Head of Enterprise & Entrepreneurship in London

London College of Contemporary Arts – Student Ventures & Incubator Programme

Location: Tower Hill, London

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: Competitive

LCCA delivers industry-focused degrees across fashion, graphic design, business, hospitality, and creative technology. The Student Ventures and Incubator programme will become a central part of the student experience and employability strategy, offering you the chance to shape it from the ground up.

We are launching a new student venture and incubator programme designed to help ambitious students develop businesses, freelance careers and portfolio pathways and are looking for an operational and strategic leader, someone to build and lead it. This is a build-from-scratch role. You will design and run the LCCA Student Ventures and Incubator programme (working title), working directly with student founders while also shaping strategy and influencing senior leadership.

One day you may be mentoring a fashion student developing a brand concept or supporting a business student testing an idea. Another day you may be presenting your plans to senior colleagues, working with academic leaders, or building relationships with external organisations. You must be comfortable operating at both levels. This will initially be a one-person role. You will establish the model, demonstrate its impact and embed it within the student experience. As the programme grows and proves successful, the intention is to expand the enterprise team and support structure over time.

What You Will Do

• Design and launch the LCCA incubator and enterprise pathway
• Mentor student founders and freelancers
• Work with academic leadership to identify entrepreneurial students through the curriculum
• Create a progression pathway from course projects into venture support
• Build relationships with startups, creative organisations and local businesses
• Manage venture funding and pitch events
• Recruit and coordinate Entrepreneurs in Residence
• Demonstrate measurable impact on student outcomes

As the programme develops, you will also help shape relationships with external partners and collaborators who wish to engage with student ventures. The role requires commercial awareness and the ability to build trusted partnerships eventually leading to commercial partnerships.

Who This Role Will Suit

We are looking for a confident and practical leader who enjoys turning ideas into reality.

You Will Suit This Role If You

• Enjoy working directly with ambitious students
• Thrive in a fast moving and evolving environment
• Can influence senior stakeholders while remaining hands-on
• Have supported startups, freelancers or early stage ventures
• Are organised, decisive and delivery focused
• Communicate clearly and build strong relationships

Many of our students come from widening participation backgrounds and may not have access to networks or guidance. We want someone motivated by helping talent develop and potential translate into opportunity.

How To Apply

Please submit a CV and a supporting statement outlining how you meet the essential criteria. Applications should be made via our online careers portal by the closing date. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

LCCA is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population, striving to increase the representation of age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background of our employees. We are also committed to providing adjustments to those who may require support with the recruitment process.

Please note: For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK.