Business Plan Consultant

Imagine Black•Portland, OR

38d

About The Position

The Shared Infrastructure Project is a collaborative effort among Unite Oregon, Imagine Black Futures/Imagine Black and Next Up/Next Up Action, three BIPOC-led 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations in Oregon to explore building a shared back-office infrastructure. This would centralize staffing, HR, finance, and operations support under a shared LLC or similar structure, allowing like-minded organizations to focus more deeply on their programmatic and movement work while benefiting from efficient, values-aligned administrative systems. ABOUT THE CORE PARTNERS Reports To: A leadership team to include representatives from non-profits: Imagine Black Futures/Imagine Black, Next Up/Next Up Action, and Unite Oregon. Unite Oregon ⎼ Unite Oregon is a membership organization led by Black, Indigenous, People of Color, immigrants and refugees, rural communities, and people experiencing poverty. We work across Oregon to build a unified, intercultural movement for justice. Grounded in the belief that organizing people who are suffering from oppression has the greatest potential to affect the root causes of economic, political, and social injustice, we involve our members in all aspects of program development and implementation. Imagine Black/Imagine Black Futures ⎼ is a multi-entity movement-building collaboration with a shared sixteen-year history of leadership development, civic engagement, advocacy, and voter engagement. Our theory of change is rooted in the belief that Black communities and families are experts in their lives and hold the solutions needed to build a better future for themselves and each other. Our current goals include developing transformative Black leaders through civic and political participation, leadership development, and organizing programs that drive campaign victories and create real, immediate improvements in our communities. Next Up/Next Up Action Fund ⎼ a multi-entity civic home to build upon the collective power and leadership of young people to secure a more just and equitable Oregon. We envision an accountable, inclusive democracy where young people have the collective power to create and sustain resourced, flourishing, and livable communities. If we cultivate a civic home for and by youth, one where young people actualize their collective power through civic engagement, leadership development, issue advocacy, and co-governance, then we can create and sustain a resourced, flourishing, and livable Oregon for current and future generations. SCOPE OF WORKOBJECTIVE To design and document the foundational framework for a new for-profit entity that provides shared back-office operations and Professional Employer Organization (PEO) services to like-minded 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, PACs, and LLCs across Oregon. This framework will establish the governance, ownership, financial, and operational structure needed to enable coordinated administration, compliance, and workforce management across multiple affiliated organizations while maintaining legal independence and mission alignment.

Requirements

Developing business plans and strategic documents for non-profit and hybrid entities, including shared service models and Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs).
Designing governance, ownership, and financial structures that support collaboration between multiple entities.
Managing complex, multi-partner projects with a milestone-driven and collaborative approach.
Facilitating inclusive stakeholder input to guide mission and program development.
Skilled in building organizational infrastructure with openness to liberatory and movement-building frameworks, and committed to collaborative, milestone-driven decision-making.