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EMPHASIS, ENI CBC MED funded project, Partner 3 –I January 18, 2022EMPHASIS, ENI CBC MED funded project, Partner 3 –IRI- is looking for a Technical Expert on the project.
The expiration date of the vacancy is February 2nd, 2022.
The main responsibilities of the auditor will be the following:
- Manage innovation vouchers schemes- in order to raise SME’s innovation
competencies and draft cross-border innovation projects with peers from
other participant countries.
- Manage advisory and provide services to cover Market & financial
aspects such as problem definition, value proposition definition and
business model development, through mentoring and coaching schemes that
result exploitation and commercialization roadmaps.
- Manage regional Training Seminars on Entrepreneurship, Innovation
Management & Technology Transfer in order to enhance beneficiaries' business
skills.
- Assist SME’s through bridging services (joint concepts and missions)
with the most promising Euromed partners to co-develop concepts by acquiring
external know-how from both industrial and research partners
- Provide support services via face-to-face, skype or telephone meetings
with the beneficiaries for profiling the innovation potential of the
selected solutions or offers by the SMEs, estimating the technology and
market readiness level of the innovations and drafting of the respective
reports, both for each beneficiary and for the EMPHASIS project.
- Provide Coaching & mentoring support services via face-to-face, skype or
telephone meetings with the beneficiaries for new business opportunities
identification by examining the technological and the market feasibility, as
well as explore the most promising cooperation, exploitation and
commercialization options for their solution/offer (innovation/
product/service).
- Set up and implementing an efficient training impact evaluation system
for the trainees, as well as for gathering the trainees’ feedback regarding
the thematic, trainers and training material provision, as well as proposals
for improvements.
- Manage and follow on Company missions matching the technologies &
services offered by beneficiary SMEs to actual needs of industry bringing
innovation donors& receivers into contact. Provision of brokering services
to the final beneficiaries and the most promising crossborder Euromed
industrial, research or investor partner and organization of the OI mission,
aiming to achieve strategic partnerships for cross-border innovation
Qualifications and skills:
- A Master’s degree in business , economics or equivalent; Marketing is an
asset.
Professional experience:
- At least 5 years of business advisory services ;
- At least 5 years experience in coaching and mentoring services with
SME’s / startups
- At least 5 years of proven experience working with SMEs and/or
academia/research institutions in middle income countries;
- At least 3 years experience with international organizations or
internationally funded projects;
- At least 3 years experience in trainings and training management
- At least 2 years experience in managing Innovation Vouchers Schemes and
vouchers projects evaluation.
- Good reporting skills
- Excellent knowledge of English; French is an asset.
The project “EMPHASIS” (Euro-Mediterranean Network Facilitating Market Uptake
of Innovations from SMEs) main goal is to facilitate the market uptake of
innovations from SMEs by fostering their access to research, partnerships and
innovation systems at the Euro Mediterranean Region.
Specific objectives include:
- Designing and setting up an Open Innovation (OI) system that offers
integrated innovation support services.
- Validating OI opportunities and increasing the capacities of SMEs to
innovate.
- Fostering cross-border partnerships and boosting engagement among
innovation partners to turn external knowledge and sustainability challenges
into tangible business opportunities for growth.
- Engaging policy makers and stakeholders to build a vibrant community of
OI actors.
Please contact Ms. Manal Tabanji on 009615465609 or e-mail:
m.tabanji@elcim-lb.org
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