Accelerator Community Manager

Join us as an Accelerator Community Manager  

• We’ll look to you to provide strategic oversight of our Accelerator experience delivery in Oxford, ensuring consistent, high-quality engagement aligned to the Accelerator brand and purpose
• Your primary focus will be on organisational ecosystem stakeholders and regional leadership via the regional board, and you’ll enable and facilitate an effective accelerator ecosystem which supports our accelerator commitments and strategy
• You’ll have oversight of feedback loops, working in close partnership with the Accelerator team, Venture Banking team and other partners, and acting as a connector and light-touch consultant for entrepreneurs, ensuring alignment with the Accelerator brand and purpose

As an Accelerator Community Manager, you’ll provide strategic leadership of the Accelerator hub experience and regional ecosystem, and you’ll have strategic oversight of hub experience delivery. This will involve working closely with and enabling the appropriate business area managers to ensure consistent, high-quality engagement and vibrant, inclusive, and impactful environments aligned to the brand and purpose.

You’ll own the feedback and insight loop regarding hub activity, using data to inform regional strategy and flagging centrally where appropriate. You’ll also act as a strategic connector for entrepreneurs, offering structured conversations and guidance to help identify needs, clarify goals, and connect them to the most appropriate support within the business area ecosystem. You’ll do this while proactively spotting commercial opportunities, driving value, and maintaining visibility across hub activity to identify consultancy needs and ensure entrepreneurs are supported through the right channels.

In addition to this, your role will involve:

• Engaging with stakeholders to complement our position in the ecosystem, including through the regional board
• Building internal and external networks and creating value through collaboration to support local entrepreneurial activities, actively leveraging partners and stakeholders to attract and recruit new entrepreneurs
• Coordinating and managing all internal engagement with the hub and acting as knowledge expert within the location
• Delivering against a consistent contact strategy framework, including managing most valuable community relationships and prospects
• Identifying sponsorship and partnership opportunities to support the Accelerator strategy

We’re looking for someone with the ability to identify and unlock commercial opportunities within the Oxfordshire entrepreneurial ecosystems, driving return on investment through strategic engagement and partnerships. Along with experience in scaling communities, you’ll have a track record of attracting high volumes of entrepreneurs through targeted outreach, partnerships, and compelling value propositions.

We’re also looking for:

• An in-depth understanding of the UK entrepreneurial and Small & Medium Enterprise support landscape, including incubators, accelerators, funding bodies, and innovation networks
• The ability to build and maintain relationships across internal teams, the University of Oxford stakeholders, regional boards, external partners, and the media to amplify impact and influence
• The ability to hold consultative conversations, helping entrepreneurs clarify goals and navigate support pathways effectively and unlock growth
• A confident communicator with experience in managing local media relationships, social media presence, and storytelling to promote hub success
• The ability to use feedback loops and hub data to inform strategy, improve experience delivery, and surface insights for central teams
• An understanding of financial crime and fraud risks, with experience in identifying and escalating issues appropriately within a regulated environment

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