Assistant Director, Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program

** Department
* * Booth Rustandy Center:
Social Entrepreneurship Programs
** About the Department
** The Rustandy Center’s mission is to advance research, promote innovation, and develop the people and practices to accelerate solving the social problems confronting our world. This position focuses on supporting the Rustandy Center’s program goals to
1) equip Booth students and alumni to increase their social impact by applying their business and management skills, knowledge, and experience; and
2) be the leading university-based launchpad and knowledge center for the next generation of social entrepreneurs and the people who fund them.
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-an unmatched faculty.
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** Job Summary
** The Assistant Director, Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program (ESEP), manages the planning and execution of multiple Rustandy Center programs and activities in the social entrepreneurship domains. Responsibilities include event execution, program administration, research, and stakeholder engagement for the marquee John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC) competition, Tarrson Social Venture Fellows program, faculty commercialization, and other new and existing programs.

It is based in the Hyde Park campus with occasional events and meetings in downtown Chicago (primarily around the Gleacher Center campus).
** Responsibilities
* ** Provides program administration and execution support for the suite of social entrepreneurship programs within the Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program (ESEP), which is part of the broader Business and Society Team at the Rustandy Center.
* Administers the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC) program that takes place throughout the academic year and supports social venture creation. Responsibilities include providing key course support for the New Social Venture class; overseeing all SNVC-related events including info sessions, pitch workshops, and classroom-based events; coordinating application review and applicant communications; coordinating three rounds of judge invites and logistics;

serving as the SNVC programmatic liaison with the Polsky Center; and significantly, serving as the key organizer for the Edwardson SNVC Finals to ensure successful execution and follow-up of the day and working closely with the Rustandy Center event manager, marketing team, and operations team to do so.
* Manages and executes events associated with key milestones such as anniversaries, as well as ad-hoc events, including coordinating with speakers, setting up registration, staffing events, and coordinating with the Rustandy Center event manager and…