 
• You must have unrestricted authorization to work in the country where you reside. 

Your Daily Tasks 

• Manage and lead initiatives to increase entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship technical capacity across IREX.
• Develop, and manage planning, logistics, and implementation of exchange programs and leadership development programs that focus on training and supporting entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. This could include entrepreneurs at the idea-stage or incubator stage, early-stage, and scaling-stage across both for-profit and non-profit entrepreneurship business models. It could also include entrepreneurial-ness as a key skill set for 21st-century career success. 
• Develop lesson plans and curriculum to train and coach a wide range of entrepreneurial leaders at various stages of their growth across IREX programs around the world.
• In close collaboration with practice leadership, Strategic Partnerships Unit, and New Business Development Unit, develop and work towards new proposals and new projects. 
• Develop and lead outreach strategies to market events or program activities, such as participant recruitment.
• Oversee vendor solicitations, and negotiate with and procure selected vendors.
• Develop and manage event and project workplans, agendas, run of show documents, and other resource and guidance materials, or oversee the delegation of these tasks.
• Support or manage discreet projects under the guidance of program teams.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization and across a wide range of project teams in support of disseminating leadership and entrepreneurship technical knowledge, understanding that the role will shift depending on the project being supported.
• Conduct research and outreach to ensure that IREX and IREX-implemented programs benefit from the latest trends and developments in entrepreneurship development theory and practice.
• Develop and maintain relationships with a range of stakeholders in the entrepreneurship development sector toward enriching IREX leadership programs and initiatives. 
• In collaboration with Practice leadership and SPU, conduct outreach to organizations and individuals in support of IREX’s leadership portfolio. 
• Manage the preparation of outreach materials, event logistics documents, and reporting on events, webinars, and other projects as assigned. 
• Connect IREX staff focused on leadership and entrepreneurship work with internal and external entrepreneurship development resources. 
• Provide entrepreneurship technical assistance for new business development and in support of maintaining current programming.
• Contribute to new business efforts such as supporting proposal research and writing, concept note idea generation, and other tasks as requested.
• Support sponsorship and partnership development activities in support of other Practice programs including identifying prospective partners, outreach, negotiating partnerships/sponsorships, and maintaining relationships.
• Manage the sourcing of keynote speakers, panelists, and facilitators for a range of in-person and virtual events including webinars, summits, and other events. 
• Ensure activities and initiatives under your management are compliant with IREX and federal procurement and financial management policies and procedures as applicable.
• Ensure that procurements are compliant with internal processes.
• Manage payments to vendors and consultants.
• Manage program budgets, including monitoring that procurements are in line with available budget and tracking expenditures; and support revenue collection systems and record keeping as necessary. 
• Provide entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship development technical support to the Practice, project, and event teams as assigned.
• Manage staff formally and informally as assigned.
• Provide management and other program support to teams during staff transitions and busy periods. 
• Other support duties as needed.