Small Business Advisor - Ithaca, NY

Overview

Small Business Development Center at Binghamton University

Binghamton University is a premier public R1 research institution in the State University of New York (SUNY) system that unites more than 130 interdisciplinary programs with strong research, academics, facilities, and community life. The university emphasizes student success, research, and service, and values an inclusive culture and civic engagement.

Binghamton merges rigorous academics with faculty who value cutting-edge, community-engaged research, teaching, service, exceptional staff, and ultramodern facilities to engage and challenge its 18,000+ students. The university serves a diverse student body pursuing technology, insight, intellectual exploration, and community service.

We are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and in keeping with this commitment, we welcome all to apply, including veterans and persons with disabilities.

Budget

Title:

Senior Staff Assistant (SL-3)

The Southern Tier Small Business Development Center hosted by Binghamton University (STSBDC) helps existing and potential small businesses in twelve New York State counties. The STSBDC currently has one outreach office and multiple satellite offices with a staff including an Administrative Assistant, Business Advisors, Interns, and a Regional Director. This Advisor will be located in Ithaca, New York.

Reporting to the Regional Director, the Small Business Advisor is responsible for providing business counseling to clients, creating and executing small business training, acting as an ambassador for the SBDC in the community, and following SBDC at BU operational procedures to ensure compliance with NY SBDC, Host and Funding Partners. The Small Business Advisor works with the Southern Tier SBDC staff to meet annual objectives and fulfill the Center’s mission of serving entrepreneurs and creating new businesses.

Small Business Advisement Services are the priority of this position.

• Small Business Advisement Services – Provides a comprehensive range of small business-based assistance including one-on-one client counseling in the area of business plan development; financial analysis; maintaining record-keeping systems, and assisting clients with market-related issues.
• Small Business Training – Training is offered to address challenges and opportunities of small businesses and to outreach to create SBDC clients. With the Regional Director, the Small Business Advisor will perform or facilitate training for SBDC s includes event management, content ideas, budget development, speaker research, outreach, and marketing activities.
• Community Outreach and Collaboration – Initiate and maintain contact with the business community and related entities to promote program services and enhance outreach.
• Grant, Host, NY SBDC Deliverables and Compliance – The NY SBDC is funded through support from Binghamton University, Federal Grants, State Funding, and Private/Public Initiatives. Compliance is complex due to multiple funding sources and different deliverables.

• Small Business Advisement Services – 75%
• Small Business Training – 15%
• Other – 10%
  • Community Outreach and Collaboration
  • Grant, Host, NY SBDC Deliverables and Grant Compliance

• Maintain a client caseload and provide technical management assistance to potential and existing small businesses throughout the region.
• Understand the needs of the small business community and provide small business training.
• Develop working relationships with other economic development agencies.
• Promote the SBDC by volunteering to give presentations to stakeholders of the SBDC.
• Travel to client locations for evaluation purposes and to better understand the client’s small business entity.

This position is funded annually.

• The Regional Director supervises this position.

• Bachelor’s Degree in public administration, management, finance or another business-related field
• Effective written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to work with other local economic development agencies, service providers and the banking community
• Pr…