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Green Worker Cooperatives Hiring for 2 Positions (NYC)

Two Job Descriptions: F/T Outreach Coordinator & P/T Worker Co-op Developer

Green Worker Cooperatives is a Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned green businesses in order to build a strong local economy rooted in democracy and environmental justice. We train and develop worker cooperatives that have a positive environmental impact and enable the transformation of their members and community.

A. Outreach Coordinator

The Outreach Coordinator is responsible for registering participants into Green Worker Cooperatives’ 5-month Co-op Academy, a green business boot camp for worker-owned cooperatives.

Duties:

  • Generate 6 leads per week of individuals and groups who’ve expressed interest in registering into the Co-op Academy
  • Follow-up with individuals who have expressed interest in the Co-op Academy
  • Register a minimum of 5 teams of aspiring cooperative entrepreneurs into each Co-op Academy session (two sessions per year)
  • Recruit & coordinate a team of 3-6 volunteers to assist in outreach efforts
  • Coordinate 2 in-person information sessions about the Co-op Academy each month
  • Coordinate 3 events per year in the Bronx that build public support for cooperatives
  • Identify 2 public events per month and coordinate with the Outreach Team and GWC Coordinator to ensure the organization is represented at select public events.

Skills:

  • Effective time management
  • Consensus decision making
  • Excellent listening skills
  • Excellent presentation skills

Qualifications:

  • Minimum 2 years experience in community/labor organizing or direct sales
  • Familiarity with community-based organizations, educational institutions, entrepreneurship & workforce development organizations in the Bronx
  • Able to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Some familiarity with worker cooperatives
  • Bronx residents preferred
  • Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends

Salary: F/T $41,600 per year with benefits.

Start Date: Position available immediately.

To apply: email cover letter, resume, and three references to info@greenworker.coop

with “OUTREACH COORDINATOR” in the subject line.

Flexible schedule and can work from home. Bronx residents, LGBT, disabled, people of color, and women strongly encouraged to apply.

B. Worker Co-op Developer

The Worker Co-op Developer is responsible for the development of a menu of service options for graduates of our Coop Academy, a 6-month cooperative business boot camp, in order to provide them with ongoing support that will grow their cooperatives and help them reach their goals. The Worker Co-op Developer would be an innovative and out of the box thinker capable of conducting thorough assessments of business operations and governance structures; helping co-ops troubleshoot problems as they arise; connecting co-ops with new opportunities; and holding them accountable to their promises. Additional goals for this position are to develop and strengthen the inter co-op relationships among cooperatives within the GWC network as well the relationship between GWC and its member cooperatives.

Duties:

  • Survey Coop Academy graduates to identify needs
  • Be the ongoing point of contact for all cooperatives developed by GWC
  • Assess performance and needs of all cooperatives developed by GWC
  • Schedule and facilitate strategic planning retreats for GWC co-ops and assist in the development of yearly goals and milestones
  • Coordinate trainings for cooperatives on specialized topics as needed
  • Coordinate mediation for cooperatives as needed
  • Identify resources and opportunities that can support the growth and development of GWC member cooperatives
  • Compile and share best practices on cooperative governance and business operations.
  • Schedule and confirm location, dates, guest speakers, agenda, and attendees for quarterly co-op assemblies
  • Prepare and assist cooperatives with obtaining capital
  • Represent GWC at events, conferences, etc.

Skills:

  • Business/entrepreneurship development
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Sales and marketing support
  • Leadership development
  • Fundraising and raising capital
  • Consensus decision-making
  • Excellent listening skills
  • Mediation, conflict resolution, and troubleshooting

Qualifications:

  • Experience with popular education methodology
  • Experience starting a business
  • Able to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Knowledge of, and experience with, worker cooperatives or socially responsible businesses preferred
  • Bronx residents preferred
  • Flexible schedule with ability to work occasional weekends

Salary: P/T, $20 per hour with benefits.

Start Date: Position available immediately.

To Apply: email cover letter, resume, and three references to info@greenworker.coop

with “WORKER CO-OP DEVELOPER” in the subject line.

Flexible schedule and can work from home. Bronx residents and people of color strongly encouraged to apply. This position is intended to grow from Part-Time to Full-Time. The ideal candidate should be open to the possibility of full-time work and able to grow the program to meet that goal.