Permanent contract of employment with three months’ probation.
The Innovation Hub Management Company (TIHMC), a subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency SOC Ltd (an initiative by the Gauteng Provincial Government for investing in strategic economic infrastructure and investment promotion to unlock economic growth in Gauteng). The Innovation Hub is the first Science and Technology Park in Southern Africa, established to spur the growth of smart industries in Gauteng to create a truly ‘smart’ province. It is now offering the following opportunity to a competent and dedicated person to join a dynamic team in Pretoria East.
The purpose of this role is to give operational support to coordinating the successful delivery of business incubation services to start-up companies. The successful incumbent will be reporting directly to the Commercialisation Specialist and will be required to provide the following deliverables:
- Manage and implement entrepreneur pipeline, including the screening and recruitment of start-ups that attend the pitching sessions.
- Manage and facilitate market development for Green Economy projects in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Assist entrepreneurs in technical evaluations, fund raising as well as relevant linkages to established companies for business development and market access opportunities.
- Coordinate and monitor initiatives for the incubation service offering.
- Manage training sessions and events for advancement of entrepreneurs.
- Assist companies to perform primary and secondary market analysis assessments.
- Ensure tight management of the enterprise milestones and progress of the entrepreneurs.
- Assist in preparation of value proposition and investment cases for Investment Committee in support of funding for start-up companies.
- Assist with commercialization of technologies.
Minimum Qualification, experience, and skills requirements:
To qualify for this position, candidate need to be in possession of a relevant Science degree (Post graduate an added advantage) and a minimum certificate training in commercialization or enterprise management. At least 3 years post qualification experience in similar position or technology commercialisation or working with late-stage technology-based businesses. Candidate should have exposure to policy and legislation governing small and enterprise development. Programme facilitation. Demonstrate and proven track record in working with various stakeholders, establishing systems procedures and controls. Knowledge economic principles and practices, analysis and reporting of entrepreneurial data, knowledge of relevant legislation, legal codes, precedents, government regulations. PFMA regulations, provisions and PFMA reporting guidelines and process.
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