Business and Cooperative Development Specialist Temporary

Bronx, NY, United States of America

Full Time - Temporary

About Masa

Masa partners with Mexican and Latin American immigrant children, youth, and families in the South Bronx to develop strong learners and leaders who fully contribute to the larger community. We envision a community that is civically engaged, empowered, and educated.

Masa’s community‑led, integrated model engages the entire family, grounded in a deep commitment to strengthening literacy, leadership, and power for Mexican, Central American, and Indigenous People. Masa fosters a culturally responsive learning community in which families engage with direct service and advocacy programs to dismantle barriers to success.

About the Language Justice Program

The Language Justice Program aims to deliver language services that empower historically marginalized voices. Through this project, we seek to address the need for interpretation and translation services in Spanish and Indigenous languages from Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) across NYC, provide economic opportunities for communities that speak these languages, and support workforce development through the strengthening of a Community Interpreter Program and a language worker cooperative

About the Business and Cooperative Development Specialist position

The Business and Cooperative Development Specialist will support the incubation and formation of a language services worker cooperative for Spanish and Indigenous interpreters of Latin America and the Caribbean. This role will provide hands‑on technical assistance and support to cooperative members in acquiring the skills and knowledge required to successfully run a worker‑owned cooperative independently after a period of incubation. The Specialist reports to the Language Justice Program Manager and will work closely with worker-owners, cooperative development partners, and program consultants to ensure the group receives the structure, resources and support to advance its goals and successfully launch the language services worker cooperative.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about cooperative business models, language justice and empowering indigenous and immigrant communities; self‑driven; possess a degree of business acumen; and have strong project management skills, including the ability to set goals, plan timelines, allocate and coordinate resources, and manage tasks effectively.

This is a full-time, in-person role (40 hrs/week) that is planned to run through June 30, 2027 with the possibility of extension contingent on funding.

Key responsibilities

Coordinate the selection and onboarding process for potential cooperative members

Regularly meet with worker cooperative training participants individually to assess their needs, concerns, availability, commitment, training needs, and barriers that affect their participation

Provide technical assistance and engage consultants to provide training in business operational planning, democratic management, governance, legal, cooperative accounting, leadership development, decision‑making, collective leadership models and cooperative development best practices

Develop a workplan and coordinate weekly working group and bi‑weekly group meetings to ensure progress is being made towards successfully incorporating the worker cooperative

Remain abreast of and address group dynamics that may hinder progress

Support group in developing key documents and procedures for worker cooperative incorporation

Secure training opportunities for interpreters to continue to develop their practice and expand their menu of services

Maintain accurate records of participants, communications, attendance, progress, outstanding needs, and…