Cooperative Business Developer. Bilingual Spanish-English

$48,000 - $53,000/Yr

Center For Family Life In Sunset Park

Full-time - Entry Level

About the position

The Cooperative Business Developer position at the Center for Family Life (CFL) is a full-time role focused on promoting cooperative businesses within immigrant and low-income communities. The developer will work closely with bilingual teams to strengthen existing cooperatives and support the incubation of new ones, ensuring that worker-owners are engaged and equipped with the necessary skills and resources. This role emphasizes community organization, technical assistance, project management, and program administration, all while fostering a collaborative and socially just environment.

Responsibilities

• Organize the community by shaping a group around a common goal
• Support the incubation of new cooperative businesses using CFL's cooperative development methodology
• Support groups of domestic workers to build strong governance and management systems for their business
• Engage organizational partners in cooperative business development efforts
• Offer individual supports to participating workers to stay engaged in the cooperative development process; make referrals to social services when appropriate
• Help the team reflect on/improve cooperative development guides and tools
• Provide ongoing business management technical assistance to cooperative businesses based on their stages of development & needs
• Provide coaching to worker-owners to develop their business management and social leadership skills
• Conduct research for worker cooperatives, as needed, and/or in coordination with technical partners
• Develop & facilitate workshops to support worker-owners effectively manage & govern their businesses
• Support worker-owners engage with and move through conflict that might arise in the group
• Use project management tools to organize project activities
• Manage relationships with all stakeholders involved in projects
• Adapt project execution as needed to accomplish goals
• Keep track of all deliverables and activities of projects
• Work through stages of ambiguity and transform them into a more defined process
• Participate in weekly team meetings
• Track data and support team's reporting efforts
• Support training outreach efforts and other projects as needed

Requirements

• Strong written and oral English and Spanish skills required
• Strong group facilitation skills, including workshop & meeting facilitation
• Project management skills to keep track of all activities needed, communicate with stakeholders and achieve goals
• Understanding of popular education approach to teach marginalized communities
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice, especially with immigrant women
• Ability to thrive in a highly-collaborative work environment
• Interest in technology as a tool to improve operational processes, a plus
• B.A. in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, Public Administration, Social Work, Community Development; Project Management; Adult Education; M.A. a plus
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience

Nice-to-haves

• Interest in technology as a tool to improve operational processes

Benefits

• Health care (medical, dental, vision)
• Paid sick leave
• Access to a 403(B) plan
• 14 paid holidays per year
• 20 paid vacation days per year