Incubation & Entrepreneurship Manager

Incubation & Entrepreneurship Manager

Organization: ACIC SVERI, Pandharpur

Location: SVERI Campus, Pandharpur, Maharashtra

Reporting To: CEO – ACIC SVERI

Employment Type: Full-Time

CTC: 40K to 60K per month depending on experience level.

About ACIC SVERI ACIC SVERI is building a community innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in rural Maharashtra. Our mission is to help students, women, farmers, artisans, grassroots innovators, and local entrepreneurs convert ideas into enterprises, livelihoods, and sustainable impact.

Role Overview The Incubation & Entrepreneurship Manager will identify, nurture, and support early-stage innovators and community enterprises. The role requires some field engagement and hands-on support to help first-generation entrepreneurs move from idea to pilot, enterprise creation, and market linkage.

Key Responsibilities

Community Innovation & Incubation

• Identify grassroots innovations and enterprise opportunities.
• Support problem validation, solution design, prototyping, and pilot implementation.
• Design and execute pre-incubation and incubation programs.
• Provide one-on-one mentoring to first-time entrepreneurs.

Program Design & Execution

• Plan bootcamps, ideathons, hackathons, mentoring programs, workshops, and demo days.
• Coordinate technical, business, financial, and regulatory experts.
• Track progress through milestones and documentation.

Ecosystem & Market Linkages

• Build partnerships with MSMEs, FPOs, CSR partners and government agencies.
• Support access to grants, schemes, pilots, customers, and funding opportunities.
• Facilitate mentor and expert networks.

Reporting & Compliance

• Maintain incubation records and impact metrics.
• Support reporting requirements for stakeholders including AIM/NITI Aayog.
• Ensure alignment with ACIC objectives and guidelines.

Expected Outcomes in the First 12 Months

• Build a strong pipeline of grassroots innovators and entrepreneurs.
• Launch and manage incubation/pre-incubation cohorts.
• Support creation and growth of community enterprises and startups.
• Facilitate pilot projects, market access, and ecosystem partnerships.
• Contribute to measurable livelihood and entrepreneurship outcomes.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 2–3 years of experience in incubation, entrepreneurship development, livelihoods, rural development, CSR, or social enterprise.
• Strong execution and problem-solving orientation.
• Comfortable working with first-generation and non-English-speaking entrepreneurs.
• Understanding of grassroots innovation, small businesses, and community enterprises.
• Fluency in Marathi preferred, in absence of Marathi – fluency in Hindi is must.
• Willingness to travel and work in the field.

Who Will Thrive in This Role Professionals who are passionate about entrepreneurship, community development, livelihoods, innovation, and creating measurable social and economic impact will find this role highly rewarding.

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