Dreambuilder Facilitator - SBDC

Position Summary

Position Summary: The Dreambuilder Facilitator - SBDC is responsible for assisting entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses by providing a step-by-step framework and online courses through Dreambuilder.org, providing business analysis, counseling, and training to small business owners and managers, and for serving as a resource for service area businesses and assisting in identifying development opportunities for seminars and workshops in support of the department mission.

Essential Functions — As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is illustrative only, and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class.

• Completes the required AZSBDC State Office Dreambuilder onboarding training that includes Dreambuilder dashboard usage, Center IC (CIC) usage for documenting one-to-one advising activity, marketing guidelines, reporting responsibilities, and AZSBDC New Employee Foundation onboarding training.
• Prepares the Dreambuilder instructional content that includes the cohort program format, gathers and prepares the instructional materials for the center’s cohort sessions, modifies materials to suit the cohort's needs, coordinates with the AZSBDC state office program manager in cohort preparation and selection.
• Facilitates and advises the Dreambuilder cohort by planning, scheduling, and promoting cohort sessions, identifies and invites guest speakers for in-person sessions with topics aligned to the online Dreambuilder program modules; guides participants through program completion, providing one-to-one business advising program graduates; plans and conducts cohort graduation celebrations.
• Attends regularly scheduled best-practice sharing meetings with other AZSBDC Dreambuilder Facilitators each quarter; participates in regular SBDC Center staff meetings as determined appropriate by the SBDC Director.
• Completes reporting requirements, including attendance at monthly AZSBDC state meetings; provides regular and timely one-to-one advising notes, forecasting entries, capital infusion, sales growth and jobs data; works with the SBDC host grant department to ensure timely reporting to the AZSBDC State Office and program manager; reports participant success stories to the AZSBDC State Office program manager quarterly.
• Analyzes current and potential SBDC client business needs; develops a specific course of action; makes recommendations or referrals to internal programs or outside agencies, provides technical advice, problem solving assistance, and responds to questions and requests for information; provides business assistance services in accordance with Small Business Administration guidelines and procedures.
• Participates in SBDC-wide development and presentation of business development workshops and courses for current and prospective clients in response to identified needs, demand, and local area economic development; develops promotional materials for public distribution to promote the department program; establishes goals and objectives for the program and recommends revisions to program procedures; works towards program goal achievement.
• Represents the SBDC in community groups and with private sector partners/co-sponsors, primarily in the outlying areas of Cochise County; promotes the SBDC and related services through outreach, canvassing, and strategic contacting; recruits and refers SBDC clients and program participants.
• Develops promotional materials for public distribution; establishes goals and objectives for the program and recommends revisions to program procedures; participates in the preparation of proposals for new or continued funding from outside sponsors; prepares various reports with accuracy, including compliance metric reports, for college administration or sponsoring agencies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

General Expectations: Employees are expected to accomplish assigned duties in an efficient, effective and competent…