Oksigen Lab is looking for an entrepreneurial and experienced profile to further develop its support activities to social businesses.

1. VACANCY OKSIGEN LAB – SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LEAD
THE COMPANY AND CONTEXT
We believe that today’s pressing social issues require more entrepreneurial approaches, bringing
together various types of actors willing to collectively create big societal impact.
Oksigen Lab provides coaching and advice to organizations willing to launch or scale entrepreneurial
models for maximum social/environmental impact. Our main areas of intervention are:
- Business coaching for social/green enterprises (starters and scale-ups), focusing on business
model/planning, investment readiness, social impact measurement, business development
- Co-creating and implementing impactful innovations with public, private and non-profit actors (in
particular in the health sector)
- International research and ecosystem building on social entrepreneurship and innovation
Oksigen Lab is part of Oksigen ecosystem, which unites organizations that aim for societal impact
through social intra/entrepreneurial activity. i-propeller NV advises large companies on innovation
and shared value strategies . Shaerpa Fund management is focused on managing social impact
investment funds and social finance services, with SI2 Fund as the main fund. A holding structure
unites the three entities to ensure transparent financial management and coordinate societal impact.
See also http://www.oksigen.eu/
To lead the further development of our startup/scaleup support to social enterprises, we are looking
for an experienced entrepreneur/coach willing to achieve social impact.
MAIN TASKS:
Overall Management of social enterprise support (15%)
- Define and be accountable for strategy, planning and financial management
- Strategic partnerships: Setup and manage strategic partnerships (funders, coaches, partners…) and
positioning of Lab within Belgian and international ecosystem
- People management: Manage a pool of coaches, foster knowledge sharing, …
- Resource planning: ensure appropriate resources are available and efficiently allocated to projects
and correctly incentivized to deliver quality and impactful work
- Operations: manage the necessary operational processes and quality management system

2. Sales and Business Development (25%)
- End responsibility for Lab positioning and marketing on social entrepreneurship support
- End responsibility for sales and business development (build trust, identify leads and convert them
to clients/partners, including drafting proposals)
- Account Management: Manage various types of clients and stakeholders
Project Delivery (60%)
- Manage and deliver successfully on various consultancy/coaching projects for social entrepreneurs
and international ecosystem building projects (minimum 60% of time on client projects)
IDEAL PROFILE: EXPERIENCE
- minimum 10 year experience in managing an enterprise and/or advising (social) startups/scale-ups
- experienced people manager
- acquainted with social enterprise ecosystem
IDEAL PROFILE: SKILLS & PERSONALITY
- driven by societal impact, with strong values, integrity and empathy
- entrepreneurial
- coaching/mentoring skills and experience with startup/scale-up support tools
- sales and delivery capabilities
- good network and valuable contacts in social profit and for-profit ecosystems
- trilingual NL-EN-FR
OUR OFFER
- Lead, develop and shape the future of a leading actor in social entrepreneurship in Europe
- join a dynamic, entrepreneurial team, centrally located in Brussels
In case of interest or questions, please contact Ira Lardinois (ira.lardinois@oksigenlab.eu,
0486/281166) or Loïc van Cutsem (loic@oksigenlab.eu, 0473/574841).