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Lenders for Community Development Job Description
Position: Summer Microenterprise Researcher (paid)
Location: San Jose, California
Dates: May 21- August 15th, 2008 (12 weeks)
Supervisor: Development Associate
Purpose/General Accountability
LCD invests in people who are working to build financial, personal and shared assets in low-income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. LCD is the largest provider of microfinance loans in the San Francisco Bay Area, manages the largest Individual Development Account (IDA) and financial education program in the country, and is a leading financer of high-impact real estate projects. LCD channels resources into Bay Area’s communities that have been underserved by conventional financial institutions, and gives their residents the tools they need to build personal assets and transform their own lives. LCD has a staff of 20+, an annual budget of $2.5 million, and total assets of $25 million.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Working with the Small Business Loan Program staff and Development Department Staff, the Microenterprise Researcher, will be responsible for the following projects:
Community Impact Measurement
The Microenterprise Researcher will be exposed to program evaluation, data collection, and statistical analysis related to asset building.
Small Business Loan Program:
Assist in the Small Business Loan program evaluation process to measure the impact of microloans on clients.
Conduct phone interviews to survey microloan clients and assist in pre-interviews activities including selecting a random sample and consolidating client intake data
Collect, input, and analyze data from survey results using an excel spreadsheet and the Micro Test workbook
Assist in client follow-up, data cleaning and verification activities
Develop a one page summary on microloan community impact to date
Conduct in person interview with clients to collect narrative client success stories
Make recommendations for improving the process of collecting, storing, compiling and retrieving data on client characteristics, services and contact information
Real Estate Lending Program:
Collect community impact data on LCD’s real estate lending activities such as the number of jobs created, the number of beneficiaries served by the project, the dollar amount of the project cost and other data reflecting the impact of the real estate project in the community
Conduct interviews with borrowers on the characteristics of the real estate project
Develop a one page summary on real estate lending community impact data
Conduct client interviews with beneficiaries of real estate projects to document narrative client stories for LCD’s Real Estate Lending program
Additional Benefits
Attend Citi Microenterprise Researcher Internship orientation and close-out meetings at the Aspen Institute in Washington DC on June 2 and August 11, 2008 (mandatory)
The summer intern will have the opportunity to job shadow various program staff and LCD staff to gain in depth knowledge of LCD and the microfinance field for 2-3 weeks prior to the start of the internship. The specific length and time of this opportunity will depend on the intern’s availability. Activities may include:
- Shadow LCD’s Loan Officers during loan closings with borrowers.
- Shadow LCD’s IDA Program Staff during program orientation sessions and presentations to various community partners.
- Possibility of attending a quarterly LCD Board Meeting.
Other projects may be assigned as needed.
Qualifications/Skills required
Spanish language skills (verbal and written) highly preferred Advanced level ability to use MS Excel with some background in statistics
Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to conduct phone interviews with busy clients
Excellent analytical skills, including experience with qualitative research and data analysis
Good communications skills (verbal and written): outgoing and articulate
Self starter and organized to schedule and manage multiple activities in the same timeline
Strong interest/commitment to the community development field, or pursuing a career that addresses domestic poverty and or economic inequality.
Graduate students, having completed their first year of graduate studies, pursuing studies in any of the social sciences, public policy, planning, business administration or related fields.
Physical and Environmental Conditions
Standard office environment, equipment and tasks, including work at computer terminals. May be required to travel to other locations as requested by supervisor.
To Apply:
Send resume to jessica@L4CD.com
LCD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. www.L4CD.com
Lenders for Community Development Job Description
Position: Small Business Team Summer Intern, Full-Time
Compensation: A stipend of $5,000 - $7,000 will be paid at 2 week intervals throughout the course of the internship.
Location: San Jose, CA + Bay Area Field Offices
Duration: Summer of 2008, 8-10 weeks commencing in May/June
Supervisor: Sales & Marketing Manager
Purpose/General Accountability:
LCD invests in people who are working to build financial, personal and shared assets in low-income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. LCD is the largest provider of microfinance loans in the San Francisco Bay Area, manages the largest Individual Development Account (IDA) and financial education program in the country, and is a leading financer of high-impact real estate projects. LCD channels resources into Bay Area’s communities that have been underserved by conventional financial institutions, and gives their residents the tools they need to build personal assets and transform their own lives. LCD has a staff of 20+, an annual budget of $2.5 million, and total assets of $25 million.
