Social Entrepreneurship Program Lead

Company: Stanford University
Location: Danville
Posted on: May 6, 2022

Job Description:

Job Summary

* DATE POSTED

1 day ago
* SCHEDULE

Full-time
* JOB CODE

4113
* EMPLOYEE STATUS

Regular
* GRADE

K
* REQUISITION ID

94102

Stanford's Graduate School of Business has built a global reputation based on its immersive and innovative management programs. We provide students a transformative leadership experience, pushing the boundaries of knowledge with faculty research, and offering a portfolio of entrepreneurial and non-degree programs that deliver global impact like no other. We are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in service of our mission of developing innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change lives, change organizations, and change the world. We invite you to be part of this mission.

Part of the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), the Center for Social Innovation (CSI) prepares students to apply their management and leadership skills to solve the world's toughest problems through courses, extra-curricular programs, and fellowships that promote understanding of deeply entrenched social issues, teach the skills needed to address them, inspire a life of action, and build community among impact-focused peers.

The Center seeks a Social Entrepreneurship Program Lead. The Program Lead will deliver a highly impactful social entrepreneurship program that educates MBA and MSx students, connects them with helpful people and resources at Stanford and beyond, and provides the financial support necessary to accelerate the entrepreneurial process to maximize their positive impact in the world. The Program Lead implements existing programs and identifies opportunities for greater impact, provides direct advising support to students, and develops an advising platform composed of experienced social entrepreneurship coaches and visiting social entrepreneurs to bring relevant and diverse perspectives to bear on students' entrepreneurial ventures. The Program Lead works under the general direction of faculty, reports to the Center Director, and works collaboratively with peer colleagues at CSI, the GSB's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, the Career Management Center, and the MBA Program, in order to create a thoughtful, cohesive and powerful student learning experience on the Stanford GSB campus. This position will work a hybrid schedule with an expected presence on campus of approximately 3 days a week.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to nurture rising leaders working on impactful solutions to the biggest social and environmental challenges society faces today. This role is an opportunity to hone your listening, advising, coaching, and connecting skills, to apply and build your knowledge on a wide range of social and environmental issues, and to accelerate your own impact in the world.

Your primary responsibilities include:

* Develop a vision for the SE Program based on own program experience, input from colleagues, feedback from program participants, and work with the Center director to articulate the program strategy and resource needs. Partner with peer colleagues to develop, implement, and administer the vision, strategy, and goals of the various components of the CSI Social Entrepreneurship Program.
* Orient students to Stanford's resources, expertise, and networks to advance their impact ventures and provide coaching to students and alumni as needed. For example, this may include: surfacing values, motivations, and commitment to impact; creating structure for venture development, supporting identification of next steps, and providing accountability partnership ; providing guidance on creating a robust theory of change, exploring business models, designing an evaluation framework; guiding students to develop a supportive network and making introductions when appropriate; helping students navigate early team dynamics, providing guidance on fundraising sources and strategies, especially in preparation for CSI funding opportunities.
* Create and develop a coaching and advising platform to assure students have appropriate coaching for their project ideas, by recruiting, managing, overseeing, and training a pool of experienced social entrepreneurship coaches and developing relationships with high profile partners who can support student ventures, as advisors or funders.
* Support the Startup Garage course teaching team to provide a supportive class environment for social entrepreneurs and certify students' acquisition of knowledge. More generally, support the development of the social entrepreneurship curriculum as needed, contribute to and facilitate campus-based workshops, peer groups, and events.
* Oversee Social Entrepreneurship program metrics and data collection.
* Offer limited fundraising/development support to CSI director by providing ideas and opinions on proposals and support for donor reporting when required.
* Work collaboratively with the rest of the CSI team to determine the best approach to completing projects, bringing sound independent judgment for decision-making as well as careful consideration of school policies.

To be successful in this position, you will bring:

* Advanced degree and five years relevant experience or a combination of education and experience.
* Experience with impact-first entrepreneurial processes, including an understanding of human-centered design, theories of change and impact evaluation, development of founding teams, and fundraising strategy.
* Enthusiasm for the potential of the GSB's aspiring impact leaders and the incredible power of the Stanford community to accelerate their work.
* Energy to facilitate a high potential student community and create an outstanding campus-based co-curricular learning experience.
* The humility necessary to empower others and find meaning in nurturing and supporting emerging leaders.
* The interpersonal and networking skills needed to maintain collaborative relationships with a large number of people and to manage and motivate volunteers.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively educate, inform, and inspire internal and external audiences.
* Demonstrated success in management of projects, including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting.
* Comfort with technology and data management. Strong analytical skills to review and assess complex data; Experience building and maintaining spreadsheets.

In addition, preferred requirements include:

* Experience of the social entrepreneurship process as a founder, early staff member, incubator or accelerator program manager, or impact funder.
* General awareness of the social innovation / social entrepreneurship landscape, including social enterprises, impact investors, grant makers, nonprofit and governmental organizations.
* A broad awareness of domestic and global social and environmental issues and an ability to quickly get up to speed on any specific issue.
* Fluency with social innovation frameworks.
* An understanding of the nonprofit and for-profit funding landscape for social entrepreneurs.
* An interest in policy as it affects opportunities for impact.
* Comfort with coaching practices and the ability to relate to the population of business school students.
* Experience working in higher education is also desirable.

Why Stanford is for You

Stanford's dedicated 16,000 staff come from diverse educational and career backgrounds. We are a collaborative environment that thrives on innovation and continuous improvement. At Stanford, we seek talent committed to excellence, driven to impact the future of our legacy, and improve lives on a global sphere. We provide competitive salaries, excellent health care and retirement plans, and a generous vacation policy, including additional time off during our winter closure. Our generous perks align with what matters to you:

* Freedom to grow. Take advantage of career development programs, tuition reimbursement, or audit a course. Join a TedTalk, film screening, or listen to a renowned author or leader discuss global issues.
* A caring culture. We understand the importance of your personal and family time and provide you access to wellness programs, child-care resources, parent education and consultation, elder care and caregiving support.
* A healthier you. We make wellness a priority by providing access to world-class exercise facilities. Climb our rock wall or participate in one of hundreds of health or fitness classes.
* Discovery and fun. Visit campus gardens, trails, and museums.
* Enviable resources. We offer free commuter programs and ridesharing incentives. Enjoy discounts for computers, cell phones, recreation, travel, entertainment, and more!

We pride ourselves in being a culture that encourages and empowers you.

How to Apply

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* The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
* Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
* Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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