Incubation Manager at Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) Nigeria

Location: Yaba, Lagos. Nigeria

Job Description

• Co-creation Hub seeks an experienced entrepreneur with incredible people management skills to join our team to support the next generation of entrepreneurs entering our Incubation program.
• The Incubation Manager will be the prime interface for entrepreneurs and responsible for managing the operations, planning, marketing and development of CcHUB’s Incubation Office.
• This position requires a team player with leadership qualities, excellent marketing skills, a professional and positive attitude, organization and dependability.

Responsibilities
Your responsibilities shall include the following:

• Vet and support the selection of ventures to join the CcHUB Incubation portfolio
• Overall planning the activities, resources, budgets and operations of the Incubation Office
• Pre-incubation: Deal Flow generation, Screening of ideas, Research, working with entrepreneurs to build and launch their Minimum Viable Products
• Lead formation of new business and provide incubation facilities to enable commercialization of the ventures. To induct new entrepreneurs; create Incubation plans and implement them, keep track of the Incubation process; support business development efforts of ventures, etc.
• Mentor Network: Develop the mentor network for the Incubator and work with them to make ventures successful.
• Actively engage in activities to help accelerate ventures through marketing and partnerships
• Partnerships: Forge partnerships with other organizations for providing services to ventures or the incubator; marketing the incubator, sponsorships…etc. Liaison with the government and industries
• Work with other units within CcHUB to provide adequate support to ventures in the portfolio
• Market the Incubator and Business Development: Be the face of the Incubator and actively promote it through various channels etc
• Fund for ventures: Work with co-ordination with senior management to administer seed funds for start-ups.
• Prepare ventures for follow-on seed funding/support
• Build and Manage the Incubation team
• Prepare all required reports and maintain a comprehensive set of records on all venture activities
• Administer the Incubation Office and any other activities, which requires the manager’s involvement

Requirements
Our ideal candidate will have:

• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university. Master’s Degree in Business Administration is desirable
• Up to 5 years experience in a business incubator, accelerator, start-up advisory or any kind of tech. entrepreneurial experience
• Previous experience running a start-up is desirable
• Strong working knowledge of computer applications including Microsoft applications
• Should have excellent communication and writing skills
• Strong knowledge of the technology ecosystem in Nigeria

In addition, you’ll be:

• Self-motivated, thrive working with a small team given lots of responsibility. Ability to think-through and develop positive user experiences.