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Lecturer for Bachelor's in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation (LEINN)

Hybrid in Irún·Added 26 days ago

Overview

Job details

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    Mondragon Unibertsitatea doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.

  • Work in English

    English is required, per the ad.

  • Basque

    The ad asks for Basque, or counts it in your favour.

  • Be near Irún for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

  • Have 3+ years of experience

    Mid-level role.

  • Doctorate

    “Doctorado/a o doctorando/a” — per the ad.

This job was automatically translated to English.

The role

Job description

Enpresagintza Faculty / Faculty of Business (Mondragon University)

Do you want to accompany young people who learn by doing entrepreneurship?

At the Faculty of Business Studies of Mondragon Unibertsitatea, we are looking to bring on board, at our Irun campus, a person with an entrepreneurial outlook, a passion for education, and a desire to be part of the official university degree program Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation (LEINN).

The person will join as a lecturer (coach of entrepreneurial teams), accompanying young people who learn through real projects, teamwork, and processes of personal and collective reflection. We are looking for a person with a cooperative and entrepreneurial mindset.

In this role, you will accompany training teams in developing their personal, relational, and entrepreneurial skills. You will help them work in teams, make decisions, build meaningful projects, and connect their learning to concrete social challenges rooted in the local community.

You will also have the opportunity to accompany teams on their learning journeys across Europe and beyond. These trips are part of the LEINN experience and allow students to explore different cultural contexts, connect with educational, social, and entrepreneurial agents, and broaden their perspective on how different challenges are addressed in different territories.

We are looking for someone with energy, sensitivity, and courage to accompany demanding and transformative learning processes. Someone with a passion for education, an interest in the social economy, a critical perspective, and a desire to contribute to the development of entrepreneurial projects with social impact and local roots.

Technical Skills

  • Minimum professional experience of 3 years in roles related to entrepreneurship, educational innovation, or innovation projects.
  • PhD holder or PhD candidate
  • Experience or knowledge in team management and project management
  • Advanced level of English and Basque
  • Located near the workplace.

The following will be positively valued

  • Experience in cooperative social entrepreneurship, feminist economics, care economics, or the social economy.
  • Experience in project management and/or educational experience or familiarity with feminist pedagogy
  • Knowledge of impact entrepreneurship: social, environmental, and economic.

Skills

  • Leadership and teamwork skills.
  • Active listening skills, empathy, and the ability to support people.
  • Proactive, flexible, and adaptable profile.
  • Ability to drive projects and create learning spaces.
  • Commitment to personal and collective development.
  • Alignment with the values of Mondragon Team Academy.
  • Availability to travel and work in diverse contexts.

About Mondragon Unibertsitatea

Mondragon Unibertsitatea is the university of the Mondragon Corporation, a Basque cooperative federation, offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in engineering, business, and education. It operates campuses across the Basque Country, with its main campus in Arrasate-Mondragón, and is known for its cooperative, hands-on educational model closely tied to the region's industrial fabric.

For international professionals, the university stands out as a gateway into the Basque cooperative ecosystem: teaching and research posts are often linked to applied projects with local cooperatives (e.g. in advanced manufacturing, AI, and energy), and the working language is a mix of Basque, Spanish, and English. It is a relatively small, mission-driven institution, so newcomers should expect a collaborative, project-based environment rather than a large corporate R&D structure.

Industry
Education
Founded
1997
Employees
500–1,000
Headquarters
Arrasate-Mondragón, Spain
In Spain
Arrasate-Mondragón, Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebastián and 2 more

Good to know if you are moving

  • Teaching and research roles are often tied to applied projects with Basque cooperatives, so work can be hands-on and close to industry.
  • The working languages are Basque, Spanish, and English; international staff are expected to adapt to a multilingual environment.
  • Salaries follow Spanish academic pay scales, which are lower than private-sector tech roles, but come with strong job stability and cooperative benefits.
  • The university is small and mission-driven, so career growth may be slower than in a large corporate R&D center.
  • International hires may need to navigate Spanish/Basque bureaucracy for work permits, though the university typically assists with relocation.
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