Center Director Santa Fe SBDC

CHESS • Santa Fe, NM

22h • $69,620 • Onsite

About The Position

The Center Director for the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Santa Fe Community College promotes, administers, provides, and coordinates the delivery of SBDC services in accordance with the SBDC Statewide Network Business Plan and Cooperative Agreement. Collaborates with individuals, groups, service providers, and others, maximizing resources for entrepreneurs and small businesses within the designated service area. Performs quality business counseling and training both in person and virtually. Evaluates data and outcomes to improve center processes and services provided to meet the needs of the SBDC program, SFCC, stakeholders, small businesses and the community. Supervises direct reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 10 years of job-related experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; demonstrated knowledge and skills in a variety of business functions.
• Ability to consult with businesses in the areas of Marketing, Management, and Finance.
• Demonstrates a philosophy of personal accountability and values collaboration, collegiality, and teamwork.
• Ability to build capacities of college employees by coaching, mentoring, training, and empowering.
• Demonstrates an advanced level of skill in open, proactive, and timely communication.
• Demonstrates effective listening skills.
• Demonstrates fiscal responsibility and resourcefulness.
• Exhibits sustained leadership skills for organizing and motivating people to a common purpose.
• Demonstrates organizational skills which include knowledge and sound management of institutional processes and deadlines.
• Ability to use a computer, standard office software, and learn job related software programs.
• Must possess and maintain a valid New Mexico Driver's License.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Business.
• Business ownership experience.
• Experience in managing or consulting to businesses.
• Bilingual English and Spanish speaker.

Responsibilities

• Administers and coordinates services of the Santa Fe Small Business Development Center, to provide quality counseling and training to entrepreneurs and small businesses. This includes educating clients on New Mexico statutes federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations applicable to small businesses.
• Collaborates with individuals, groups, service providers, and others, maximizing resources for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Creates connections and referrals, sharing strategies, ideas and common business practices. Uses resources, innovation, and effective program tools to deliver services.
• Manages and executes the center budget, tracks expenditures, assesses resource needs, provides prior authorizations for purchases, and monitors spending. Reconciles monthly receipts, prepares financial reports for administration, allocates funding for center activities and projects.
• Motivates, guides, and supervises direct reports while guiding them on the SBDC mission, vision, and values. Delegates tasks and responsibilities to ensure center goals are met; interviews candidates for vacant positions; trains new staff in the center; provides constructive and timely performance evaluations; handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
• Provides business counseling and training to SBDC clients, diagnosing core business challenges, facilitating business planning, assessing operational needs, and performing data and financial analysis.
• Serves as primary liaison for SBDC program activities within the designated service area, representing SFCC as a small business powerhouse of information, resources, and community and stakeholder support, extend awareness and use of program services.
• Regularly travels throughout the designated service area to recruit clients, increase awareness of program services, and provide counseling to clients.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees