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The Life Design Lab seeks an **_Assistant Director, Life Design - Entrepreneurship (FLI Focused)_** who will report to the Senior Director of Life Design and execute on the Lab’s vision, strategy, and objectives to expand entrepreneurial exploration, innovation experiences, and life design outcomes for first-generation and limited-income (FLI) undergraduate students.

As an equity-centered office, we believe all students deserve access to opportunity—regardless of background, field of study, or social capital. While all Life Design Educators support the broader undergraduate population, this role has primary accountability for strengthening FLI student access to entrepreneurship pathways, increasing participation in innovation-focused experiential learning, and supporting socioeconomic mobility through mentorship, skill-building, and high-impact practices.

FLI students experience persistent barriers to innovation pathways. This role includes a strong equity focus on reducing structural gaps in access to entrepreneurship, expanding networks, and ensuring students can participate meaningfully in the broader innovation ecosystem. The Educator will work closely with the Pava Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Tech Ventures, Undergraduate Education, academic partners, and alumni founders to build inclusive pathways into innovation and startup careers.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

_Equitable Access to Entrepreneurship & Innovation_

+ Identify and map the student population interested in entrepreneurship across academic programs—with particular attention to FLI students—to ensure programming, outreach, and opportunity pathways are inclusive, targeted, and reflective of student interests and needs.

+ Expand FLI student engagement with entrepreneurship through experiential learning, innovation programs, mentoring, and project-based work.

+ Identify and address participation gaps in innovation experiences, including Explore Tours, treks, internships, and student venture programs.

+ Define and track indicators such as,

o Participation in innovation programs and workshops.

o Engagement with mentors, alumni founders, and employer partners.

o Access to internships, micro-internships, and startup experiences.

o Progress toward entrepreneurial or innovation-related career goals.

+ Use data to inform continuous improvement and scalable access strategies.

_Foundational Responsibilities_

_Program Design & Scalable Support_

+ Design scalable workshops and digital content introducing students—especially FLI students—to entrepreneurial mindsets, including creativity, experimentation, problem-solving, and storytelling.

+ Develop programming addressing access gaps related to exposure, networks, belonging in innovation spaces, and venture skill development.

+ Strategically manage student communication to increase participation in innovation programming, Explore Tours, and mentorship opportunities.

_Coaching & Student Support_

+ Provide inclusive, strengths-based coaching supporting life design exploration, entrepreneurial ideation, and innovation-focused career pathways.

+ Integrate life design and equity-informed practices into all advising, workshops, and group facilitation.

_Curriculum Development & Facilitation_

+ Deliver and customize the Life Design curriculum to support entrepreneurship-focused exploration and skill-building.

+ Facilitate or support credit-bearing and non-credit-bearing courses such as the Life Design Practicum, Arrive & Thrive, Map the System, HopIn, FLI Internship Academy, or entrepreneurship-related intersession offerings.

Project Management

+ Manage logistics, communications, and follow-through for innovation treks, workshops, and student-facing events to ensure high-quality implementation.

+ Coordinate cohort-specific services and entrepreneurship-related initiatives in partnership with the Pava Center, Tech Ventures, academic departments, and employer partners.

+ Support the execution of innovation-focused programs, Explore Tours, and experiential learning opportunities by adhering to established project timelines and workflows.

_Strategic Partnerships_

_Campus Partnerships_

+ Work closely with the Pava Center to align programming and co-develop experiential opportunities connecting students to the innovation ecosystem.

+ Collaborate with academic departments, advising units, and student success offices to strengthen pathways into innovation experiences for FLI students.

_Alumni & Employer Engagement_

+ Build and maintain relationships with alumni founders, startups, accelerators, and innovation employers who can support student learning and opportunity access.

+ Partner with Employer Engagement and Alumni Relations to connect students to internships, micro-internships, mentoring, and project-based experiences.

+ Use institutional data systems to track student engagement with entrepreneurship pathways.

+ Develop assessment plans that measure the impact of interventions and inform strategy.

+ Produce reports and insights demonstrating progress toward reducing participation gaps and expanding FLI access to innovation pathways.

_Departmental Contribution_

+ Serve on a Life Design Lab committee and contribute to Lab-wide strategy, collaboration, and initiatives.

+ Participate in institution-wide efforts that advance equitable student success and mobility outcomes, particularly through innovation and experiential learning.

_Behavioral Competencies_

+ Inclusive Communication

+ Communicates clearly and empathetically across diverse groups.

+ Collaborative Relationships

+ Builds productive partnerships with students, staff, faculty, alumni, and employers.

+ Initiative & Follow-Through

+ Demonstrates ownership, reliability, and strategic problem-solving.

+ Adaptability

+ Responds flexibly to evolving priorities, student needs, and institutional direction.

+ Equity-Centered Practice

+ Applies an equity lens to all programs and decisions, ensuring inclusive access and measurable outcomes.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

+ Evidence of ability to design and scale programs that improve measurable student outcomes.

+ Demonstrated success working with diverse populations, particularly FLI students.

+ Strong ability to use data to inform decisions and evaluate outcomes.

+ Proficiency with career and instructional technologies (Handshake, Salesforce, PeopleGrove, Blackboard, Zoom, Teams, etc.).

_About Working in the Imagine Center_

+ Educators work across multiple spaces on campus. Rather than assigned offices, we operate through a flexible, mobile model with assigned laptops and phones. Success in this environment requires strong relationship-building skills and comfort engaging students through in-person, digital, and social platforms.

Minimum Qualifications

+ Master’s Degree.

+ Three years of experience in higher education, nonprofit, government, or employer-facing roles focused on student success, equity, or workforce readiness.

+ Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Life Design Educator

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Assistant Director, Life Design, Entrepreneurship - FLI Focused (Life Design Lab)

Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD

Starting Salary Range: $55,800 - $97,600 Annually ($65,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30-5pm, some nights and weekends as student programs demand

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department name: Life Design Lab

Personnel area: University Student Services

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.