Accelerator Program Manager

**Job no**: 0045556
**Location**: Parkville
**Role type**: Full time; Fixed-term for 2 years
**Department**: Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
**Salary**:UOM 8 - $110,709- $119,829 p.a. plus 17% super
- Exciting opportunity for those passionate about entrepreneurship to work in a niche area that combines research with startups
- This role is directly responsible for leading and expanding the TRAM Runway Program at University of Melbourne
- UOM 8 $110,709 - $119,829. 17% super, benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

**About **the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre** (MEC)**
We are passionate about enriching the culture of entrepreneurship within the University and creating the entrepreneurial leaders of the future.Our aim is to offer students, alumni, academics, industry and the general public opportunities to engage with and move innovation forward to create real world impact.

**The Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP)**
MAP is one of the flagship entrepreneurship programs at the University of Melbourne, and is part of a rapidly developing entrepreneurial ecosystem around the University which has achieved national and international recognition. The entrepreneurial experiences which are made available to students and alumni of the University through MAP have been recognised as an integral part of the Melbourne experience.

**Translating Research at Melbourne (TRAM)**
TRAM sits within the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre a part of RIC at the University of Melbourne and is Australia’s premier University-based research impact accelerator program. TRAM participants complete programs and workshops that enable them to understand their target market, articulate the value of their research and create a viable path to impact, including grants, licensing and commercialisation opportunities, and getting to market.

**About the Role**
This is an exciting role for someone passionate about research impact and entrepreneurship. You will be directly responsible for leading and expanding the TRAM Runway Program; supporting the delivery of the vision and mission of the TRAM & the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre (MEC). You will get the opportunity to deliver a high quality, engaging and scalable experience for our research based participants, with a focus on operational outcomes, evaluation and measurement of the TRAM Runway Program, as well as other TRAM elements such as bootcamps.

Responsibilities include:

- Lead the successful delivery of the TRAM Runway Program, including defining and incorporating best-practice knowledge
- Design and implement of the Runway recruitment and selection process
- Lead the development and execution of the TRAMx Bootcamp Series to create a yearly recruitment funnel.
- Develop and manage mentoring opportunities for Runway teams and collaborate with the broader TRAM/MEC to develop a unified approach to expert mentorship
- Develop strategic relationships with key stakeholders who provide value to the Runway Program and the broader TRAM/MEC mission, including entrepreneurs and local and international accelerator programs and benchmarking organisations.

**About You**
You are a natural people-person with exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and nurture relationships with a broad range of stakeholders. You are highly organised with highly-developed planning skills and a creative approach to problem-solving that enables you to manage competing priorities to meet deadlines. You are an excellent communicator and can produce high-quality written content including reports and documentation as well as deliver engaging public presentations.

You will also have:

- A relevant postgraduate qualification with extensive relevant experience and management expertise or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Awareness of the entrepreneurship environment in Melbourne, and a demonstrated understanding of the key elements of the process of forming a new business (preferably obtained through direct experience).
- Demonstrated ability to develop and operationalise strategy, manage projects, budgets and reporting.
- Ideally, understanding of the University environment, including liaising with student body and staff community.

**Please note: To be considered for this role you must have current valid work rights for Australia.**

**About the University**
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