About Fab Lab Egypt and the Role

Fab Lab Egypt part of San3a Tech is a community-driven makerspace focused on digital fabrication. We provide access to a wide variety of tools and resources for makers creatives learners and entrepreneurs.

Established in 2012 Fab Lab Egypt empowers a diverse community of makers through our core values: Learn Make Share. We offer flexible access to facilities discovery tours hands-on orientations and workshops creative residencies and mentorship for hardware startups. We also provide professional manufacturing services in single units or small batches along with expert support in design and prototyping. Additionally we set up and support new makerspaces and innovation labs handling everything from consultation to installation and training.

Fab Programs is the team that designs and steers Fab Lab Egypts portfolio of hands-on maker and digital fabrication programs activities and experiences. This includes workshops bootcamps residencies events and tech-driven components within wider initiatives such as startup incubators innovation programs and community projects delivered both inside and outside the define what we run who its for when and how it happens and under which model (paid subsidized or funded). They research and respond to the needs of learners entrepreneurs and communities; then develop test and refine flexible experiential learning journeys that lead to tangible outcomes skills prototypes ventures and careers. Through this work Fab Programs continually evolves the labs role as an inclusive hub for making learning and technical innovation connecting education community and entrepreneurship in a coherent program portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the Fab Programs Team Manage and develop the Fab Programs team through onboarding goal-setting feedback mentoring and ongoing performance and wellbeing support.
  

• Fab Program Design Lead the design and refinement of Fab Programs formats and curricula.
  

• Program Operations Management Own end-to-end program delivery operations including facilitator scheduling pre-program communications BOM/procurement coordination hosting operations attendance and certification.
  

• Bookings and Revenue Reconciliation Manage booking and payments and maintain accurate records for each program.
  

• Stakeholder Management Lead relationships with key program partners and sponsors by conducting needs assessments co-designing solutions and coordinating proposals agreements and reporting.
  

• Programs SOPs and Packaging Maintain and evolve Fab Programs SOPs templates and ready-to-run program packages to enable scalable consistent delivery.
  

• Performance Monitoring Monitor program performance using dashboards and feedback and drive targeted improvements or experiments based on insights.
  

• Marketing Coordination Collaborate with Marketing on calendar publishing campaigns and storytelling
  

• Public Outreach Represent Fab Lab Egypt at events talks and showcases.
  

• Digital Tools and Data Drive how the programs team uses digital tools and data overseeing registration flows CRM communication automations dashboards documentations and the content library.
  

• Strategy & Portfolio Contribute operational insight to strengthen portfolio design improve execution feasibility and enhance overall program effectiveness.
  

• Business Development & Fundraising Guide pricing and funding decisions and drive revenue-generating strategies to secure new clients and sponsors for sustainable programs.
  

Requirements

Required Skills & Qualifications

## Must-Haves

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field (education engineering design business management social sciences or equivalent experience).
  

• Experience in programs education learning community development or innovation environments (e.g. workshops accelerators NGOs schools hubs makerspaces).
  

• Public speaking or facilitation experience at events workshops or showcases.
  

• Strong operational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple programs in parallel.
  

• Experience in stakeholder and partner management including preparing proposals quotations and reports.
  

• Proven ability to lead mentor and support teams.
  

• Proficiency with digital tools (CRM/registration systems spreadsheets dashboards slides ticketing systems).
  

• Basic financial literacy related to pricing budgeting and maintaining accurate program records.
  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Arabic and English.
  

• Comfort working with data and performance dashboards to inform improvements.
  

## Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with makerspaces Fab Labs digital fabrication tools and maker culture.
  

• Experience with grant writing fundraising or working with NGOs and development organizations.
  

• Experience in learning design instructional design or curriculum development.
  

• Knowledge of safeguarding and learner well-being practices.
  

• Experience developing documenting and improving SOPs.
  

Benefits