We invite University of Warwick students to join Warwick Enterprise for an amazing adventure – year-long part-time exciting and meaningful work experience.

During this time, you will explore the world of enterprise and entrepreneurship and become an advocate of creativity and innovation. With us, you will develop your entrepreneurial mindset and bring your ideas to life, while engaging other students across the University of Warwick in realising their ambitions and co-creating a community of innovation champions.

Help us build a student-led university-wide movement and develop a culture of innovation for all on campus.

Discover and promote opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship at the university and beyond.

Apply your skills and knowledge and learn through experience alongside others.

Build your professional skills and become more confident and creative in your chosen area of work.

University of Warwick is celebrating 60th anniversary in 2025. What an amazing year to be an Innovation Fellow!

ABOUT US

Warwick Enterprise is a small but dynamic team dedicated to student innovation and entrepreneurship. We do this through programmes and activities that support enterprise skills development, guide students in developing their startups via our Startium platform, broaden exposure to innovation and entrepreneurship during their studies, and provide opportunities to access local, national, and international networks, collaborative initiatives, competitions, and funding schemes. For more information and to explore our mission to give every student an opportunity to innovate, please visit our website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/enterprise

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A unique aspect of the role is the opportunity to work on a project that is individual to you that helps support our mission of enabling engagement with innovation. Maybe you are a budding filmmaker and want to launch an inspiring video campaign? Perhaps you are eager to share your experience of setting a business of your own with others? Maybe you are constantly looking to embed technology to improve the lives of others? Or you might be a campaigner who is passionate about creating a greener society?

Depending on your strengths and aspirations, as part of this role we will expect you to:

• Act as an ambassador for innovation and raise awareness about innovation and student enterprise services. For instance, by engaging student societies, connecting students who are interested in entrepreneurship to our programmes, involving representatives of different departments, and creating a community of like-minded individuals.
• Pioneer your own interests in innovation by working on your proposed initiative (up to 50% of your time in the role) and collaborating with Warwick Enterprise staff in an area that you are skilled and passionate about.
• Co-design and deliver education, information, and engagement activities to your peers to expose fellow students to creativity, innovation, design thinking, and hone their entrepreneurial mindset.
• Contribute to the Warwick Enterprise social media presence to promote what is available and increase student engagement.
• Support student entrepreneurs and those aspiring to be entrepreneurs in developing their ideas and skillset.
• Offer unique insights as a student and represent students’ perspective to inform, shape and co-design current and future programmes and initiatives.
• Interact, communicate, and collaborate with Warwick Enterprise team while contributing to development of relevant strategies and plans.

You will be expected to demonstrate your effectiveness in the role by

• Increasing engagement of students across campus with Warwick Enterprise activities
• Strengthening the narrative around innovation, enterprise, and entrepreneurship across campus.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ARE YOU THE ONE?

We are looking for 5 to 8 Innovation Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year.

We are eager to hear from University of Warwick students from all disciplines and levels. Especially,

• those who are curious, open and passionate about innovation, learning and sharing of knowledge and experience
• critical thinkers and motivated problem solvers who are able to discover and act on needs and opportunities
• resourceful individuals who can imagine the future, plan accordingly and organise resources to turn ideas into reality
• persuasive communicators able to use media effectively to engage others in creating a positive change across Warwick
• approachable and enthusiastic individuals who can handle a range of interpersonal situations with confidence and team up with others for collaborative initiatives
• well organised individuals able to devote 10 hours per week in term time to the role and make the most of that time and available resources to make a difference.

We believe that everyone has something unique and novel to offer, so if you think you could contribute to innovation in your own way, we are keen to hear from you.

WHAT ELSE DO WE OFFER

• Training and skills development opportunities to promote personal and professional growth of Innovation Fellows that help them meet their future career objectives
• Mentoring by a member of Warwick Enterprise team
• Personalised development and engagement planning
• Enabling portfolio development for future employment
• Support with securing funding to implement proposed initiatives
• Opportunities to co-design and co-deliver university educational programme
• Collaboration with peers and networking opportunities

Location
Primarily, on campus.

Additional information
Closing Date: Sunday 11th August