CLOSED Program & Community Associate (Part-time)
About the role
The Program & Community Associate supports the Accelerating Asia team by fostering its community of limited partners, mentors, investors, and startups. You will work closely together with different members of the Accelerating Asia team including our Lead Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) and Operations Manager on tasks that will strengthen our community and programs like Accelerating Asia’s flagship accelerator, Amplify and Angel360. This is a part-time role with room to grow into a full-time gig.
What you get
If you want to immerse yourself in the world of startups, this is a great place to be. You get to interact with change agents from across the region. You will be introduced to new ways of working and thinking and have the opportunity to expand your skill set. And all while getting paid for it and working within a flexible, casual work environment. Yay!
Tasks include:
Answering incoming inquiries for Accelerating Asia from startups and more
Brainstorming and executing on stakeholder appreciation initiatives
Engaging with our Angel360, Amplify, and flagship alumni community via email and Slack
Managing the Angel360 and Amplify community via our online course platform
Supporting our Lead EIR and Operations Manager with operational and cohort community building tasks related to the flagship accelerator program
Use your understanding of the stakeholders and their hurdles to develop weekly program emails, posts and tips to smooth out their experiences. Progressively save time on customer success tasks via EDM’s, FAQ’s and Wiki’s
Monitoring and presenting engagement metrics for our programs
What you bring to the table:
High attention to detail and organizational skills
You’re an outcome driven problem solver. You're relentless in securing the resources and information you require (sometimes incomplete) and then achieving complete outcomes like a secret agent on a mission
Written and verbal communication skills (by the way, one of our values is being upfront and honest)
Interested in becoming a community champion: ensure a high quality, streamlined experience for our stakeholders
Applies creativeness and curiosity to enhance community experience
Comfortable working in a startup environment (we move FAST)
How you will know how awesome you are:
Program onboarding and support net-promoter-scores (NPS) and feedback
Successfully building awesome community resources and automations. And proclaiming “it’s alive”
You automate processes like you’re equal parts inventor and creative. Metigy, Zapier, Typeform, Trello and ActiveCampaign are your friends. Work smart rather than hard
What We Offer
We offer a flexible and casual work environment. Be prepared to join evening events as well as work on the weekends under special circumstances. Expect to learn new things as you interact with startups solving big problems with cutting-edge technology. Be prepared to hit the ground running and absorb everything like a sponge. This will be a challenging work environment and you will be encouraged to try new things, learn, fail, and iterate.
About Accelerating Asia
Accelerating Asia is a Singapore based venture capital fund and award-winning startup accelerator. At Accelerating Asia we are driven by helping people succeed. We work with our partners and startups to unlock potential and deliver high impact solutions by providing access to the tools, resources, and networks to accelerate growth.
Our flagship program targets pre-series A startups and the venture capital fund invests in high-potential, high-growth enterprises to take them to the next level. Through strategic partnerships with multinationals, governments, development organisations and education institutions, we support better engagement with startups and more effective implementation of new technologies. At the core of the work we do is the guiding belief that entrepreneurs are humanity’s greatest catalysts for positive change.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Applications will be received on an ongoing basis until the role is filled.
How to apply:
Please send your resume/CV via email to elena@acceleratingasia.com. In your email, please also:
Use the subject line “Program and Community Associate with Super Powers”
Tell us why you want to work with us
Make sure to include your favorite startup meme or joke somewhere in the email