Program coordinator

The company

YES!Delft is a startup incubator that supports entrepreneurs in building and growing technology companies in the Netherlands. Over the last 20 years YES!Delft has become one of the world's leading incubators. YES!Delft offers guidance and support to graduates, scientists, engineers, and corporate professionals in their entrepreneurial journey. Our services turn promising tech ideas into solid startups and help them grow into successful companies.

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Your mission & the ideal outcome

As Program Coordinator, you will work closely with our Program Manager to ensure our programs run smoothly and that all startups receive the support they need.
This position will give you a broad scope of tasks. You will coordinate planning, logistics, and communication, e.g., booking locations, ordering catering, scheduling sessions, and handling communications with startups, experts, and partners. In addition, you will be responsible for operational tasks such as maintaining our internal database and community platform, and organizing workshops and events.

The role requires you to plan, manage, and monitor all activities across our various Programs, including onboarding founders, scheduling and coordinating sessions, matching mentors, and communicating with stakeholders, to ensure all program days run smoothly.
The ideal outcome is that the organisational and operational parts of key projects, programs, and community events are running smoothly, and if not, you have already identified the issue and are seeking a solution!

Your responsibilities include:

• Maintaining open communication with stakeholders, including startups, trainers, mentors, and the YES!Delft team, and working closely with our Program Manager.
• You will ensure all resources are available and allocated to execute the programs.
• proactively improving processes, collaborating with and challenging our team to help us stay at the forefront of startup incubation.
• You enjoy wearing multiple hats and supporting where needed at YES!Delft.

Competences:

• Creative with attention to detail and ideally talent for project management or event coordination.
• You bring a gezellige vibe, enjoy making things fun, and contribute positively to team culture.
• You have great organizing, planning and communication skills
• A passion for technology & startups.
• Hands-on mindset, not afraid to roll up your sleeves and get things done.

Job requirements:

• Experience or talent for coordinating multi-stakeholder projects.
• Excellent communicator, able to engage and align C-level as well as fast-paced startup teams.
• Comfortable with tools such as MS Office, Google Workspace, Slack, CRM.
• Thrives in dynamic, collaborative environments.
• Fluent in English (Dutch is a bonus)

We offer you:

A valuable supporting role at a world-class incubator. You will work in an inspiring startup environment and join an ambitious team that goes above and beyond to support founders day in, day out. Our community includes 500+ startups, and each year we onboard and support around 50 new ones. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself and grow your network.  You will be able to implement your ideas and improve our services and processes wherever you see fit.

Your compensation will be based on your experience and will include 25 free days, a holiday allowance, and a 13th month.