Entrepreneurship Coach

POSITION SUMMARY:

Catholic Charities’ (CC) Entrepreneurship Coach offers extremely low-income, previously unemployed and underemployed individuals with financial coaching and/or guidance and connections to income supports grounded in a participant-centered, to include assistance with entrepreneurial alignment/identification and enrollment with a two-generation approach.

The Entrepreneurship Coach works closely with Family Center staff and administration, providing direct services and representing CC’s Financial Stability and Entrepreneurship program as appropriate in community and partnership meetings.

• Recruit eligible participants in alignment with enrollment goals
• Perform holistic eligibility, enrollment & assessment process that considers each individual’s needs in order to develop a personalized business success plan.
• Based on the family’s goals set forth in their plan, works toward achieving outcomes
• Provide overall case coordination for individual enrolled in the Entrepreneurship program
• Collaborate with families, seek solutions to life barriers including but not limited to housing, healthcare, childcare and transportation
• Working in partnership with Individual, identifies resources for support and develops strategies for overcoming obstacles to success
• Ensures all participants are screened for a range of eligible benefits and income supports
• Provides one on one financial coaching which engages participants for 3month to 1 year and/or recruits partners to provide this service
• Monitor individual and program outcomes, including tracking of demographic and performance data
• Work collaboratively with community partners to ensure families access to services
• Ensures all required documentation related to this position is completed in a thorough and timely manner
• Additional duties as assigned

• Recruit eligible participants in alignment with enrollment goals
• Perform holistic eligibility, enrollment & assessment process that considers each individual’s needs in order to develop an individual business success plan.
• Assist Entrepreneurial facilitator with business plan development
• Support program participants with Licenses, Business registration, Business logo and develop a Branding and Marketing Strategies
• Aligning program participants with business opportunities

• Ensure the consistent accurate collection of the data
• Identify patterns and trends for program
• Use results of data to inform supervisor of trends that may impact services

• Spanish required.
• Associate’s degree in social work, business administration, career development or related field preferred, high school diploma minimum with at least 3-5 years of professional experience or equivalent combination of education/experience.
• Ability to successfully engage low income families and individuals helping them to identify realistic goals/expectations
• Proficiency working in one-on-one and group situations with families
• Attitude of optimism and ability to inspire confidence
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including report writing, developing training materials and communications with families as well as project partners
• Able to present in small groups and/or experience in-group facilitation.
• Proficient in Word, Excel and Outlook. Proven ability to embrace new technology and software.