Director, NYC Business Solutions, Lower Manhattan Center (Ref#10-48)

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About Seedco: Seedco is a $60+ million national nonprofit organization that works with local partners to create economic opportunities for disadvantaged job seekers, workers and neighborhood entrepreneurs. Seedco uses practical, effective strategies to address the challenges confronting Americans who are struggling to leave poverty and achieve economic progress. Working on these issues for more than two decades, Seedco is a leader in implementing innovative, multi-partner initiatives that foster financial advancement and security. Position Overview: Seedco requires a highly motivated individual to direct our NYC Business Solutions, Lower Manhattan Center. One of three such centers operated by Seedco under a performance-based contract with the Department of Small Business Services, the Lower Manhattan Center serves over 5,000 small businesses and entrepreneurs each year with a goal of selling or providing outcome-focused services that help entrepreneurs and small businesses start, operate and expand. Services include: launching businesses, finding financing, providing recruitment services, certifying businesses for M/WBE and pre-applying for training funds. Seedco operates numerous innovative sector-specific programs to meet these goals. The Director will oversee all Center operations and participate in developing strategy and implementing other initiatives, such as partnering with Seedco Financial Services, Seedco’s Upper Manhattan and Washington Heights NYC Business Solutions Centers, the Upper Manhattan Worforkce1 Career Center, and other stakeholders, on a range of community economic development and small/medium-sized business recruitment priorities. Responsibilities: • Supervising 9 staff charged with serving the financing, launch, certification and recruitment needs of small and medium-sized businesses while enabling staff to meet monthly individual and team goals; • Managing logistics of a competitive performance-based contract, to ensure successful achievement of annual sales targets and outcomes; • Conducting assessments of Center, partner and subcontractor performance on an ongoing basis and developing corrective action plans when needed to continuously improve outcomes; • Facilitating relationships with key DSBS staff and leadership; • Represent Center at high profile events and meetings; • Developing strategy with Seedco executives and specifying short-term, intermediate and long-term project outcomes; • Developing, marketing and implementing innovative business-focused Center initiatives and a core suite of services • Developing and maintaining relationships with a range of key project partners and subcontractors; • Coordinating intensively with the Director of NYC Business Solutions, Upper Manhattan and Washington Heights Centers, as well as managers at Seedco’s Workforce1 Career Center; • Preparing management reports; and, • Directing ongoing research to improve services.

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