Start-up consultant (m/f/d) - Keyword: 11-2025 GA-BASIS

The position holder will be responsible for the following tasks in particular:

• Providing comprehensive, targeted, and systematic advice, ongoing guidance and coaching, as well as support to aspiring entrepreneurs and startup founders—from the development of business ideas through to the completion of the business plan;

• Developing and conducting training courses on topics relevant to starting a business—such as business model development, project management, and legal issues—tailored to the current requirements of startup support programs and using practice-oriented learning methods,

• Competency assessment, including the identification and analysis of participants’ current competency profiles, the derivation of individual competency development goals based on required entrepreneurial competencies, and assistance in finding suitable mentors and programs for targeted competency development,

• Organizing and conducting networking and informational events to connect individuals interested in starting a business with experienced stakeholders from the business community, professional chambers, and associations, and to support knowledge transfer,

• Designing and conducting group coaching sessions (workshops) to establish and define competency requirements for startup teams,

• Marketing and public relations for the project; representing the project both within and outside the university, for example through

  • presentations

  • maintaining the website

  • Coordination with network partners

  • Coordination with internal departments and the relevant ministry,

• Administrative and documentation tasks, particularly Controlling, documentation, report preparation for funding agencies, statistics, and analysis of evaluation forms.

The following knowledge and skills are required

• A completed degree in economics, engineering, adult education, or a comparable field, ideally with a focus on startup support, project management, or consulting,

• Knowledge and practical experience in advising and supporting entrepreneurs, particularly in a higher education context as well as in the areas of business plan development and startup ecosystems,

• Proficiency in project management methods for planning, organizing, and conducting training courses and networking events,

• Experience in designing and implementing training programs in adult education, including instructional design, target audience analysis, and the selection of learning methods;

• Knowledge of marketing and public relations, and experience in maintaining and updating websites as well as in creating communication materials,

• Experience in Controlling, reporting, evaluation, and statistical analysis, including for funding agencies,

• Proficiency with common Office and administrative applications as well as digital platforms.

What You Bring to the Table

• Strong communication skills and tact when dealing with various stakeholders, as well as the ability to develop customized solutions,

• a proactive, highly independent, structured, and results-oriented approach to work,

• Strong organizational and coordination skills,

• the ability to work in a team, a willingness to cooperate, and intercultural competencies, as well as

• flexibility and the ability to work under pressure.

We offer you

• an interesting and challenging field of work,

• flexible and family-friendly working hours in accordance with the applicable employment agreement,

• opportunities for personal and professional development through targeted training and continuing education,

• attractive employee benefits (company pension plan, annual bonus, capital-forming benefits),

• a workplace Health Management program with initiatives to promote employee health, as well as

• the option to use a job ticket.