Program Manager: Business Incubation (HEO 8)

• Based in the Enterprise Partnerships Unit at the newly built UniSA Enterprise Hub, City West campus
• Full-time (1.0 FTE), continuing position
• Salary: $104,143 - $117,307 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About the Role
The Program Manager: Business Incubation is a newly created role that will manage and deliver entrepreneurial programs, including Venture Catalyst (Space) and the Global Pathways, ensuring they are delivered to the highest standard. The position will also manage the Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) operations including managing a community of UniSA’s entrepreneurial start-up residents and a range of innovative initiatives and offerings developed and provided by Enterprise Partnerships Unit.

About the Enterprise Partnerships Unit  
 
As ‘Australia’s University of Enterprise’, industry-engaged research is a cornerstone of our purpose at the University of South Australia (UniSA) and the University will take a partnered approach to research and enterprise through the establishment of a UniSA Enterprise Hub™ to be operated and supported by the Enterprise Partnerships Unit.  
 
The Enterprise Partnerships Unit will bring together the functions and activities of business development, partnership with industries, community groups and Aboriginal corporations; business incubation; research translation and commercialisation. It acknowledges our research capabilities and takes these to partnerships via a sector-based approach and services that are articulated in ways that are accessible to business and community. It also provides unified and clear points of support and contact for our research community at UniSA.   

Core Responsibilities  

• Delivery of Venture Catalyst Space accelerator and other start-up programs offered by the ICC
• Project management through its One Team Project Framework, ensuring consistency with other university-based projects  
• Manage the ICC start-up community  
• Develop tender, grant and funding applications for innovative programs, initiatives, and offerings

• Extensive experience working in the innovation, entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystem 
• Demonstrated ability to connect and leverage relationships with academic, government, industry and business organisations  
• Sound financial management skills and experience in tender writing and developing business cases  Excellent analytical, research and writing skills 

• Access to great personal development opportunities  
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17%  
• Flexible working conditions including 40% working from home 
• Work Life flexibility including working from home, family responsibility leave and individual flexibility agreements 
• A range of salary packaging options, including vehicle leasing, laptops and car parking fees  
• Staff study support  
• Various on-site services available at our campuses which may include on-site gym membership  
• A variety of leave arrangements 

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