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Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.

PROGRAM COORDINATOR, DUKE INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Job Description

The Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative (Duke I&E) aims to change the world through entrepreneurial action. A university-wide initiative housed within the Office of the Provost, Duke I&E works in partnership with students, faculty, staff, and alumni to turn ideas into action that can impact lives. I&E serves as a hub and resource center across the Duke innovation system, connecting innovators to education, mentoring, resources, community, and intellectual leadership.

Duke I&E is launching a joint initiative with the US Fund for UNICEF to identify, assess, develop, build and scale sustainable solutions to the most pressing challenges facing children and youth around the world. The Duke UNICEF USA Social Innovation Accelerator (“the Accelerator”) will help social innovators acquire knowledge, tools and networks to achieve maximum impact for children and youth, with a special focus on scale and sustainability. Ultimately, the Accelerator supports UNICEF’s goal to give a fair chance in life to every child, everywhere, especially the most disadvantaged. Each year, the Accelerator will identify and select a small cohort of innovators working in a programmatic area of high priority to UNICEF. In the Accelerator’s initial cohorts, the focus will be on finding innovative solutions to a specific Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) issue that has an enormous impact on the lives of adolescent girls: menstrual hygiene management (MHM). To positively affect the well-being and future achievement of adolescent girls, the project’s first cohort will design and scale up innovative solutions for MHM issues girls face. Duke I&E seeks a full-time, dedicated Program Coordinator for Accelerator activities.

The Program Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the Accelerator team in marketing and communications, innovator selection and relationship management, capacity-building service delivery, program evaluation and reporting, and administrative assistance. The role will include typical communications, administrative, and basic financial management duties as well as providing support and coordination for program delivery and special events. The Program Coordinator will regularly be required to resolve diverse and advanced administrative problems independently, to manage complex logistics for a variety of stakeholders, and to complete assigned projects effectively. The Program Coordinator will work closely with all Accelerator personnel and affiliated faculty and will report to the I&E Managing Director for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Work Performed

The Program Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the development and management of Accelerator programming, performance measurement, reporting, and stakeholder engagement, to include:

• Collaborate with the UNICEF and I&E communications team in the development of marketing campaigns for the recruitment of new cohort, creation of collateral, promotion of accelerator news, stories and events; maintain accelerator platforms and databases
• Support innovator selection process by gathering, organize, analyzing, and presenting data from innovator applicants, creating reports, and contributing to recommendations for selection; follow up with potential selectees to gather additional information as needed.
• Coordinate scheduling and logistics for meetings, the annual Summit, and other events, to include inviting appropriate speakers or other participants, arranging schedules, facilities, and publicity; producing informational materials and resources; ensuring necessary financial arrangements; and managing onsite logistics and coordination during events (may include occasional evening or weekend hours).
• Working closely with UNICEF and other collaborators, assist in data collection, performance management, portfolio review, and program evaluation activities of the Accelerator, as well as gathering data for and assisting in implementation of organizational capacity assessments, customized capacity development plans, acceleration grants, research-based educational offerings and informational resources, peer-to-peer learning, coaching and mentoring, an annual “in residence” period at Duke University, and collaboration projects with faculty and students.
• Assist program leadership in providing capacity-building support to innovators, including organizing and scheduling calls, webinars, workshops, and site visits, facilitating peer-learning, and assisting on actions items as needed, and curating and sharing relevant tools and resources for innovators’ use.
• Assist other Accelerator team members in campus engagement activities to include on-campus conferences speakers, competitions, club support, and other curricular and co-curricular programming as needed.
• Support development of positive relationships with stakeholders, both internally at Duke and externally with UNICEF, innovators, sponsors, and beyond; Represent the Accelerator at conferences and events.
• Assist in preparing budget analyses and meeting routine and complex reporting requirements, including development and refinement of annual work plans, annual reports, ad hoc requests, and other reporting requirements of UNICEF and major donors.
• Supervise student aide(s) as necessary, and assist Accelerator leaders in program planning and management, using project management software, customer relationship management databases and internet-based tools, as required.
• Provide additional ad-hoc project management support as required by Managing Director and other related duties incidental to the work described herein. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.

Work requires analytical, communications and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program.

Work requires one year of experience in program administration or nvolving academic, instructional or counseling activities to acquire skills necessary to plan, coordinate and implement a variety of program activities and events. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE i

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

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