Job Title: SBDC Senior Business Advisor
PVN ID: LE-2111-004415
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: LEHMAN COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

At a Regional Center, provides a comprehensive range of small business-based assistance including one to one client counseling in the area of business plan development; analyzes, prepares and structures financial statements, such as cash flow projections, income statements and sources and uses statements; provides assistance in automated and manual record keeping systems; and assists clients with market related issues such as advertising, promotional functions, market surveys, and other related topics.

  • Experience and understanding of loan packaging for small businesses.
  • Implements and/or participates in training sessions sponsored by the SBDC and provides follow up services as necessary to attendees. Sessions are in many forms including long term classroom situations, single and multi-day conferences where relevant topics are discussed in open forums, and in other public situations.
  • Gathers written feedback from assisted clients for program service refinement and promotional purposes.
  • Acts as a clearinghouse for information for clients and other interested individuals and refers, when appropriate, those individuals to outside entities that can provide additional support services.
  • Provides direct assistance to junior staff in meeting client and program objectives.
  • Coordinates student intern program including screening, selection, and performance evaluations. Interfaces, when necessary, with campus faculty sponsors.

Other Duties

 

Complexity of Duties (in order of priority):

Providing quality one to one advisement to a varied and complex range of clientele requires a wide breadth of knowledge in many areas. Many clients can be serviced on a short-term basis while other clients require long-term counseling depending upon the client's level of expertise or the sophistication of the venture.

  • Strong organizational skills are critical in maintaining an elevated level of activity while adapting to the time-sensitive nature of business decision-making.
  • Conducting an SBDC sponsored training event involves careful planning including:
  1. Identifying a topic that effectively addresses an identified need in the business community;
  2. Securing the services of appropriate experts in the field;
  3. Selecting time, date, and location for the event;
  4. Providing follow-on one-to-one counseling to attendees when requested; and
  5. Gathering feedback from attendees to evaluate the quality of the event and to help identify topics for future events.
  • Establishing a comprehensive and credible network of professional contacts for referral purposes are a critical component of an advisor's responsibilities. New contacts are established on an ongoing basis so that resources can be utilized in response to an ever-changing business climate.

Qualifications

Experience: The position requires no less than three years' experience in private sector business or related public technical assistance environment. 

Education: The position requires a bachelor's degree in business, management, finance, economics, or related field.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
School of Continuing and Professional St
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$55,000.00 - $72,000.00
Closing Date
Mar 10, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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