Centre for Entrepreneurs

Centre for Entrepreneurs

Careers at Centre for Entrepreneurs

The Centre for Entrepreneurs is a leading UK charity that focuses on the promotion of entrepreneurship through development programmes, original research, building and sustaining communities and influencing and developing policy. The Operations Lead supports all operational activities undertaken by the Centre for Entrepreneurs – the NEF+ Learning Programme, research and policy delivery activity and events; leads on managing CFE’s systems, financial processes, CFE’s in-house promotional material and supports the CEO and deputy CEO in ensuring the effective running of CFE’s operations.

Stats we are proud of

  • 370

    Alumni supported our entrepreneurship programme, NEF+

  • 200+

    Live ventures founded by our NEF+ alumni

  • 5000

    Jobs created by ventures founded by NEF+ alumni

  • £630m

    cumulative valuation of the ventures founded by NEF+ alumni

Behind the scenes

What the team says

Star
10 / 10*
Conversations
6 verified employee reviews

Best for...
(as reviewed by current employees)

  • 📣 Mission & Purpose
    5
  • 👩‍👧‍👧 Team members
    5
  • 👭 Inclusivity
    3
  • 📖 Opportunities to learn
    2
  • 😎 Autonomy
    2
  • 🏖 Flexibility
    1

* Employees annoymously reviewed this organisation as part of our Escape 100: Top Organisations to escape to campaign.

  • RCT

    Richard Cull Thomas

    Mar 2022

    📣 Mission & Purpose
    CFE helps entrepreneurs to develop and grow, supporting them through development programmes like NEF+ and beyond, with an active alumni network.
    The Refugee Entrepreneurship Network connects and supports organisations that run programmes for refugee entrepreneurs across the world.

    👩‍👧‍👧 Team members
    It's a small, but perfectly-formed and high-impact team. Everyone is passionate about delivering the CFE mission and are ambassadors for organisations in everything they do.

    👭 Inclusivity
    NEF+ does incredible work increasing access to entrepreneurship development to a wider community of founders from diverse and under-represented backgrounds. The support NEF+ provides enables founders to scale and develop their businesses, with a positive impact and changing perceptions - for the good.

    Overall

    The most important thing is the team - they're fantastic. Also CFE has an amazing mission, an incredible network of alumni and supporters.
  • A

    Alicia

    Mar 2022

    📣 Mission & Purpose
    Supporting ambitious early stage founders

    👩‍👧‍👧 Team members
    Supportive, friendly team

    😎 Autonomy
    Freedom to test new ideas and flexibility with work-life balance

    Overall

    Supportive and friendly culture with a team that all fundamentally believe in and are passionate about the mission of Centre for Entrepreneurs. Everyone has the ability to try new ideas and learn from what works and what doesn't.
  • ID

    Izzy Daly-Carnell

    Feb 2022

    👩‍👧‍👧 Team members
    Everyone at Centre for Entrepreneurs is always happy to help, we are always supporting one another in any way we can. We work collaboratively and are constantly striving to reach our goals as a team. Our team listen to each other and brainstorm to make every decision we make at CFE the best it could possibly be.

    📣 Mission & Purpose
    Centre for Entrepreneurs mission is invaluable to the entrepreneurship world. We help build thriving communities, and deliver a key development programme to help those entrepreneurs that need support and guidance to excel their entrepreneurship goals. It is great to be part of a team that has such an important mission.

    👭 Inclusivity
    Centre for Entrepreneurs consistently provides opportunities and resources to those that may not have access. Centre for Entrepreneurs makes people feel valued and accepted in their team and in the wider organisation. We create a diverse and inclusive environment, across our team and wider network.

    Overall

    Centre for Entrepreneurs is a great place to work, the team culture is encouraging and supportive, there are plentiful development opportunities. The work we do at Centre for Entrepreneurs really makes an incredible impact in the entrepreneur space, and it is amazing to be part of a team that really cares and makes a difference.

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