Careers Job Description
General Description
The LaGuardia Small Business Development Center opened its doors in October 2001 in response to the needs of small businesses after the 9/11 Disaster. Since then, the Center continues to provide professional in-depth one-on-one business advisement, entrepreneurial training, research and business services for start-up and the small and medium enterprise community in the languages of English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish.
LaGuardia Business Advisor will work at Queens College Outreach in Flushing, NY
Duties & Responsibilities of the Business Advisor:
- Provides a comprehensive range of small business-based assistance including one-to-one client advisement in the areas of business plan development; analyzes, prepares and structures financial statements, such as cash flow projections, income statements and sources and uses statements and pro-forma balance sheets; 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.
- 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:
- Provides quality one-to-one advisement to a varied and complex range of clientele, which 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.
- Sufficient organizational skills are critical in maintaining a high level of activity while adapting to the time- sensitive nature of business decision making.
- Conducting SBDC sponsored training events, which is a complicated task that involves careful planning including:
a) Identifying topics that effectively addresses an identified need in the business community
b) Securing the services of appropriate experts in the field
c) Selecting time, date and location for the events
d) Providing follow-on one-to-one advisement to attendees when requested
e) Gathering feedback from attendees to evaluate the quality of the event and to help identify topics for future events.
- Establishing a comprehensive network of professional contacts for referral purposes is an important component of an advisor's responsibilities. The credibility of the advisor and the program can be jeopardized if a referral is made to an individual or organization that is ill suited to meet the client's needs. New contacts are established on an on-going basis so that resources can be utilized in response to an ever-changing business climate.
- Ability to fulfill program required goals.
- Ability and ease of providing one-to-one business advisement and presenting workshops and seminars.
Qualifications
Required:
- No less than three years’ experience in private sector business or related public technical assistance environment
- Bachelor’s Degree in the area of business, management, finance, economics or related field
- Strong writing ability
- Excellent presentation and instructional skills
- Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Small Business Development Center
Full Time
$50,000.00 - $54,000.00
Jul 31, 2023 (Or Until Filled)