Essential Duties and Responsiblities:
The Small Business Team Intern will participate in market research projects for the purpose of identifying socio-economic, geographic, ethnic, and other segments as target populations for Lenders for Community Development’s small business loans. The work completed by the intern will contribute to a larger market research effort that will eventually lead to a revised marketing strategy. The intern will be expected to conduct field interviews, amass anecdotal and objective data, and to analyze the data gathered. The intern shall draw on her/his research and analytical skills to complete the objectives presented at the time of hire. This internship presents a strong opportunity for graduate students in research centered majors, including Marketing, Sociology, Anthropology, other Social Sciences, Business Administration, Urban Planning, or other related fields of study, to apply their skills toward research that will be used to impact low-income communities in the Bay Area.
Specific responsibilities may include:
Studying specified commercial hubs within Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.
- Conduct interviews with a sample set of subjects
- Analyze anecdotal and numerical data to assess the need for LCD products and services
- Present findings and analysis to select members of the Small Business Team and submit a summary written document that is inclusive of work conducted throughout internship
Gather data on bank branches in low-income communities within Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.
- Create a map of bank branches located in low-income communities within LCD service areas.
- Conduct site visits to select branches to analyze client demographics and potential partnership opportunities for the Small Business Team.
Test messaging for Small Business Team as a part of our re-branding process.
- Develop methods for testing
- Test messaging through client interviews and potentially through commercial hub and bank research outlined above.
- Utilize other LCD resources as needed
Provide logistical support for Small Business Team’s marketing ventures
- Attend Small Business Team Events as necessary
Qualifications/Skills Required:
Advanced MS Excel Skills with some background in statistics
Excellent interpersonal and interviewing skills; good communications skills (verbal and written)
Strong analytical skills including experience with qualitative research and data analysis
Strong interest in microfinance, community & economic development, and asset-building in low-income and/or minority communities.
Self-starter, autonomous; must be extremely organized and able to manage multiple tasks
Graduate Student pursuing a degree in any social science, public policy, planning, business administration, or other related fields; must have hands on experience in field research
Access to transportation: applicant must be able to drive and do field visits.
Physical and Environmental Conditions
Standard office environment, equipment and tasks, including work at computer terminals. May be required to travel to other locations as requested by supervisor.
To Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter addressing how you meet the position requirements to:
Jessica Shao, Development Associate
By mail:
LCD Small Business Team
111 W. St. John Street, Suite 800
San Jose, CA 95113
By fax:
408-297-4599
By email:
jessica@L4CD.com
LCD is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
www.L4CD.com
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LA COCINA
Background:
La Cocina, a shared-use commercial kitchen and business incubator for low-income food entrepreneurs, is seeking a new Executive Director. Our mission is to assist low-income Latina, minority, and women microentrepreneurs in achieving economic self sufficiency by giving them access to affordable licensed commercial kitchen space, and to the training, technical assistance, and the access to new markets they need to turn their businesses into livelihoods.
La Cocina opened its doors to program participants in 2005 and recently obtained its own 501 (C) 3. The new Executive Director will guide La Cocina in its next stage of growth as it begins operating independently.
Summary of Duties:
The Executive Director is responsible for the overall leadership, direction, and management of the agency’s resources to accomplish La Cocina’s vision and goals. Primary responsibilities include overall direction of the agency, fundraising, fiscal management, public relations, and program operations.
The new Executive Director will work with the Board and staff to plan and implement a financial management system and procedures. Along with the Board Chair and using the help of an organizational development consultant, she/he will also lead a strategic planning process, charting a path for the next 5 years of the organization’s development.
