Startup Community Coordinator & Brand Activation

We are interested in hiring a Community Coordinator who values entrepreneurship and is motivated to support a lively entrepreneurial atmosphere. In this role, you will be the first face of the CSE for startups, building relationships, and supporting early-stage founders. You will also organise brand activation initiatives that promote CSE and its offers. If you thrive on creating engaging startup environments for students, this is the role for you.

About Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (CSE)

You will be part of an international team at Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship, which is CBS' unit for practical and applied entrepreneurship. We promote innovation and entrepreneurship across universities through student internships, incubation and acceleration programs, alongside various educational and research initiatives. We believe that innovation and entrepreneurship are vital in addressing societal challenges.

You will join a new and evolving team focusing on student-focused entrepreneurship while also collaborating closely with the communication and operations team, and the business development team. Therefore, you will have a great opportunity to play an important role in setting the frames for how we work with student-focused incubation and acceleration activities at CBS while having a wide span of collaboration points across the CSE startup community and team.

Your tasks

• Startup Engagement: Act as the primary contact for founders, ensuring a smooth onboarding process and providing ongoing support throughout their journey.
• Community Building: Contribute to a lively, collaborative startup ecosystem by organising kick-off events, workshops, and networking opportunities.
• Founder Relations: Understand and address founders’ needs, ensuring they are integrated into the startup hub and receive necessary operational support.
• Operational Processes: Manage key tasks such as reviewing founder applications, tracking startup progress, and maintaining data across internal platforms.
• Community Activation Activities: Work with startups, business developers and broader CSE to identify appropriate events and workshops to engage and activate the community, and work with CSE event support to plan and deliver events.
• Workspace Coordination: Coordinate founder office space allocation, monitor workspace usage, and handle requests for fixed seating.
• Brand Activation: Awareness raising and recruitment activities for CSE, and representing CSE at events and networks to promote the offerings.

You will also have the chance to share your knowledge and experience in shaping the ongoing development of our internship, pre-incubator, incubator and accelerator programs, as we remain focused on continuously evolving our offerings to best support the needs of our startup community.

Your profile

Many profiles would fit this position, and in particular a profile who has some or all of the following:

• Entrepreneurial Background: Practical experience in startups, with an interest in building and supporting startup communities.
• Operational Skills: Organisational skills with the ability to manage administrative tasks, including data management and platform oversight.
• Organisational and Communication Skills: Skilled at organising and running events, engaging with founders, and being the face of the startup hub.
• Event & Workshop Coordination: Experience in organising and facilitating events, workshops, and community-building activities.
• Tech Savvy: Comfortable using digital platforms and project management tools to manage operations and data.
• Stakeholder Engagement: You are skilled in reaching out to new people, stakeholder management, and networking.
• You speak and write fluent English
• You are currently a second/third-year bachelor or master student.

How to apply

Applications should be submitted through the CBS jobs portal with a resume, and cover letter. Questions regarding the position can be sent to Head of Student Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Amy Wilson [email protected].

Applications close 26 March 2025 with the selected candidate commencing 1 July 2025.

Salary and terms of employment

Employment will take place in accordance with the HK organisational agreement and the Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Publicly Employed Organizations (OAO-S Collective Agreement).

The salary currently ranges between DKK 140.57 and DKK 147.46 per hour and depends on previous employment in the office profession and level of education. The pension contribution is 15% of the pensionable salary components.

This role is for 20 hours a week.

It is a prerequisite for employment that you are an active student at a higher education institute in Denmark.

The position is limited until the culmination of your degree. Please notify us of when you expect to graduate.

The recruitment process

Copenhagen Business School invites all qualified candidates to apply for the position. A recruitment committee will assess the applications and call a selection of qualified candidates for an interview.

One of CBS' strategic goals is to promote diversity and inclusion in our organisation. Therefore, we strive for a hiring process that reduces potential bias. We therefore encourage applicants not to include photos or unnecessary information about personal circumstances in the application.

Application due: 3/26/2025

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