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5 Feb 2016

Full-Time Small Business Services Program Associate

Pacific Community ventures – Posted by PDuggan –  San Francisco, California, United States

Job Description

We’re seeking a Small Business Services Program Associate who’ll provide key support to our team while managing specific processes within our Small Business Services program. Our advising program — BusinessAdvising.org — is an online business accelerator and mentoring platform that also provide additional resources to small business owners across America. We combine technology and high touch; leveraging our advanced matching algorithm and software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform along with personal interactions to achieve our mission. In 2015, this program grew by over 500% and scaled to 47 states. Our small business lending program provides the capital small businesses throughout CA need to grow and create quality jobs. The Loan Fund is expected to grow by 100% in 2016 through targeted partnerships and technical implementations. The Small Business Services Program Associate will be a key hire as we look to future success and growth.

Who We Are

Pacific Community Ventures envisions an economy that works for everyone. For almost two decades, our programs have helped people achieve the American Dream by creating quality jobs and stimulating investment in local economies.

Our approach is unique. Our Small Business Advising and Lending programs help local economies thrive by connecting entrepreneurs to the expertise and capital they need to grow their businesses. At the macro level, PCV InSight — our impact investing consulting practice — conducts research and evaluation so that investors and policymakers can more effectively deploy large pools of capital to underserved communities in ways that create social good. Our approaches are scalable and create systemic change — yet are implemented in ways that are relevant to particular local economies — a truly “think globally/act locally” philosophy.

Why You’re Needed

The Program Associate will work directly with the Associate Director to manage the small business mentoring program and to help strengthen and scale the program in a sustainable way.

Specific Responsibilities

* Manage the matching process between advisors and entrepreneurs to meet program benchmarks and maintain program quality
* Work to further develop and scale the program to create sustainable businesses and jobs for economically disadvantaged communities.
* Identify capacity building opportunities, increase programmatic efficiencies and processes to help scale all while improving the quality of the participant experience.
* Deliver quality programming through matching, events and education for entrepreneurs and advisors that reach a growing national audience and develop community within current program participants.
* Serve as an ambassador to Pacific Community Ventures’ strategic partners for the PCV * Business Advising program and lead the execution of signed partnership agreements within scope, budget, time and to quality.
* Represent the organization at local events for local partners, government, and others
* Assist in loan program outreach, application processing, underwriting, advisor pairing and more.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
* Minimum five (5) years of work experience
* BA or equivalent degree preferred (in business or related field)
* Past experience might include things like: recruiting, inside sales, small business support, volunteer engagement, community building, education/resource development, scaling programs and/or online and offline events

How to Apply

Interested candidates should send a résumé and cover letter via e-mail to [email protected] with the words “Small Business Services Program Associate” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

Job Categories: Economic Development. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: entrepreneurship, income inequality, Jobs, local economies, mentorship, and small business.

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