Are you passionate about creating a better world? Do you have exceptional people skills? Want to combine your passion and skills?
UnLtd India, a foundation for start up social entrepreneurs, is looking to hire an outstanding Host for The Hub, a first of its kind incubator space in India.
Position: Hub Host (Events)
Location: Mumbai, India
Deadline: 27th July 2010
About The Hub
The Hub is a unique collaborative work space for people with ideas and passion for a radically better world to work out of, meet, connect, learn and grow.
The Hub sparks innovation by providing the following services and activities:
- Hub Space offers shared work stations, hot desks, a meeting room, workshop space, wireless internet, facilities for printing, copying, faxing, scanning and a library.
- Hub Connector hosts events, talks, exhibitions, and provides online platforms to network and collaborate in order to strengthen the Hub community and allow them to draw from each other's skills.
- Hub Incubation builds skills through a range of trainings, workshops, discussions, consultancies and exposure visits.
The Hub houses all the tools, resources and connections needed to cultivate an idea with a social impact, launch a socially relevant project and operate a social business. The Hub is an initiative of UnLtd India, a foundation for start up social entrepreneurs. You can read more about UnLtd India at www.unltdindia.orgRoles and responsibilities Your overall role will be to deliver the Hub experience in a way that creates a culture of collaboration, innovation and change. Within this, your specific responsibilities are as follows: (Please note that some of these responsibilities will be carried out with other team members.) Building the community of Hub Members
- Keep in tune with members' and their ideas/projects' needs
- Liaise with the peer Host to organise dynamic events catering to members' needs
Building an attractive events program at the Hub
- Creating a calendar of events that are diverse and attract potential members
- Liaise with peer Host to ensure successful execution of the events
- Design and execute a comprehensive marketing and communications strategy
- Liaise with our designer to create communication material (online and print material)
- Publicise the communication material through appropriate channels
- Proactively build strong relations with media (print and TV) to ensure coverage of Hub events.
Financial & Administration
- Track the budget of the events and ensure that they meet the revenue targets
- Record and update receipts, petty cash, budgets with regard to the events.
Monitoring
- Give inputs into the impact indicators, assessment tools and procedures
- Assess the Hub events as per the agreed impact assessment procedures
- Compile a report on delivery of Hub events and its impact.
Other
- Give inputs into the overall strategy and design of Hub services
- Support the Director in fundraising efforts as required
- Support Host in delivering programmes in Hub as required
Qualifications
We are looking for the following set of skills, experience and qualities
- A shared enthusiasm for our purpose of creating spaces that spark collaboration and innovation for change
- At least two years of cumulative work experience of which at least a year is with a non-profit or social enterprise
- Excellent people skills – ability to connect with people from different backgrounds including start ups, grass root level organisations, independent professionals, corporate bodies and media
- Competent offline and online communication skills
- An ability to be up to date with the social sector
- Enjoys planning and organising events with exceptional attention to detail
- An ability to take initiative in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial environment
- An ability to work well in high pressure situations
- Basic financial skills such as invoicing and handling payments
- Computer literate – using the web, basic IT skills including MS Office and excel
- Fluent English & Hindi
Please email your CV (no longer than 2 pages) and a brief cover letter explaining your motivation to work with us by 27th July 2010 to recruitment@unltdindia.org. Please mention 'Applying for the Hub Host role' in the subject line of the email.Please note: Applications without covering letter and with CVs longer than 2 pages will not be taken into consideration. As per the UnLtd India's recruitment policy, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. |