The Executive Director currently supervises a FT Culinary Director and a FT Program Director who are in charge of a PT Program Associate and a PT Maintenance worker.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
The Exceutive Director’s duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
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Fiscal management and fundraising: In collaboration with the staff and Finance Committee, develop and present agency budgets and financial reports to the Board. Develop and implement a diversified fundraising plan. Research funding sources, cultivate donor relationships, and write grant proposals to increase funding for the organization. Approve expenditures within the authority delegated by the Board. Ensure that sound bookkeeping and accounting procedures are followed. Administer the funds of the organization according to the approved budget and monitor the monthly cash flow of the organization. Ensure that the organization complies with all legislation covering taxation and withholding payments
- Public and community relations: Oversee marketing of La Cocina. Along with the Board and staff, create a branding and communications strategy (as well as marketing collateral) that furthers the organization’s goals and objectives. Represent La Cocina in the media, including local and national Spanish-language media. Promote agency visibility through participation and membership organizations and activities. Establish strong, continuing relationships in both the public and private sectors. Create alliances with strategic partners in the community and in the food industry to achieve the organization’s goals and objectives. Plan event/s that further La Cocina’s public relations goals.
- Board relations: With the Board chair, coordinate the efforts of Board committees and ensure that all committees achieve their objectives. Implement Board policies, program goals and objectives. Assist the Board in identifying and recruiting new Board members.
- Personnel management: Determine staffing requirements for organizational management and program delivery. Promote an organizational culture that fosters strong teamwork, effective communication, and commitment to the agency vision. Develop and administer sound personnel procedures. Oversee recruitment, selection, training, and evaluation of agency staff. Implement staff development programs to enhance skills and abilities to provide for professional growth.
- Program planning and management: Oversee the planning, implementation and evaluation of the organization's programs and services. Ensure that the programs and services offered by the organization contribute to the organization's mission. Monitor delivery of the programs and services of the organization to maintain or improve quality
- Risk management: Identify and evaluate the risks to the organization's people (clients, staff, management, and volunteers), property, finances, goodwill, and image and implement measures to control risks. Ensure that the Board of Directors and the organization carries appropriate and adequate insurance coverage.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate needs to meet the following requirements:
- Bi-lingual English-Spanish
- Experience working in low-income communities
- Fundraising experience
- A Bachelor’s degree.
The ideal candidate will have the following professional experience and personal qualities:
- Experience in non-profit management, preferably in the microenterprise development field.
- Strong planning, networking, fundraising, programmatic, administrative, and organizational skills. Advanced degree preferred.
- Proven track record in raising funds (grantwriting, event management, and individual donor development) and managing organizational budgets.
- Experience in developing organizational partnerships and community networks to support programmatic work.
- Proven ability to facilitate the learning of others and to strengthen staff development and volunteer participation.
- A high energy level with a passionate commitment to women's economic empowerment and the mission of the project.
- An abiding passion for food.
Compensation and Timeline:
Salary: 75K-90K DOE, with excellent benefit package, including retirement.
Hours: full-time with occasional evening and weekend hours
Position will be open until filled.
Please respond by emailing a cover letter and resume (with La Cocina Executive Director Search on the subject line) to:
Noel Poyo
NALCAB
npoyo@nalcab.org
PART-TIME ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT, ACCION San Diego
Responsibilities:
- Assist the Director of Finance with the review, reconciliation and maintenance of all Peachtree accounts
- Assist with bank reconciliations and monthly financial and performance reporting
- Provide assistance and serve as backup to Director of Finance with grant/contract reporting, financials and special projects as required
- Assist ACCION San Diego with strengthening existing internal controls.
- Process loan transactions including payments, adjustments, and fees; assist the loan function of the organization with requests for related information
- Assist in adjustments to the delinquency journal, amortization schedules, credit reports, and running custom queries
- Export the transaction batches from loan software to Peachtree or Excel and review transactions weekly
- Deposit loan payments to the bank each day
- Coordinate ACH payments through the bank website
- Assist in the payment and filing of bills
- Ensure that all loan information is entered correctly in loan software on monthly basis
- Work with Operations Coordinator and Director of Lending on special projects as needed
Skills and Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or a minimum of 3 years previous accounting experience
Knowledge of computer databases and software, as well as experience with Peachtree/Excel and ACH processing preferred
Ability to identify, measure and analyze financial information
Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
Other Information:
This is a part-time position: 20-30 hours per week. Flexible hours between 8:30am and 5pm on a daily basis. ACCION San Diego is located downtown and monthly parking is paid. Hourly pay commensurate with experience.
Please send your resume to:
Elizabeth Makee
emakee@accionsandiego.org
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