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Program Associate (Bahrain)

Manama, Bahrain

Job Overview: The program associate works on corporate innovation programs & projects coordination and provides day-to-day oversight of administrative and operational functions in order to achieve project sustainability and measure success in accordance with defined targets, strategies and goals.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Planning and organization of program events/sessions
Executing program administrative tasks and operations as needed.
Plan & schedule program meetings and events.
Prepare and coordinate the program weekly and monthly reports.
Achieve smooth mentors onboarding, documentations and briefing as per the assigned content within the program weekly schedule.
Communicating and coordinating with mentors to book training sessions, conduct onboarding meetings
Follow-up on program progress and deliverables according to plan.
Generate session summaries
Communicating and following up with program participants through the relevant platforms
Support program development and solve issues are they arise
Liaise with different project stakeholders
Handle project related financial administration tasks
Facilitate, organize and moderate training sessions if required
Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
Prepare project reports upon project completion.
Conduct research on program relevant topics according to need
Support on startups/SMes scouting and mapping exercise
Develop the startups/SMes due diligence documents archiving and references.
Coordinate with SMEs for documents submissions and registration.
Follow up with the startups on outstanding deliverables and updates if needed
Perform all other duties assigned by supervisor as per projects requirements
Learning Brinc tools & materials inside-out to be a resource for teams.
Track the program's corporate outreach activities.

Who You Are

You are the most well-organized person you know! When you see a problem you roll-up your sleeves and fix it. Setting up and implementing processes is second nature to you. You are a self-starter who is able to adapt to change and work with a team. You are passionate about the Startup Ecosystem globally.

You are also self-driven, smart, humble, and are excited at the prospect of joining our Brinc family of #GameChangers and helping us execute our vision to build thriving tech ecosystems around the world.Additionally, you:

Have excellent communication skills, including writing, reading and fluent speaking in English and Arabic
Have excellent organizational skills and responsibility.
Have the ability to achieve goals through self-motivation with minimal supervision.
Have an aptitude in resolving issues with a customer-focused orientation.
Positive and have an outgoing attitude.
Have an ability to create, develop and manage different kinds of events.
Have an ability to deliver events on time, within budget.
Have experience in creating and managing social media content.
willing to work hard and be on call as required.
Familiar with the Incubator/Accelerator model
Have a University-level education
A quick learner (there’s a lot of educational material to read)
Interested in startups / entrepreneurship
Flexible and adaptable to do a variety of tasks
Know Google Suite & have strong IT skills
Preferably Bahraini National
Can speak English and Arabic